Packaging Team Leader

Dreaming big is in our DNA. It’s who we are as a company. It’s our culture. It’s our heritage. And more than ever, it’s our future. A future where we’re always looking forward. Always serving up new ways to meet life’s moments. A future where we keep dreaming bigger. We look for people with passion, talent, and curiosity, and provide them with the teammates, resources and opportunities to unleash their full potential. The power we create together – when we combine your strengths with ours – is unstoppable. Are you ready to join a team that dreams as big as you do?

The key purpose of this role is to lead the shift-based team/s in the execution of the production plan to the required performance criteria (QCDSM).

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Maintaining safety, quality and environmental standards
• Drive and maintaining VPO implementation
• Developing, tracking and monitoring team PI's and KPI's
• Timely reaction to negative trends (out of controls)
• Participating and managing problem solving activities
• Delivering the packaging plan
• Continuously improving - QCDSM
• Supporting and coaching team members
• Managing the teams MCRS
• Engage with the plant regarding their VPO dream by owning and driving VPO across the department
• Representation during milestone audits will be necessary to support the plant’s VPO dream

Key Attributes and Competencies:

• Be able to work shifts
• Ability to make decisions
• Be a team-player as well as an effective leader
• Attention to detail, computer literate
• Bias for action/comfortable with initiating action
• Able to lead meetings and make presentations
• Analytical and systematic thinking ability, to enable effective problem solving
• Sound communication skills
• Ability to manage people as well as ability to drive performance through the VPO tools
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to facilitate problem solving in a team forum
• High level of resilience and ability to operate in a high-pressure environment

Minimum Requirements:

• B.Sc./HND in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering
• 2-5 Years’ experience in a packaging process environment

Additional Information:

• Band: VII

AbInBev is an equal opportunity employer and all appointments will be made in line with AbInBev employment equity plan and talent requirements. The advert has minimum requirements listed. Management reserves the right to use additional/ relevant information as criteria for short listing.