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Nigerian Bottling Company Limited is one of the biggest Companies
in the non-alcoholic beverage industry in the country and is the
sole franchise bottler of The Coca-Cola Company in Nigeria.
Our Company NBC Ltd started operations in Nigeria in 1951.
Based in the city of Lagos, we operate 13 bottling plants
across the country. In addition, we channel products through 59
warehouses and distribution centers.
We are recruiting to fill the position of:
Job Title: Plant Manager
Job Reference: PM/05/2015
Location: Nigeria
Functional areas: Manufacturing (Supply Chain)
Department: Supply Chain
Job Description
- The Plant Manager reports to the Regional Supply Chain
Director Fulfils the production plans for the Company’s
products to the highest quality standards at optimal cost.
- Develops plans for infrastructure, capacity and resources
needed to fulfill the demands of product.
- Ensures optimal spare parts inventory management
- Implements and provides disciplined monitoring and
reporting regarding the implementation of labor legislation,
certification standards, CC Hellenic/TCCC CSR Practices and
international agreements
- Prepares, presents and interprets Manufacturing KBI’s,
makes recommendations which result in increased productivity
and efficiency; reduces cost and improves customer satisfaction
while following production plans
- Ensures the achievement of the targets for the organization
by optimal usage of labor, materials and capital investments
- Ensures that his/her team completes projects within the
deadlines to provide the planned capacity to meet the sales
demand
- Analyses cost center variances and investigates ways to
improve cost performance
- Effectively applies business performance review (COBRA,
EATB) management routine
- Ensures budget delivery
- Understands and controls main cost drivers in Manufacturing
- Ensures property and loss prevention · Builds team’s
capabilities through implementation of training and development
programs
- Develops unit capabilities to achieve maximum utilization
of technology and equipment
- Effectively applies approved selection and development
tools for recruitment and development of managers
- Provides feedback to team members for better performance
and develops successors
- Coaches his/her direct reports on leadership matters
- Manufacturing strategy is communicated, understood and
accepted by all unit members
- As a result of effective performance management programs,
all first-line managers deliver full performance
- Listens to and encourages employee recommendations and
implements the ones delivering value
- Learns and implements best practices from outside and
shares own best practices within CC Hellenic
- Promotes process automation and use of technology across
the whole organization
- Ensures health and safety of all employees in the plant
- Ensures CC Hellenic Environment Policy is strictly followed
and environmental culture and mindset is speared across the
unit,incl. setting of clear and stretchy environmental targets
to reduce use of resources and energy
- Plays a leading role in implementing communication and
actions which put the Quality First (product,
behavior,communication, etc.)
- Ensures effective systems are in place to guarantee CC
Hellenic/TCCC products and package quality Candidates must be
willing to work in any of our twelve plants across the country
- Leads processes, systems and people side of all change
initiatives in the plant
- Sets stretching but achievable objectives for all people in
the unit
- Addresses poor performers quickly at all levels ·
Engagement plan implementation leads to constant Engagement
index improvement
- Drives continuous improvement of processes, productivity
and efficiency in the plant.
- Establishes, monitors and reinforces control across the
whole plant related to Production, Quality Assurance,
Maintenance and H&S
- Ensures adherence to Food and Beverage Legislation, TCCC
Standards, ISO certification, Good Manufacturing Practices and
other internal and external regulatory compliance
- Adapts local and corporate practices and procedures and
supervises their implementation and administration in the plant
- Develops business plans providing productivity improvement
and stretchy targets for cost efficiency ·Actively participates
and ensures the implementation of various infrastructure or
process optimization projects in the plant ·Is fully aware and
implements IMCR management routines and procedures
- Lives and promotes company values and culture, and helps
employees to understand and embrace them · Regularly updates
team members on company processes, changes and initiatives
- Performance management systems are implemented with
discipline
- Establishes and maintains productive relationships with
team, internal customers, peers, institutions, suppliers
- Builds productive relationships with the employee/ union
representatives
- Builds and re-reinforces relationships with Planning,
Warehouse, Quality and Engineering units, including boundary
management routines and relationship building activities with
other units in the plant
- Builds relationship with professional associations,
specialized universities
- Establishes and maintains productive relationships with the
relevant government bodies
- Drives innovation by sourcing people for innovation
projects
- Ensures continuous process improvement exploring Group and
industry benchmark and employees input
- Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Requirements
Desired Candidate Profile
- University degree relevant to Manufacturing (engineering,
food & beverage processing related)
- 10 years working experience in the field of production
management , 3-5 years people management responsibilities, In
depth knowledge of a bottling organization: Planning,
Manufacturing, Quality, Environment, Engineering, Health &
Safety Ability to make and communicate hard decisions and
courage to stay the course. Understanding of financial impact
of decisions
- Ability to set standards for management performance. High
integrity
- Articulate communicator and effective listener
- Ability to adapt leadership style appropriately
- Ability to build relationships to improve results
- Ability to understand what drives peers in other functions.
- Knowledge of the contributions of all functions.
- Open minded and willing to experiment and try new things
- Ability to think tactically and strategically
- Ability to think in terms of functional sustainability
rather than short term wins
- Ability to select and assess first-line managers .
- Coaching direct reports and mentoring others
- Ability to empower managers
- Ability to translate function strategy into unit/section’s
plan
- Ability to lead and manage change.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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online
Application Deadline 15th May, 2015