Want to help us bring happiness to the world? Want to join an ambitious and fast growing global biscuits and confectionery business investing heavily in iconic global brands, infrastructure and people?

Then this is the place for you.

As proud bakers and chocolatiers and custodians of iconic global brands, we don't compromise on the quality of ingredients in our products or on the people we hire.

We are looking for entrepreneurial spirits who share our passion for bringing happiness to our consumers and who embody our Winning Traits.

To succeed at pladis you need to be purpose-led , resilient and positive to succeed here because we expect pace and agility , we insist on collaboration and demand accountability.

If that is your thing, then pladis offers global ambition, a clear Vision and roadmap for success, challenge, and unrivalled opportunities to learn and make an impact

Click "Apply" to get started.

Key accountabilities & deliverables :

• Promote a positive team environment, including efforts to continuously improve teamwork and communication
• Contribute to establishing process improvements and ensure it's communicated to the production teams
• Conduct shift meetings at the beginning of each shift, share daily production schedule with the production teams, activities, lines layout, and ensure proper staffing
• Deliver effective training and performance management of Production workforce, ensuring employees in respective positions are trained in all processes and following proper protocol of position
• Responsible for recording shift's production and providing update to the incoming shift supervisor
• Directs the flow of materials to assigned areas to maintain a smooth flow of work
• Manage team time off requests
• Ensure all employee issues and concerns are addressed promptly and are referred to Human Resources or the Production Manager.

Collaborate with HR on employee relations issues and work together on appropriate disciplinary actions

• Regularly walk the production floor throughout each shift, ensure safety requirements are being met and attended to.
• Promote safety throughout the assigned area where the crew is working
• Follow all plant safety and GMP rules and regulations
• Ability to read and understand required paperwork, and ensure operators are completing required paperwork properly
• Assist where needed / required in all food safety and quality issues or programs
• Ensures all quantitative and qualitative measures in the operating plan are met, including those related to Line Efficiencies, Losses, Health & Safety and compliance with GMPs and Food Safety / Quality
• Responsible for food safety and quality as well as reporting food safety and quality problems to personnel with authority to initiate action
• All other duties as assigned.

Skills & Experience Required :

• 5 years of supervisory experience in a manufacturing environment (food manufacturing experience with exposure to the product formulation, processing, and packaging functions preferred)
• Ability to learn all production lines

Qualifications Required :

• High School diploma or equivalent required
• Education in HACCP (Food Safety) and Food Quality preferred

Personal Attributes :

• High energy level with good interpersonal skills
• Ability to follow established procedures and good manufacturing practices
• Self-Starter
• Team Player
• Collaborative
• Supportive
• Pro-active
• Strong communicator
• Coordinator
• Efficient
• Organized

We operate a strict Preferred Supplier List. If you are a recruitment agency and wish to submit candidate to be considered for this vacancy, you must have agreed to, and signed, our terms of business.

We will not accept CVs from any other sources other than those currently on our PSL. We will not pay a fee for any candidate that has not been represented by a provider on our PSL.

Last updated : 2024-04-23