Factory Manager at Seven Up Bottling Company

Created by the Howdy Corporation in St. Louis, MO, 7UP was an optimistic venture from the very start. After great success with the Howdy Orange drink, company founder C.L. Grigg decided to try his luck with lemons and limes. C.L. Grigg spent more than two years testing over 11 different formulas, all in search of a drink that was refreshing enough to prove irresistible to the people of Missouri and the world at large. In 1929, C.L. Grigg’s bubbliest drink was born. The public quickly developed a taste for Grigg’s caramel colored lemon-lime soda. Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda sold, and sold well. As the drink grew more and more popular, the original name was traded in for something short and sweet. Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda became known as 7UP. Early advertising featured a winged 7UP logo with copy that read "a glorified drink in bottles only. Seven natural flavors blended into a savory, flavory drink with a real wallop." The drink was so successful by 1936 that Grigg changed the name of The Howdy Corporation to The Seven-Up Company. By the late 1940s, 7UP had become the third best-selling soft drink in the world. In the decades to follow, 7UP developed iconic branding, setting it apart from industry front-runners. In 1967, 7UP brought the phrase UNCOLA into the national vernacular. The UNCOLA campaign set 7UP apart from its competition and became part of a counter cultural that symbolized being true to yourself and challenging the status quo. Always at the frontier of taste and pop culture, 7UP was also among the first sodas to introduce sugar-free and caffeine free options. Through the years, advertising for 7UP featured everything from a cartoon mascot named Spot, to the "It’s an Up thing" and "Make 7UP yours" taglines.
Executes manufacturing strategy and leads daily Production operations (managing production planning, production execution, capability development, asset first level maintenance as well as sustainability of projects required for improvements), to ensure that present and future demand is met in a timely and qualitative manner. Assures proper human resources and assets management, in compliance with environmental and safety law requirements and according to SBC and PI quality guidelines. Owns total production management from production planning to execution and transfer to warehouse.

Job Details

Is responsible for all production activities result with effective SBC Quality Systems, ISO, HACCP and GMP programs, and meet safety and other applicable legislation requirements, focus to be achieving a PASS in all relevant plant audits and sustain improvements.
Ensures full implementation of health & safety procedures
Effectively applies business performance review on daily, Weekly and monthly management routine using all available tools – i.e. Management routine and input from Navision and SAP, participates in plant sales & operations meetings and signs off on weekly production plan
Runs daily plant performance review with all sectional production heads (Line Managers, Asset Care Managers, Quality Assurance Manager, and Safety Manager).
Is fully aware and Responsible for execution of IMCR / Non-conformance management routines and procedures
Responsible for productivity improvement and stretchy targets for cost
efficiency. Ensures group lean manufacturing initiatives (Structured Problem
Solving, Improvement memo system) are executed with all necessary resources in place
Responsible for delivery of all KPIs in production.
Guarantees the product availability through the proper production organization (in terms of efficiency and effectiveness) and resources management according to the production plans
Monitor raw and packaging material supplier management in corporation with supply chain and Quality team
Define and implements no run policies in alignment with planning and supply chain department.
As part of daily routines, reviews downtime postings for proper classification and uses the details to focus on top bottlenecks to operation and leverages focused improvement approach to solve the operational challenges.
Prepares, presents and interprets Production KPI's, makes recommendations which result in increased productivity and efficiency; reduces cost and
improves customer satisfaction while following production plans.

Able to cascade Productivity KPI’s to the team and support them achieve them.
Ensures that investments in production are well prioritized, execution optimized with minimum interruption in production operations and smooth

Requirements

A minimum of Bachelor of Engineering Degree (B.Eng.) or HND in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering.
Minimum of 8– 10 years relevant hands-on FMCG operation and maintenance experience.
At least 3 years’ experience in a beverage bottling company in a managerial capacity.
Experienced in budgeting and people management
Knowledge of bottling operations: Planning,
Manufacturing, Quality, Environment, Engineering, Health and Safety
Operational planning expertise/experience
Understanding of financial impact of decisions
Ability to select and assess first-line managers
Coaching direct reports and mentoring others
Ability to translate functional strategy into unit/section’s plan
Ability to lead and manage change setting standards for managing performance.
Ability to build and leverage relationships to improve results
Open-minded and willing to experiment and try new things Ability to disseminate and enforce safety, health & environment policy and improvement initiatives.