Production Manager at Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company Full Time

Job Title: Production Manager

Location: Nigeria (On-Site)

Job Summary

• The Production Manager is responsible for driving the production plans for the Company’s products to the highest quality standards at optimal cost.
• To drive continuous improvement of processes, productivity and efficiency in the plant and manage people resources to deliver.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensures continuous and effective assets management
• Ensures adherence to Food and Beverage Legislation, TCCC Standards, ISO certification, Good Manufacturing Practices, and other internal and external regulatory compliance
• Maintains effective systems to ensure CC Hellenic/TCCC products and package quality
• Ensures all production personnel meet the requirements of Good Housekeeping and Good Manufacturing practices
• Actively participates and ensures the implementation of various infrastructure or process optimization projects in Production
• Effectively applies business performance review (BPMS) management routine
• Ensures production of products with high quality, while providing optimal usage of labor and materials with maximized utilization of production lines
• Prepares, presents, and interprets Production KBI’s, makes recommendations which result in increased productivity and efficiency; reduces cost and improves customer satisfaction while following production plans
• Analyses cost center variances and investigates ways to improve cost performance
• Builds production teams’ capabilities through implementation of training and development programs
• Production strategy is communicated, understood, and accepted by all unit members
• Implements performance management systems with discipline to ensure that all first-line managers deliver full performance
• Promotes process automation and use of technology
• Implements and provides disciplined monitoring and reporting regarding the implementation of labor legislation, certification standards, CC Hellenic/TCCC CSR Practices and international agreements
• Ensure all Health, Safety & Environment policies and procedures are in place in Production and followed.

Qualifications

• University and/or Advanced degree relevant to Manufacturing (engineering, food & beverage processing related)
• 5-8 years working experience in the field of Production Management, Quality Assurance or Maintenance in Food or Beverage Industry
• Coaching direct reports and mentoring others
• Ability to empower and manage change
• Ability to set standards for management performance
• High integrity
• Ability to build relationships to improve results
• Open-minded and willing to experiment and try new things
• Process improvement skills
• Ability to disseminate and enforce safety, health & environment policy
• Ability to implement quality and health, safety & environment improvements
• Experience in people management
• Knowledge of a bottling organization: Planning, Manufacturing, Quality, Environment, Engineering, Health, and Safety
• Effective Delegation skills
• Full Knowledge of Supply Chain strategy
• Understanding of financial impact of decisions
• Knowledge of manufacturing technologies.

Application Closing Date
14th March, 2025.