Latest Job Openings in a Food and Beverage Industry, 17th April, 2019

UnoCasa Limited – Our client in the Food and Beverage industry in Nigeria seeks a qualified and dedicated team player to fill the vacant position below:

Job Title: Head, Manufacturing Capability Training and Development

Location: Lagos

Role, Responsibilities and Nature of Job

• Plan, organizes and leads the factory team to achieve agreed objectives (safety, environmental, quality, cost and service).
• Create skill grid matrix across roles (operator to manager) primarily in production, engineering, quality & logistics & warehousing.
• Assesses skill gap for every Fixed term employee in operations and creates a plan (Training calendar) in conjunction with the function to bridge the gap.
• Measures & drives Lead indicator in every function and thereby culture building through CI projects, Kaizens, BEC, TPM, 5S
• Create and sustain centre of excellence in operations.
• Measures & drives adherence to routines.
• Identifies critical skill & competencies required for each role in operations.
• Creates talent pool and bench strength across operations for all critical roles.
• Creates induction, training (OTJ & Classroom), refresher course for every new employee in conjunction with HR.
• Ensure adherence to all company principles and policies as well as local laws and regulations.
• Drive Continuous improvement culture and high level of employee engagement at all levels in the factory.
• Provide leadership and guidance in the development of people to provide a strong bench for back-fills.

The Ideal Candidate

• Bachelor’s Degree in Food Science, Engineering or related field required.
• Preferred 5+ years of experience with implementation of LEAN, TPM,TQM, Operational Excellence and 12-15 years of manufacturing experience preferably in Food & Beverage /bottling industry.
• Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills.
• Possess in-depth knowledge of factory related and overall company cost structure. Focused, proactive, high integrity, and able to make difficult decisions.
• Proven leadership, management and conflict resolution skills.
• Excellent judgment and analytical skills.
• Working knowledge of Capital Investments, Engineering and Project Management
• Very good knowledge of beverage processing and aseptic technologies.
• Good knowledge of Marketing, Supply Chain and Finance aspects of the CPG business.
• Team player, Self- driven, Analytical, Process oriented, Set direction & inspire, Need to release energy
• Need to work across boundary, Learning agility.

Deadline: 19th April, 2019.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: jobs@unocasaltd.comwith the job title as the e-mail subject, i.e “Head, MCT&D”.

Note: Only qualified candidates will be contacted.