Production Manager - Cape Town, South Africa - Recruitment Matters Africa

Recruitment Matters Africa

Verified Company

Cape Town, South Africa

1 week ago

Posted by:

Thabo Mthembu

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Description

Our client is looking for a Production Manager to join the team A passion for production, efficiency and management, plus strong attention to detail is essential to succeed in this position.

Responsibilities:

Manage various product categories and allinclusive responsibilities of production.
Manage budgets and financial targets.
Initiate marketing actions of relevant products.
Oversee daily operational functions including, but not limited to, supply chain, inventory, production, forecasting, quality, food safety, production process and maintenance.
Strategically plan and manage operational projects.
Manage production teams on site and liaise with Head of Production and Development regarding facilities.
Focus on continuous improvement.
Focus on upscaling.
Ensure exceptional quality and timely production of all products.
Initiate and support new product development.
Identify and implement growth strategies.
Ensure that the company culture is upheld.

Key Skills:

Proven project management skills,
Datadriven decisionmaking abilities.

Qualifications:

Relevant tertiary qualification.
At least 35 years' total work experience, including strong and demonstrable management experience.
Experience within a food production environment; gelato experience will be an advantage.
Experience in process optimisation.
Passion for operations and organisation performance.
Creative approach to daytoday challenges and a strong sense of ambition to solving issues and achieving targets.
Fluent in Afrikaans and English, with exceptional writing and communication skills.
Fresh produce knowledge would be advantageous.