Packaging & Maintenance Manager

We invite applications for the position of

Packaging & Maintenance Manager

We are building a future that embraces innovation, sustainability, and diversity.

We are a business that will bring out the best in you - providing great opportunities for people with ambition and drive. People are at the heart of our company – It is undoubtedly the pride and passion of our colleagues that makes us stand out from the crowd. Our success simply would not be possible without the hard work and dedication of our employees. If you are as excited about our future as we are, then we’d love to hear how you can help us shape it. We are always looking for new talent to help build and grow our company and our brands.  Our careers are journeys paved with richness, accomplishments, and a few beers and ciders with friends or strangers along the way.  Your journey will be one of close connections and growing friendships as is the beating heart of our company. We collaborate with colleagues in every single other function to do what HEINEKEN does best: brew the highest quality, premium beers, and ciders.

Reporting to: Supply Chain Director

Job Grade: 20

Role Purpose:

To ensure the effective running of the packaging operations by empowering people on the shop floor and creating a working environment where people feel empowered and capable to carry out all activities required to operate, sustain, and improve production processes. Lead the Maintenance & Packaging department in a safe and efficient way. Implement the Packaging & Maintenance strategy by deploying the digital strategy and driving performance in the brewery. Manage the workforce and overall cost for the department. Is overall responsible for the Repair & Maintenance budget.

Key Accountabilities

Safety & Sustainability

• Systematically drives safety improvement interventions to prevent accidents/incidents/near misses/hazards taking place in the department/Brewery, in alignment with Heineken Sustainability agenda and targets.
• Lead safe working in all areas.

• Trained Permit Approver (Confined Space, Line Breaking, Working at Heights, General)
• LOTOTO process owner

• Ensures that all the work and activities on the line done in line with HEINEKEN Safety and Sustainability standards.
• Embeds Contractor Management into the Safe way of working.
• Develops and executes digital roadmaps (with SSH support)

Quality Of Process & Product

• Prevents quality issues by initiating technological improvements and interacts with internal and external parties/stakeholders.
• Oversees Packaging and Maintenance to ensure on time in full delivery with the required quality.
• Ensures that all the work and activities on the lines done in line with HEINEKEN food safety standards.
• Support instruments calibration process (automation)

TPM And Continuous Improvement

• Ensures continuous improvement (TPM) in the execution of activities to minimize losses, in order to optimize the output.
• Applies digital tools to help people on the shopfloor in their day-to-day jobs.
• Implements the maintenance and packaging strategy for the brewery.
• Ensures implementation of defined best practices.
• Ensures execution of the planned Maintenance system: HACS (standards), tasks & spare parts.
• Owner of the PM pillar and leading the PM pillar
• Drives use of basic and advanced Maintenance systems and tools (e.g. UPS methodologies)
• Supports development of digital pillar

Process Management

• Assures compliance with all the packaging process requirements in line with the Heineken Rules, Standards and Procedures.
• Executes and ensures adherence to the standardised processes defined above OpCo/SSH.
• Assessment of asset condition/integrity
• Cooperation with implementation of Capex projects in the brewery.
• Ensure effective warehouse stock and parts handling in the brewery
• Supports the Packaging and Maintenance UPS process (analyse breakdowns and facilitates UPS) and escalate to SSH where required
• Supports the long (3YP) and medium (annual overhauls) Maintenance plan defined in SSH.
• Drives implementation of the connected brewery and connected worker.

Equipment Management

• Assures compliance with all the packaging process requirements in line with the Heineken Rules, Standards and Procedures.
• Supports asset performance through deploying the defined HACS by SSH and monitoring and analysis of the Maintenance costs vs the asset performance.
• Support improvement of HACS (managed by SSH) in the brewery through the MOC process.
• Initiates HACS development for equipment not yet covered by HACS in close collaboration with the SSH.
• Safeguard sustainable solutions for assets and equipment.
• Supports asset permit (license to operate).

Org And People Management

• Develops training materials and provides training and coaching sessions to the subordinates and other. Mobilizes other departments/functions to deliver synergies in financial performance.
• Leads the central Maintenance and packaging department in the brewery (digital-connected brewery, spare parts coordination, maintenance support and contractor management)
• Functional support to Maintenance Technicians, Planner and Packaging manager
• Support SSH with squad resources.
• Manages workforce and capacity in Maintenance and Packaging (via packaging manager)
• Executes training, supports skill and capability development (managed by SSH)
• Reports to brewery manager and aligns with other Heads of departments
• Accountable for interfaces within technical services and between the technical services and Maintenance department and other departments within the brewery.
• Executes the Leadership performance management (MYR and EYR).
• Follow-up with PDPs on department to stimulate peoples aspirations

Management Of Information And Reporting

• Identifies and drives key performance data collection and creates reports in order to maximize and improve operational and business performance activities.
• Champions and promotes data driven decision making 
• Ensures high data integrity in all line related reports.  
• Identifies and deploys relevant Connected brewery use cases into the operation, which are of value to the brewery.
• Monitors performance Maintenance management system and ensures the EAM / CMMS in functional and in place.
• Owns R&M budget and is accountable for budgeting
• Follow up on benchmark & trend analysis by SSH, monitors the Maintenance and Packaging KPI dashboard and uses this to report and control the department.
• Supports governance of asset- and spare parts master data in the brewery managed by SSH.

Supplier Management

• Effectively collaborates with suppliers. Supports implementation of innovations into the brewery.
• Approves procurement of parts and services for the brewery
• Supports supplier management and evaluation in the brewery
• Ensures warranties that come with contract management followed.
• Maintenance contract management (ASA) in close collaboration with local Procurement and Global/HGP.
• Contractor management in close collaboration with SSH and Global (quarterly OEM meetings).

Hub Interaction

• Interacts closely with maintenance SSH who set the maintenance strategy (priorities, regional level tenders etc.) to ensure the strategy is implemented correctly.
• Collaboration with maintenance SSH on development on Maintenance capabilities & technical escalation when required
• Close interaction with Maintenance SSH who will assist with specialist resources.  

Education and Experience

• Minimum Bachelor, preferably MSc degree in Mechanical, Chemical or Electrical Engineering and/or similar.
• >6 years management experience, preferably in a technical/operational environment
• Strong preference for experience in:
  • Packaging & maintenance operations / Quality of Packaging /Packaging trends and technologies / FMCG production management, etc.
• Knows and understands the core processes within brewery or beverage industry.
• Cross functional/ Team collaboration
• People management and leadership
• TPM / Lean / 6 Sigma, etc.

• Experienced in conducting BDA-analysis and training other BDA facilitators; i.e. good training skills.

• Proven track record in people leadership
• Ambassador for enabling a safe and quality-controlled working environment (leads by example).
• Ability to drive (strategic) improvement initiatives and manage changes from the shop floor within the department.
• Enabler to effectively work together between different directly related departments (i.e., procurement, operations, engineering, capex, finance, shared support hub capex & maintenance).
• Possesses required skill, knowledge and experience for Technical Services & maintenance manager on advanced level.
• Experience in sustainability projects/initiatives and knowledge on future trends and opportunities
• Ability to effectively implement the HASC activities in relation to improving maintenance performance
• (Can explain the required strategy to the team and other departments, creates buy-in and successful in implementing
• HACS & improvement programs/projects).
• Knowledge and experience in asset life cycle and spare parts management.
• Ability to see the bigger picture in multi-year maintenance strategic development (i.e. prepare for next level of maintenance excellence).

So join us, and be the spark that fuels our star.
Because at Heineken Ireland, we don’t just make the beer…
We make the star!

“Embracing and celebrating diversity is core to HEINEKEN’s purpose of “brewing the joy of true togetherness to inspire a better world”. We believe that people as diverse as our brews – including and not limited to gender, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, religious belief, nationality, social background, disability and thinking style – enrich our lives and strengthen our business. We welcome and consider applications from all qualified candidates as we champion a culture of belonging that provides fair and equal opportunities for all”.