Job Summary
Overview of key activities:
- Total management of all operational functions at the packhouse of the local market areas and functions.
- Manage the process and flow of local market fruit from both packhouses to the different designated local market packing lines and areas.
- Daily coordinating of available fruit for packing to achieve deadlines on orders.
- Coordinating all logistics of raw material between packing facilities (Receiving, dispatch and transport).
- Total management of the local market supervisors and their teams in their departments.
- Daily staff planning to ensure that productivity targets is met.
- Ensure that all fruit movement is captured on Paltrack.
- Ensure that all fruit packed is with in customer specification.
- Ensure that all Occupational Health and Safety standards are met.
- Ensure that all food safety standards are met.
- Manage maintenances on local market packing lines and areas.
- Working in partnership with all other departments (Logistics, Materials, HR, Production, Planning).
The criteria and requirements are as follows:
- Matric Certificate.
- Speak, read & write English and Afrikaans or Xhosa fluently.
- Computer Skills (MS Word, MS Excel and Emails).
- Previous experience in managing or supervising a team.
- Valid drivers’ licence (code 08) & own transport.
- Previous experience in a packhouse environment will be an advantage.
- Previous experience with Paltrack will be an advantage.
General Attribute:
- This candidate must be willing to work overtime and at weekends.
- This person must be willing to travel from time to time.