Packaging team leader

Dreaming big is in our DNA. It’s who we are as a company. It’s our culture. It’s our heritage. And more than ever, it’s our future. A future where we’re always looking forward. Always serving up new ways to meet life’s moments. A future where we keep dreaming bigger. We look for people with passion, talent, and curiosity, and provide them with the teammates, resources and opportunities to unleash their full potential. The power we create together – when we combine your strengths with ours – is unstoppable. Are you ready to join a team that dreams as big as you do?

The Key Purpose of this role

is to lead the Operators and Shift Artisan in the execution of the production plan, executing quality control and analyses, the carrying out of autonomous maintenance tasks and the resolution of production problems.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Optimise Production Performance & Processes
• Co-ordinate and perform scheduled maintenance.
• Monitor production processes.
• Interpret and implement production plan for shift.
• Ensure and maintain a safe and healthy work environment.
• Build and foster relationships with customers and preferred suppliers.
• Perform Administration
• Ensure application of admin systems and procedures.
• Administer conditions of employment for team members.
• Contribute to self and team development.
• Prepare and control budgets.
• Facilitate Team Problem Solving and Decision Making
• Apply problem solving and decision making techniques and principles.
• Facilitate team problem solving.
• Manage Human Resources
• Develop Employees.
• Ensure a healthy industrial relations climate.
• Manage and apply personnel practices.
• Optimise Team Performance
• Facilitate effective team dynamics.
• Implement performance management.
• Communicate effectively in the workplace.

Key Attributes and Competencies:

• Be a team-player as well as an effective leader.
• Attention to detail, Computer literate.
• Bias for action/comfortable with initiating action.
• Able to lead meetings and make presentations
• Analytical and systematic thinking ability, to enable effective problem solving.
• Sound communication skills.
• Managing people ability as well as ability to drive performance.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to facilitate problem solving in a team forum.
• High level of resilience and ability to operate in a high-pressure environment.

Minimum Requirements:

• Grade 12, National Diploma or equivalent in engineering, N6 Engineering studies plus Trade Test qualification
• B /Tech or BSc Degree
• Completed AB InBev traineeship
• Min -SAP and Voyager Plant Optimisation (VPO)
• Experience in a AB InBev process environment
• Supervisory level experience
• Be able to work shifts
• Experience of managing and running a high speed packaging line would be highly advantageous

Additional Information:

Band: VII

AB InBev is an equal opportunity employer and all appointments will be made in line with AB InBev employment equity plan and talent requirements. The advert has minimum requirements listed. Management reserves the right to use additional/ relevant information as criteria for short listing.