Job Title: Regional Bakery Plant Manager
Reporting
Relationship:.
This position holder
reports to the COO, has the responsibility to manage a minimum of 4 Bakery
Managers within a business region
Purpose of the Job:
Responsible for
growing the brand in a specific region and to ensure that the businesses being
managed are profitable ventures and that the brand is more efficient and
adequately focused on customer satisfaction and quality products.
Duties & Responsibilities
Duties & Responsibilities
Management
- Ensure
protection of the company’s working capital at all times
- Responsible
for managing company assets in assigned location, ensuring maximum up time
from all assets and delivery of desired ROCE
Operations:
- Ensure
that the business operates at a given Gross Profit % level
- Control
operating costs such that the business operates effectively, whilst
complying with quality and service levels required by the company.
Compliance:
- Ensure
adherence to brand standards as established by the company in respect of
product recipe, quality, processes, and cleanliness
Marketing
- Work
with the team to defend the market share of products within assigned
territories, whilst also ensuring exceptional customer satisfaction and
product/brand acceptance
- Coordination
of customer management and development/maintenance of distribution
channels aimed at ensuring 100% year round product availability
- Expand
the business frontiers within the region/territory and seek to develop new
locations or sites as revenue streams
Reporting
- Responsible
for prompt and accurate reporting within his business location -
(Monthly Reporting Sheet (MRS) to the COO, Business Analyst
and Audit Department)
- Ensure
full compliance with Oracle processes as defined for the business – Full
update on all OM and OPM transactions, ensuring the accuracy and
completeness of data on – line real time.
- Ensure
reporting deadline for all documentations (financial and non-financials)
are met
Inventory Management
- In
cooperation with the Bakery Manager, Plans and coordinate inventory levels
required in the business to ensure seamless production schedule and
availability of production inputs at all times
- Ensure
full compliance with the company’s Inventory Management policy in his
business
Team Leadership & People Management
- Responsible
for managing, coaching, training and development of all employees
within the region
- Work
with HR to assure right manning levels within his business and guarantee
staff productivity
- Manage
performance of direct reports through an objective Performance Monitoring
framework
Finance and Administration:
- “Own”
the data in the financial statements for his region completely.
- Monitor
and investigate significant variances (both to budget as well as
historically) in the profit & loss account, the balance sheet and the
cash flow statement – review all summary data thoroughly
Candidate:
- Candidate
should have the capacity to function in a performance driven environment,
possess good interpersonal, planning and people management skills.
- Ideal
candidate must have the capacity to take crucial decisions, when
necessary, coach and develop associates in the business and
transfer knowledge to direct reports
- Must be
experienced in managing a semi automated or fully automated bakery plant.
Contract Nature
Fixed Term Contract
renewable after an initial one year excellent performance record.
Salary:
Salary:
Annual Fixed Salary:
Competitive
Variable Income: % of
Annual Fixed Income. This is tied to achievement of defined objectives:
Benefits & Perks:
Benefits & Perks:
- Assigned
official car + driver
- Medical
Coverage for employee and family up to a maximum of 2 children and under
18 years of age
- Fully
expensed accommodation
- Annual
return economy class tickets for holiday covering , employee, spouse and a
maximum of 2 children
- 20
working days of annual holiday
Knowledge: Qualification & Experience
- The
ideal candidate must have a first degree in Food Technology/Engineering
with a working knowledge of financials and marketing
- Minimum
of 12 years experience, 5 of which must have been spent managing a multi
site bakery plants business with total daily production capacity of
100,000 loaves
Required Skills
- Candidate
must be fluent in English ( written and oral)
- Proficiency
in the use of Microsoft application packages: Excel, Word, Power point
- Experience
in an ERP driven manufacturing environment is an added advantage
Apply at www.kimberly-ryan.net