Performance & Continuous Improvement Manager Jobs – Nile Breweries

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Engineering Jobs in Uganda, Management Jobs in Uganda

Job Title: Performance & Continuous Improvement Manager

Organisation: Nile Breweries

Duty Station: Jinja, Uganda

About Organisation:

Nile Breweries Limited is a leading beverage company in Uganda and a subsidiary of SABMiller, the second largest brewing group in the world. We aim to provide for a variety of career paths and patterns of working, a good work-life balance and comprehensive employee benefits.

Job Summary: The Key Purpose of this role is to improve Packaging Unit or Hall Performance through continuous improvement initiatives. Execute Non routine activities such as NPD, trials, projects to allow operations and maintenance teams to focus on routines. Point of contact for Packaging Process Technical Specifications.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Occupational Health, Safety and Risk Ensure that Brewery quality and safety targets are met
Ensure overall reliability of production Process optimisation and asset management and plant availability
Adherence to AB InBev and global packaging quality standards
Ensure Packaging strategy implementation and support
Ensure line audits are complete by machine as per Zone Technical Experts guidelines
Ensure training need analyses are conducted and training plans developed for team members
Ensure appropriate competencies are developed in the team, and ensure cross skilling occurs within the packaging shift team
Provide coaching and mentorship to Packaging Levels 1,2,3
Analyses plant performance data to identify opportunities for performance improvement and waste reduction
Analyses plant failure modes and investigate causes for repeat failures to correct root causes

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

A superior performance track record indicating a disciplined work ethic with passion for problem solving and continuous improvement
Excellent understanding of VPO
Effective communication skills.
Good presentation skills.
Self-managed and assertiveness.
Must have the ability to communicate effectively at all levels of the business
Creative and broad-minded thinker.
Dynamic personality.
Must be a Change agent (Influential power).
Self-starter and energetic.
Provide operational support to autonomous shift-based teams on process problem solving, supplying expert advice and guidance.
Willingness to challenge the “status quo” and uphold process a quality standard within the operational environment
Coaching and mentoring: with deviations addressed through the non-conformance management procedure and capin process