Packaging Specialist - Johannesburg, South Africa - Coca-Cola Beverages Africa
Description
Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) presents an exciting opportunity for a Packaging Specialist.This is a mid-level person in the Supply Chain division and is a technical expert, who uses their insight to oversee and execute packaging solutions & projects.
The role is based in Johannesburg.
The Packaging Specialist plays an important role in ensuring that the production of CCBA's manufactured products is achieved through economically sound and efficient processes that minimise negative environmental impacts while optimising cost and enabling innovation.
The employee supports the specification, design, testing, selection, optimisation, and implementation of portfolio-specific packaging solutions for CCBA through their expert and specialised knowledge.
They are responsible for ensuring the design and development & execution of solutions related to their allocated projects are aligned to CCBA's strategic focus.
This employee is a specialist and takes responsibility for implementing their portfolio of packaging solutions to support the Operations Sustainability agenda with a focus on:Product Innovation
Packaging Optimisation
Packaging Circularity through the Company's World Without Waste Program
The specific focus of this role will be on the Project Management of a large and complex program involving the change of all of CCBA's PET closure & preform neck finishes, and the light weighting of our preform portfolio.
The successful applicant will report into the
Group Lead:
Technical Innovation.
Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) is the largest African Coca-Cola bottler, accounting for 40% of all Coca-Cola volumes on the continent.
CCBA has an extensive footprint in Africa, employing over employees, serving a combined population of over 300 million people across the continent.
The CCBA vision is to refresh Africa every day and make the continent a better place for all, growing successfully as a business and creating a better shared future for our people, customers, consumers, communities, planet and shareholders.
We are a world class, customer-orientated, socially and environmentally conscious fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) company that is driven by engaged, motivated and inspired employees.
Key Duties & Responsibilities:
Developing and implementing new and existing packaging materials, improving circularity, and ensuring that CCBA achieves its World Without Waste (WWW) targets.
Developing, documenting, and managing packaging material standards to support Supply Chain capability & FMEA assessment process to ensure that materials supplied are consistently within the process window of production lines.
Conducting structured plant visits to problem solve, identify risks and opportunities, and support plant engineering staff.
Partnering with portfolio specific suppliers to identify and control critical quality input parameters within their processes to ensure that they consistently achieve the required quality outputs to consistently support our processes.
Leveraging both internal (e.g., Procurement) and external (e.g., Suppliers) relationships and deep technical knowledge to identify business needs that will support the Operations Sustainability strategy and facilitate project approval.
Planning, monitoring, and acting as point of escalation on deployment of projects.
Working with Multi-disciplinary teams, including in country resources, to ensure successful project execution.
Working with Procurement to technically assess supplier capability and negotiate and agree contracts including the deliverables, terms, and conditions.
Supporting major packaging format transition projects where required to contribute towards the fulfillment of the CCBA and Operations Sustainability agenda.
Mapping, documenting, and improving the current ways of work, and managing change to drive implementation.
Reviewing the plants proposed projects and designs against engineering standards & ensuring alignment to business goals.
Ensuring that new solutions promote the CCBA objectives and that the solutions meet all quality and compliance standards.
Managing assigned supplier relationships through structured engagements as stipu
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