Soufflet Malt Family of Companies
Production - Plant Manager
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JOB DESCRIPTION
Job Title:
Plant Manager - Witham
Reports to:
Operations Manager - England
Department:
Operations
Location:
Witham
Hours:
9am to 5pm Monday to Friday (participation in callout rota will be required)
Summary of Job:
Responsible for the safe and efficient management of all plant operations.
Responsibilities:
Key Challenges:
- Maintain and improve production quality to all customers.
- Optimise production activities to reduce the utility consumption wherever possible.
- Reduce wastage of grain wherever possible.
- Close out all action points from internal and external audits.
- Foster good employee engagement to best make use of the personnel on site.
- Control and reduce site maintenance costs.
- Identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
- Ensure that all site activities exceed the standard of health and safety as set out in company policy.
Line Management:
Direct Reports:
- Engineering Manager
- Production Manager
- Process Manager
- Barley Manager
- EHSQ
Take an active and visible approach to setting and leading the required safety culture on site. Ensure all activities are risk assessed to a suitable and sufficient level. Participate in and jointly lead compliance and customer audits. Maintain all necessary accreditations (ISO standards etc).
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Plant Production:
- Ensure adequate stock levels of raw materials and malt stock levels to meet scheduled malt deliveries.
- Develop and agree the annual plant budget with the Operations Manager.
- Use monthly budget figures to monitor all plant costs to ensure that targets are achieved, with particular focus on utility consumption, process yield and maintenance and labour costs.
- Provide weekly and monthly stock, production, utility consumption reports.
- Maintain produced and delivered malt quality at a high level.
- Ensure barley husbandry is maintained at a high standard.
- Work with the engineering manager to maintain mechanical maintenance standards in line with our business wide standards.
People Leadership and Development:
- Absence management.
- Investigations and disciplinary procedure.
- Performance management.
- Dealing with conflict and conflict resolution.
- Ensuring leadership behavior is consistent with and actively demonstrates the company values.
- Ensure the Soufflet Malt Code of Conduct and policies & procedures are adhered to.
- Build organisational capability through attracting, developing & retaining a high-performing and engaged workforce.
- Support the company’s diversity strategies.
- Oversee the application of performance management and leadership development processes.
- Coach & support direct reports in meeting their development needs.
- Ensure employees are aware of Soufflet Malt’s rewards and benefits (financial & non-financial).
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PERSON SPECIFICATION
ESSENTIAL:
- A minimum of three years’ experience within the malting, brewing or food processing sector in a production management role.
- Excellent management skills ideally with experience of managing a round-the-clock or shift operation.
- Basic engineering knowledge.
- A sound knowledge and understanding of the malting process (alternatively a science qualification and the commitment to undertake intensive malting training would be acceptable).
- Experience of setting and monitoring budgets.
- Experience of taking responsibility for product quality.
- Proven people management skills.
- IOSH Health and safety training.
DESIRABLE:
- Master Maltster.
- A brewing or food science qualification to a degree (or equivalent) level.
- Experience of dealing with external audits and customer service activities.
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