AutoReqId 28415BR
Function: Supply
Type of Job Full Time
Country Nigeria
External Job Description
Job Title: Packaging Operations Support Manager – West Africa
Level: L4
Reports To: Manufacturing Support Director
Context/Scope:
Africa is the highest growth area in Diageo, with Africa contributing 27% of Diageo’s growth.
Guinness 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, 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. Our business is also committed to ensuring 5 million people have access to fresh water by 2011 through the ‘Water of Life’ Programme.
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. Extensive travel will be required between Hub countries.
Dimensions:
a) Financial
This role is important to the achievement of the overall Africa region business plans by impacting on COGS in a supply centre through ensuring Diageo has the most cost effective operations across the owned and managed sites inside Africa.
b) 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.
c) Leadership Responsibilities
This role will champion packaging efficiency improvements, process quality and cost improvement across Africa. This role will lead up to 5 Packaging Specialists.
Purpose of Role
Top 3-5 Accountabilities
1. Develop and implement packaging efficiency improvements, reduction in material and liquid waste and step change in outer packaging quality in plants.
2. Support & lead the site teams in CI delivery using a structured PP methodology, building capability & the implementation of best practice across all plants
3. Carry out progress reviews on the implementation of new processes & ensure they are rigorous and embedded. Carry out audits on plants to identify performance gaps
4. Leads and tracks plant action plans and ensures ability of plans to hit KPI’s
5. Responsible for assisting the operational management to access the correct support on specific issues if the Support Person is unable to resolve the issue and the operational personnel are unsure of where they might get support.
Qualifications and Experience Required
- University degree in Science with an Engineering/ Operational qualification/status.
- Diploma Master Brewer (IOB) qualification.
- Experience in a Senior production role (five plus years) such as Packaging manager/Production manager/ Brewing manager
- Detailed and in-depth understanding of packaging operations best practice in relation to a Site operation.
- 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.
- Basic training skills.
- Understanding of governance standards such as LTO, ISO, and HACCP.
- Self-motivated and achievement oriented leader
Barriers to Success in Role
- Lack of ability to influence personnel in the IMCs
- Insufficient drive and resilience to achieve results
- Lack of cultural awareness and understanding of the realities of a developing economy
- Lack of ability to prioritise, balance meeting targets and standards with pragmatism and reality
Role to be based in West Africa and will require a considerable amount of travel across the Supply Hub markets, therefore the incumbent needs to manage the role effectively from a variety of locations.
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