Prince Thabiso Nene

Main Job Purpose

To ensure the production and packaging of company products, according to the production plan and within company’s quality and safety standards.

Production Management

• Agrees and implements production plan with production manager. Support, guide and direct within the production plan. (e.g. if a production line breaks down, prioritise production requirements and re-allocates labour accordingly).
• Analyses shift results and implements any necessary changes to increase productivity.
• Ensures that quality standards are implemented and adhered to and diagnoses plant problems (fault finding) and liaises with Engineering Foreman for plant repairs and interprets fault finding to optimise production. Ensure that shift repairs and maintenance is carried out by the Team Leaders and operators to reduce the impact of downtime.
• Responsible for ensuring sufficient staff manning and adequate raw materials availability.
• Identifies root causes and costs of waste, contamination and inefficiencies and takes appropriate action to reduce these amounts. Monitor and reduce wastes such as product, packaging, steam, air, water and electricity.
• Monitors and ensures adherence to Company standards and SOP’s. Ensures that Plant is maintained in a high level of engineering, housekeeping and Safety standards.

Operational System

• Ensure that all employees adhere to the operational systems standards (SAP, PAMCO, DFOS, TMIS, PMIS, FINPRO, ABC quality, ESS, time keeping etc) and manages the business processes defined within these operational systems.
• Identifies reasons for staff non-conformance (e.g. training required, managing poor performance, refusal to obey lawful instruction, absenteeism) and takes appropriate action.
• Coordinates the implementation of TPM (Total Productive Maintenance) and world class principles in the factory.

Safety

• As a section 16.2 appointee is required to ensure that the OHS act and company SHE regulations and standards are implemented and adhered to within the sphere of his/her responsibilities.
• Takes corrective action in the case of non-compliance as per the Section 16.2 requirements.
• Prepares for quarterly and annual Audits
• Ensures adequate level compliance with the said policies, procedures and standards to meet all certification requirements at any given time.

Cost Management

• Drives a cost-conscious and zero waste culture
• Monitors and ensures MUC losses and conversion cost losses are eliminated against budgets.
• Ensures budget constraints are complied with and variances are actioned.
• Identifies sources of waste and takes action to minimize waste.
• Monitors Rand per Ton costs and shares info with teams.
• Manages and accounts for inventory control for area of responsibility.

People Development

• Identify training gaps for subordinates based on losses/ business need and execute plan together with HR/Training to close them.
• Develop Personal Development Plans for subordinates and monitor progress

Industrial Relations

• Initiates disciplinary action/enquiries and recommends dismissals.
• Resolve conflicts within immediate team and facilitates conflict resolution within subordinate teams.
• Builds and maintains levels of trust with the Union Leadership and Shop Floor to facilitate win/win situation.

Training and Development

• Performance management and Human Resources coordination.
• Projects Management and re-engineering project management. Manage ad hoc projects related to continuous improvements as detailed in PDP targets.

Main Job Purpose:

Innovation Planner would be responsible for leading SC innovation execution from Charter to Market Ready Gate for Local Jewels and Single MSO (10 & 20) related Innovations. Innovation Planner must ensure on time, high quality innovation delivery, at optimum cost which meets the business and category growth strategy. He/She will be responsible for co-ordinating relevant short-long term activities with the Hub Planning team and Product Group team.

• Represent Supply Chain in innovation project meetings and network creation sessions led by project leaders and execute Supply Chain tasks as per network.
• Manage Supply Chain, and key business stakeholders on Ship To Trade dates - risks on overall timings, focusing on SC elements.
• Report and manage SC innovation risks with input from key SC stakeholders and ensure this is documented and tracked in risk assessment meetings.
• Owns & co-ordinates input and sign-off of SC section of Innovation Gate Checklist as well as Innovation plan.
• Lead and execute E2E SC tasks on innovations through cross functional SC teams, including Hub and factories to ensure OTIF met.
• Facilitate execution of Innovation and 5S projects (secure factory trials, and trial slots from SU’s, flag risks, etc.
• Allocate innovation capability and capacity; support CAPEX request process for innovations with the or SUIT (Sourcing Unit Implementation Team).
• Co-ordinate and flag SC innovation business loading risks partnering with SUIT and Product Group teams.
• Coordinate category Innovation Related savings plan aligned with the agreed targets and ensure delivery via effective project management and coordination.
• Ensure and drive Innovation Assumption Document for all innovations with demand planners.
• Contribute into Post Launch Evaluation reviews for innovations to ensure continuous improvement.
• Lead Factory Innovation Meetings together with SUIT – creating visibility Innovation plans, progress and action tracking based on project network.

Main Job Purpose

The Process Engineer is responsible for the validation of all process improvements and the establishment of revised basic conditions on the line. A core deliverable is to eliminate losses and wastes and increase the stability of the line to support the transition of traditional line teams to semi-autonomous teams.

• Create Technical Standards to ensure process stability on the line.
• Eliminate Waste and Loss according to the WCM prioritization process using AM, PM, FI and QC pillar tools and methodologies.
• Building world class factories will eliminate losses and ensure that we do not pass on the cost of inefficiencies to our customers and consumers
• Accountability & Responsibility. Taking responsibility for building your team’s performance and sharing your best interventions to help support other lines’ in their improvements.
• WCM. Apply the full set of WCM methods and tools to identify root causes, define countermeasures and validate their effectiveness; mastery of AM, PM, Q and FI tools and processes. Establish standards to support line operators sustain new basic conditions.
• Analytical capability. Collect and analyze complex data to penetrate problems’ phenomena and understand root causes.
• Process and Organizational Design. Leverage technical knowledge and a systems approach to ensure factory lines and processes are optimally resourced (e.g. manpower ratios are efficient and sustainable).