Production Foreman

Position: Production Foreman

Location: Johannesburg

Job Summary:

The Position of Production Foreman involves working closely with the National Production Manager and Production Supervisors to ensure coordination between all the production departments and maintenance on a daily basis to ensure efficient manufacturing.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Production Management Diploma

Minimum Experience:

• Five years’ experience in food manufacturing industry.
• HACCP experience and qualification.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Doing weekly Production Plan
• Capture and review of OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness)
• Reconciliation of weekly Production plan on a daily basis.
• Communicate changes of the plan to the Production Manager and Logistics
• Ensuring of adherence to Food and Health and Safety in the production areas.
• Optimise people, plant, machinery & throughput.
• Compiling of monthly, weekly and daily production reports for the National Production Manager
• Coordinate with the Production Manager & Workshop Foreman to minimize downtime and planning of preventative maintenance.
• Conduct internal audits on the SOP’s in the plant.
• Capturing of all raw data of daily production, stock shortages, out of stocks and down time.
• Assist with delegating tasks such as cleaning, working on special orders
• Participating in performance evaluations
• Assist with resolving employee concerns and conflicts
• Handling of all relevant HR issues concerning to the production departments.
• Assisting Supervisor with maintaining Production and Department goals
• Monitor and assisting in maintaining and improving the Food Safety Standards.

Competencies Required:

• Customer Orientation
• Observance Skills
• Excellence Orientation
• Excellent Communication Skills
• Planning and problem solving Skills
• Comparison Skills
• Conflict Resolution Skills
• Advanced Numerical Skills
• Advanced Reading and Writing Skills