Guinesss jobs: Packaging Ops Support Manager

Guiness Nigeria is one of Diageo’s Global Priority Brands and was Diageo’s third biggest NSV contributor in F09. Regional Brands include Malta, Tusker, Harp, Pilsner, Satzenbrau, Smirnoff Ice, and Alvaro.
Supply is critical to enable such high levels of brand growth – through exemplary service to our customers, by maximising the value of our assets and investments, by protecting the reputation of our business and brands, enabling innovation, and ensuring our people to flourish in the face of this challenge.


Guiness Nigeria is now recruiting for a Packaging Operations Supply Manager.
This role will play a key role in achieving and ensuring delivery of Packaging Performance promise, they will align and champion the improvement programs and ensure compliance to standards.

Dimensions
1. Financial:
This role is important to the achievement of the overall Africa region business plans by impacting on COGS in a supply centre delivering 775 M£ NSV through ensuring Diageo has the most cost effective operations across the owned and managed sites inside Africa.
They will support the CI projects and support & lead the site teams in the implementation of best practice across all plants including.
They will ensure all Diageo’s assets are utilized effectively before any further investment.

2. Market Complexity:
This role operates across multiple markets in the developing and volatile economies of Africa as well as interacting at a global level with global functions and other supply centres.
The role includes ensuring compliance with diverse regulatory systems in various countries.

3. Leadership Responsibilities:
This role will champion packaging efficiency improvements, process quality and cost improvement across Africa.
They will help develop strategy at the Supply Hub level and will develop plans and lead implementation across the operating sites.
They will ensure a culture of continuous improvement is developed. This role will lead up to 5 Packaging Specialists.

Accountabilities:
Develop and implement packaging efficiency improvements, reduction in material and liquid waste and step change in outer packaging quality in plants.
Support & lead the site teams in CI delivery using a structured PP methodology, building capability & the implementation of best practice across all plants.
Leads and tracks plant action plans and ensures ability of plans to hit KPI’s.
Responsible for assisting the operational management to access the correct support on specific issues if the Support Person is unable to resolve the issue.

Qualifications and Experience:
University degree in Science with an Engineering/ Operational qualification/status,
Diploma Master Brewer (IOB) qualification.
Experience in a senior production role (five years plus) such as Packaging manager/Production manager/ Brewing manager.
Expert manufacturing management principles and techniques in packaging, perfect plant.
Understanding of best practice implementation model and strategy.
Understanding of the principles of change management and cultures in different countries.
Analytical problem solving and auditing skills.
Understanding of governance standards such as LTO, ISO, and HACCP. Self-motivated and achievement oriented leader.
Role to be based in West Africa and will requires a considerable amount of travel across the Supply Hub markets; therefore the incumbent needs to manage the role effectively from a variety of locations.
Please note: Only shortlisted candidates would be contacted.

Deadline is 20th August 2009.

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