Production Supervisor- Confectionery & Cake

Qualifications, Skills and Experience

• A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial/Mechanical Engineering or any relevant discipline in Engineering.
  
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in a similar role in a busy environment.
  

Key Requirements: 

• At least 5 years hands-on in the Food Industry. Confectionary plant is a distinct advantage.
  
• Familiar with hard, soft candies production, lollipop and bubble gum.
  
• Must be able to work under pressure and meet deadlines, while maintaining a positive attitude and providing exemplary customer service
  
• Ability to work independently and to carry out assignments to completion within parameters of instructions given, prescribed routines, and standard accepted practices
  

• Ensures that supervisors and operators are doing their job properly.
  
• Coordinates with line supervisor and make sure the plant is running smoothly.
  
• Discusses with supervisors and operators to maintain high standards in the plant.
  
• Ensures that online inspectors and helpers are in their respective positions. 
  
• Checks that all machines are running in good condition.
  
• Conducts repairs if there is any problem in production line machine.
  
• Organizes workflow by assigning responsibilities, preparing schedules and outlining duties
  
• Monitors the work of employees, provides feedback and performs coaching and mentoring to achieve all production targets.
  
• Ensures safe use of equipment and schedules regular maintenance to increase efficiency of plant.
  
• Checks to ensure that production output is in accordance to determined quality specifications in a profitable manner.
  
• Prepares and submits production reports on individual and overall performance 
  
• Revises procedures, identifies issues in efficiency and suggests ways of improvement