PepsiCo is currently looking for Production Supervisors x5 posts available and inviting interested candidates to apply.
Closing date: Ongoing
Location: Shakaskraal, South Africa
We are PepsiCo
PepsiCo is proud to be one of the world’s leading food and beverage companies. Every day, we are dedicated to bringing our mission to create more smiles with every sip and every bite to life. Our products are enjoyed more than one billion times a day in more than 200 countries and territories around the world. Our portfolio — including Lay’s, Doritos, Gatorade, Pepsi and Quaker — consists of many iconic brands that generate more than US $1 billion each in estimated annual retail sales, helping to deliver more than US $70 billion in net revenue in 2020.
Guiding PepsiCo is our vision to Be the Global Leader in Beverages and Convenient Foods by Winning with PepsiCo Positive. Through PepsiCo Positive, we are charting a new course to drive positive action for the planet and people. PepsiCo Positive is an end-to-end strategic business transformation with sustainability at the centre of how we will create growth and value by operating within planetary boundaries and inspiring positive change.
In South Africa (SA), you will find our products across the region at breakfast, lunch or dinner. At the gym or on the field. In the office or on the go. We refresh, restore and rejuvenate our consumers all day, every day with our key brands including Simba, Lay’s, Liqui Fruit and Bokomo range of cereals. PepsiCo SA employs more than 13, 000 people across our three business divisions: Bakeries, Grains, Foods, Fruit, Snacks, Juice & Beverages.
Responsibilities
- Supervises and ensures that all activities are completed according to the production plan.
- Coordinates activities by scheduling work assignments, setting priorities and directing the work of subordinate employees.
- Creates an innovative environment for delivering the right KPIs, related to quality, productivity and efficiency and proposes improvement projects related with the matter.
- Solves situations, which arise in individual production or operation sections.
- Evaluates and verifies employees’ performance through the review of completed work assignments and work techniques.
- Sets yearly specific business and people objectives for subordinates, supports the employees in achieving these objectives, evaluates them formally twice per year and proposes ratings for their performance.
- Identifies staff development and training needs and inform the proper responsible (manager and/or human resource department).
- Ensures that proper labor relations and conditions of employment are maintained.
- Maintains records, prepares reports and composes correspondences related to his/her activity.
- Supervises and is responsible for production quality, co-operates with Quality & Environment Department and participates in supervising the quality level.
- Ensures compliance with quality specifications, HACCP and internal food safety & personnel safety procedures in the production department by communicating the working instructions and procedures to all interested parties and by training the production employees.
- Supervises implementation of all necessary repairs and maintenance programs and keeps the equipment in good working condition.
- Is authorized to define priorities connected with maintenance repairs and collaborates with maintenance manager in assuring the availability of maintenance staff.
- Assures that shift members follow personnel guidelines, know their job requirements and are thoroughly trained.
- Ensures that the shift has the right number of personnel according to PepsiCo standards and proposes immediately replacements in case of vacancies.
- Ensures that proper back up trained persons are available for the key positions under their supervisions.
- Participates and is proactively involved in activities related with developing new products on the line.
- Daily close communication with the other Supervisors for evaluation and review of all systems implemented in the production (Quality/Food Safety/Maintenance/Health and Safety).
- Actively participate in daily shift meetings and contribute/commit on the deadlines agreed.
- Fill in SAP back flush data reports.
Qualifications
- Grade 12 /Matric/Senior Certificate minimum
- Tertiary qualification preferred in Process and Production Technology
- 3 – 5 years experience in a production environment in areas such as: process technology, production planning or coordination;
- Experience in managing people;
- Ability to work in team is mandatory;
- Ability to rotate shifts ; flexibility to work weekends and holidays when required;
- Resistance to high pressure; good management of change;
- PC skills (Word, Excel, SAP).
- Certified as able to perform all aspects of applicable job
- Skill in facilitating training sessions/meetings (instruction, facilitation and coaching skills)
- Skill in differentiating different levels of on-the-job performance in Production
- Skill in training and developing others
- Ability to influence others
- Skill in evaluating training, tools, on-line information
- Understanding of the importance of the KPI scorecard
- Developing and managing shift agenda
- Developing relationship with operations partners.
- Understanding of the importance of the KPI scorecard
- Using of computer and office tools in high level (Word, Excel, SAP).
- Effective and excellent communication with Plant/Supply Chain peers to ensure that he is full aware of current & future requirements
- Developing and managing shift agenda
- Developing relationship with operations partners.
- Understanding of the importance of the KPI scorecard
- Using of computer and office tools in high level (Word, Excel, SAP).
- Effective and excellent communication with Plant/Supply Chain peers to ensure that he is full aware of current & future requirements
- Daily close communication with the other Line managers/supervisors for evaluation and review of all systems implemented in the production
- (Quality/Food Safety/Maintenance/Health and Safety), for feedback in projects progress and action plans follow-up and update.