Title:  Plant Manager.

Focus Area

Key Activities

Expected Results

Departmental Strategy formulation and implementation

• Develop, implement and monitor the Plant Operations strategy/business plan to ensure that the plant operates optimally is aligned to Heineken and the overall organisational goals and objectives
• Drive the development and implementation of future fit plant/ factory strategies, policies, procedures, and overall team to optimise value of the entire department in creating a world class supply chain function.
• Motivate and lead changes in technical processes, products recipes, changes in technology, culture  change, structural and other strategic changes in the Plant Operations environment and the business  at large.
• Conduct research on plant optimization and outline the future vision and automation of the plant. This includes but is not limited to identifying future automation needs, new production lines, the evolution of plant operations, and the necessary skill sets for personnel to achieve the desired future state.
• Develop business cases to support these initiatives and present them to the management team for decision making.

• Future fit departmental strategies
• Alignment to Heineken ways of working

Departmental annual budget

• Develop, implement and monitor the Plant Operations budgets to ensure that the plant operates optimally is aligned to Heineken and the overall organisational goals and objectives

• Achieve optimal operations within the Plant.

Management of Technical Projects

• Develop and execute relevant technical projects and processes to improve the plant capacity and efficiency in adherence to project timelines and budgets.
• Review technical method statements of all the contracted work out to third party contractors to ensure safe execution

• Successful completion of technical projects

Conformance to Quality, Product and Process Specifications

• Drive conformance to quality management standards ensuring timely execution of recovery and improvement plans for any identified deviation and trends.
• Define and enforce adherence to work procedures and processes including updating the processes  where necessary to achieve a seamless flow of work across the departments

• Achieve 100% conformance to Quality, Product and Process Specifications within the Plant.

Food Safety Systems Management

• Ensure full compliance to Food Safety Systems Certification, ISO 22000:2018 FSSC V6 on Site
• Support  all the New Products Development, NPD (for New to World Projects) & Pack - Upgrades (PUGs) in such  a manner that upholds Site Food Safety Standards.

• Compliance with food safety standards

TPM/ Champion of Operational Excellence & Continuous Improvement

• Drive optimization and improvement of the systems and the work process 
• Entrench TPM2Win as the driving engine for Factory Operations
• Enhance  productivity and service levels aligned to business needs by creating an environment that challenges status quo and promotes innovation 
• Drive the utilisation of available automation/ digitization, ERP in the day-to-day operations of the plant
• Ensure KWAL integrated management systems (ISO 14001 and ISO 45001) are continuously reviewed and take necessary corrective and / or preventative actions on the identified findings and drive closure in a timely manner
• Oversee the overall program for asset care, utilities and facilities management to ensure optimal plant operations are safe and efficient use in the business.

• Positive impact on plant operational excellence

Controls and  Compliance in Plant Operations and Associated Processes

• Build strong internal control systems (ICS) with proper segregation of duties (SOD)
• Ensure plant operations processes are well optimised and controls are always sustained in line with Heineken standards
• Ensure total compliance with all the legal, statutory, regulatory and contractual requirements to maintain the licence to trade for the  business and avert risks due to non-compliance. 

• Ensure optimisation and compliance with the plant operations controls and  compliance and associated processes

Health,  Safety  and Sustainability Responsibility

• Identify safety and risk issues and establish corrective measures to promote a safe working  environment in line with legal requirements and Heineken standards. 
• Driving a Positive Health and Safety Culture in the workplace and playing a lead role in the Occupational Health and Safety Committee on Site.
• Manage and control emissions to the air – e.g. boiler stack emissions of flue gases, generator exhausts from combustion of organic fuels and sonorous emissions/noise pollution
• Manage and control of emissions to water surfaces including storm drains & sewer  systems and effluent discharges
• Manage and control emissions to land e.g. solid waste from site

• Safe working environment
• Promotion of a health and safety culture

Inventory Management

• Ensure proper management of critical engineering spares and process consumables
• Oversee and ensure prudent management of fuels, lubricants and other Consumables
• Daily management and controls of Extra Neutral Ethyl Alcohol (ENA) stocks and blended  products in the cellar
• Manage stocks under Work in Progress (WIP) for goods under conversion in the packaging hall
• Ensure optimal and secure management and reconciliations of Tax Stamps in the packaging hall

• Proper inventory management across the plant.

Reporting

• Prepare and submit accurate and timely management reports for decision making. 

• Informed business decisions

People Management

• Establish systems to attract, develop, engage performance management and retain talented  individuals
• Create an environment where staff can realise their full potential and contribute to the attainment of departmental and organizational goals
• Create a sense of common purpose within and  across packaging, brewing and engineering to facilitate the timely delivery of quality products at the right cost and in the right quantity
• Drive continuous improvement within the Factory environment
• Represent the Business Leadership in the biennial negotiations of Collective Bargaining Agreements  with the Labour Unions (representing Unionised employees).

• Maximise potential and performance of people.
• High performing
• Plant operations teams
• Positive culture, survey results.