Company: AFGRI Equipment
Industry: Agriculture / Agro-Allied
Posted: Sep 8, 2025
Deadline: Sep 19, 2025
Job Type: Full Time
Qualification: Bachelors, National Certificate
Experience: 5 years
Location: Mpumalanga
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Field: Manufacturing
Description
- The purpose of this role is to manage the manufacturing processes, equipment and facilities at the Dryden site in the most cost-effective way by ensuring maximum efficiency and optimal mix whilst maintaining compliance with legislation, customer specifications, quality and company standards to achieve planned production.
Requirements
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
- A Diploma/Degree in Production Management or any other relevant qualification.
- 5 years operational management experience within the FMCG manufacturing environment of which 3 years must be in a management position.
- Experience in an poultry rendering environment will be an added advantage.
- Knowledge of cost management (i.e., processing budget vs expenditure).
- Knowledge of cost-saving (i.e., deliver against cost-saving and business improvement initiatives).
- Target-driven, knowledge of production processes, best practices and quality systems (e.g., OEE).
- Knowledge of waste management processes.
- Solid team management experience, including but not limited to workforce planning, performance management and ensuring discipline on-site.
- Knowledge of SHEQ compliance within the Processing Department.
KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS
- Oversee production planning on-site.
- Provide input into the broader strategy from a production perspective.
- Manage, plan and control the Production and maintenance Department’s budget.
- Ensure that the Production Department is sufficiently capacitated to deliver against the production plan.
- Identify and implement work improvement practices to achieve maximum outputs.
- Establish and ensure the most efficient use of resources i.e., cost, people, time, etc. to increase delivery on product output and quality.
- Develop, implement and manage the preventative maintenance program.
- Drive optimal product quality and volumes to maximize customer satisfaction.
- Provide input into the establishment of systems and procedures to comply with best practices, legislative, and other regulatory guidelines.
- Drive production targets while minimizing costs (i.e., ensuring minimum wastage of raw materials, packaging materials, minimizing downtime and reducing labour costs).
- Ensure on-site compliance to Safety, Health, Risk, Environment and Quality Management.
- Ensure prompt implementation of corrective measures where non-compliance is identified.
Closing date: 15 September 2025
