Senior Production Manager

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:To manage all poultry and sauce production operations at the Distribution Centre (DC), ensuring production output benchmarks, yield targets, product specifications, food safety, hygiene standards, stock accuracy, traceability, people performance and SOP compliance are consistently achieved across all production departmentsMaintaining housekeeping and hygiene standards across all production areas at all timesEnsuring Daily Deep Cleaning and Weekly Acid Washing are completed and verified without exceptionMaintaining zero cross-contamination incidents through strict color-coding and 3-Bucket System complianceEnsuring personal hygiene, PPE and handwashing compliance across all production staffAchieving production output benchmarks across all production linesAchieving required yield targets across poultry smalls and other applicable production categoriesMaintaining product specification compliance for fillets, strips and chicken productsMaintaining stock accuracy, variance control and full traceabilityManaging supplier claims and NCRs within specified timelinesEnsuring accurate daily reporting, effective staff management and continuous employee trainingREQUIREMENTS: A well experienced production manager (experienced in planning and forecasting)Must have a solid understanding of production yieldHACCP certificationTertiary qualification in Food Technology, Food Science, Production/Operations or Quality ManagementWorking knowledge of R638 (SA food premises hygiene regulations)A high degree of professionalismManagement level – Management of staff (conflict management skills in a diverse employment arena)Computer literate – MS OfficeSAGE – advantageousSolid track record of work experienceNo criminal recordPoultry and cold chain experienceMust be well experienced from the food processing background preferably poultry (3 yrs+)Strong managerial skills especially on the HR and IR side (able to issue warnings, etc.)