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Nelspruit area, Mpumalanga Province – South Africa: This is a hands-on senior operational role with accountability for productivity, labour productivity, operating cost, quality assurance, quality control, food safety, traceability and dispatch performance.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
- At least five years’ relevant experience in fresh-produce packhouse, food-processing or high-volume production operations.
- At least three years’ experience managing supervisors and a substantial operational workforce.
- Strong practical knowledge of fresh-produce grading, packing, quality control, food safety and traceability.
- Experience working with customer specifications and retail or market quality standards.
- Demonstrated ability to improve productivity, control labour costs and achieve production targets.
- Sound understanding of production planning, stock control, dispatch and operational reporting.
- Strong leadership, communication, problem-solving and disciplinary-management skills.
- Computer literacy, particularly Microsoft Excel and production-reporting systems.
- Willingness to work the hours required by seasonal production and customer demand.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:
- Convert customer packing requirements into achievable daily and weekly production plans.
- Manage product intake, grading, packing, palletising, cold-room flow, staging and dispatch.
- Plan line allocation, labour deployment, shifts, changeovers and packaging requirements.
- Set production targets and monitor actual output against plan.
- Lead and manage Line Supervisors and the Quality Control team.
- Improve labour productivity and control overtime, waste, rework and packaging usage.
- Ensure orders are packed correctly, completed on time and ready for dispatch.
- Maintain food-safety, hygiene, traceability and customer-specification controls.
- Manage product inspections, quality holds, product release and corrective actions.
- Investigate customer complaints and recurring quality or production problems.
- Coordinate preventative maintenance and ensure breakdowns are addressed promptly.
- Maintain accurate production, quality, labour, stock and dispatch records.
- Drive continuous improvement in productivity, packout, product quality and operating cost.
- Maintain a safe, disciplined, organised and hygienic working environment.
ONLY short-listed candidates will be contacted
