Shift Team Leader 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.
Job Summary

Plans, organizes, supervises and controls the activity of the production for their assigned area of coverage on his or her shift, in order to fulfil the production plan at a high-quality level, with high level safety compliance and optimum costs, according to company standards.

Responsibilities

Serves as a coach to all operators on the shop floor.
Follows up with technical team to ensure that breakdowns are resolved promptly and permanently
Drives start up timing as per plan after every production run on lines in assigned area of coverage.
Responsible for reduction of all waste across the shop floor (crown, closure, syrup, sugar, label, shrink film etc.).
Ensures GMP/GHK standards are adhered to in his Shift, hands over his area with 100% compliance to GMP/GHK, executes GMP Audit as per planned weekly calendar, executes CAP as part of implementation from GMP/GHK Audit
Understands and controls main cost drivers on the line, addresses excess manning in his shift.
Understands the monetary impact of raw material losses on product and plant profitability.
Leads by example and effectively communicates the actions which put the Quality First (product, behaviour, communication, etc.)
Ensures Production personnel wears clean uniform, 100% Compliance to PPE for all Personnel in the Production area.
Drives compliance to food safety standards on the production lines. eg. No Jewellery worn in production areas, bearded cover to be worn etc.
Ensures zero tolerance to drinking / eating on production lines, prompt cleaning of production lines is completed during his shift.
Reports all near misses/Non-conformance in his shift and follows through with responsible persons for resolution.
Ensures all quality control parameters and variables are within acceptable targets in his/her Shift (e.g. Brix, Fill Height, carbonation, torque etc.)
Is responsible for raw and packaging material on the shop floor, ensures materials are properly staged and is accountable for the usage of same materials
Ensures that product is available as at when due and delays that may affect production continuity are promptly escalated to line manager.
Manages, the return of all scrap materials like sugar bags, kegs, drums etc. for their area of coverage during shift production run. Ensures these scraps are properly documented and accounted for.
Responsible for the conduct of operators and all shift team members in their area of coverage during shift production run.
Tracks and ensure calibration of all the measuring and weighing equipment under direct control of the production department are carried out regularly.
To submit the required data for the preparation of daily, weekly, monthly or any periodic reports to the line manager.

Requirements

A minimum of HND or Bsc in Food Sciences, Engineering or General Sciences.
3– 5 years relevant hands-on FMCG operation and maintenance experience.
Knowledge of bottling operations
Understanding of financial impact of decisions
Ability to build and leverage relationships to improve results
Open-minded and willing to experiment and try new things and improvement initiatives.
Good understanding and experience of current WC manufacturing methodologies.
Good understanding of HQSE modalities and codes.
Good understanding of achieving GMP and GHK standards
Good oral communication, influencing and relationship skills.