Production Manager (Food & Beverage)

Responsibilities

• Oversee and coordinate daily production operations to ensure efficiency and productivity.
• Champion and maintain a strong health and safety culture within the production environment.
• Monitor safety performance and maintain compliance with safety and quality standards.
• Ensure adherence to product recipes, formulas, and food safety requirements.
• Organize production schedules and planning to achieve on-time, in-full (OTIF) delivery of customer orders.
• Monitor production performance through dashboards and defined KPIs.
• Analyse ingredient consumption and investigate variances against technical ratios and budgets.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance productivity, food safety, and workflow efficiency.
• Support preventive and predictive maintenance activities for production equipment.
• Conduct root cause analysis (RCA) on equipment failures and implement long-term corrective actions.
• Manage spare parts inventory and coordinate maintenance budgets and third-party services.
• Supervise and lead production teams including Production Operators, Cleaners, and the Production Supervisor.
• Support recruitment, onboarding, training, and performance evaluation of the production team.
• Prepare weekly reports on production plans, raw material stock levels, team planning, and key operational KPIs.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Food Processing, Agro-Industrial Technology, Manufacturing, or a related field.
• Knowledge of bakery products or similar food production environments is an added advantage.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in production or manufacturing operations.
• At least 5 years’ experience in a management role, leading teams and overseeing production activities.

How to Apply

Interested candidates are invited to submit their CVs to: jobs@talentgridafrica.com