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To ensure that all Incoming materials, Intermediates and Manufactured Products released for sale by the Company conform to standard specifications. Carry out Quality Pillar deployment in accordance with the Global Quality Pillar Journey map.

Responsibilities:

• Quality Inspection and Analysis of incoming raw & packaging materials and recommend appropriate disposal method. Prepare monthly Quality report and communicate to suppliers’ cases of product failures in accordance with Regional Quality Engineering Manager.
• The job holder carries in-process checks to ensure standard procedures are adhered to and has the authority to stop the process from continuing in-case of deviation; and recommend rework methods to address quality failures. As part of In-process checks, the job holder also carries periodic process and machine capabilities and give appropriate recommendations as necessary in agreement with PM and SDW stake holders.
• Owner of root cause analysis in case of nonconforming batches to be submitted to Quality Lead for further action (i.e. scrap of waiver approved per global procedure). In case of product already released, submit to Quality lead for Product incident Management to be followed in agreement with Regional Quality Director
• Calibration - ensures that machines and equipment/instruments used in production processes for Quality purposes are calibrated through carrying internal and third-party calibrations.
• Prepare Quality Performance Report and based on outcome of the report recommends improvements.
• Visit Suppliers to analyze major quality failures of raw and packaging materials, recommend possible solutions, hence strengthening the relationship with our suppliers for mutual benefit to both parties in agreement with Regional Quality Engineering Manager.
• Support and implement Integrated management systems initiatives in the department.

Experience you’ll bring:

• Diploma in Analytical/Applied Chemistry from a recognized institution
• Good knowledge in using Gas chromatograph (GC) and interpreting analysis results
• Computer literate
• 3 years’ experience
• Must work with minimum supervision and be ready to work on shift.
• Ability to communicate effectively

Responsibilities

• Adhere to all SCJ Safety, Health and Environment Procedures and standards.
• Carry out preventive and corrective maintenance on all plant and equipment as allocated by the Engineering And Maintenance Manager / Maintenance Planner and Scheduler to guarantee plant safety, people safety, product quality and plant uptime.
• Carry out troubleshooting, diagnosis and resolution of mechanical and electrical breakdowns that may occur in the plant and ensure losses due to plant downtime are within target.
• Carry out root cause problem solving / breakdown analysis using problem solving tools such as 5 Why’s, Fishbone / Ishikawa diagrams to prevent recurrence of equipment breakdowns
• Drive implementation of Autonomous Maintenance on the production halls. Coach operators on CILT activities required per equipment and participate in Autonomous Production Teams (APTs)
• Adhere to SCJ stock room inventory procedures around issuance and use of spare parts.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of the site maintenance system

Experience You'll Bring

• Diploma or Degree in Mechatronics Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or Electrical and Electronics Engineering
• 3 to 5 years minimum experience in an FMCG manufacturing environment

Overview

• In this role you will be responsible for managing inventory and distribution (including import/export), between our internal facility and 3PL service providers.

Responsibilities

• Control inventory accuracy of related goods within internal and external warehouses.
• Coordinate the movement of goods, including carrier bookings, clearing and forwarding processes, inventory transfers, and pick-pack-ship operations between different sites.
• Various tracking and reporting (including production forecasts, warehouse capacity, inventory reports, transport arrangements, lead times, etc.)
• Support cross-functional team with keeping track of inventory volumes, shipments, documentation, costs, and any related risks and opportunities.
• Liaise with key stakeholders on different requirements and expectations.
• Identify, optimise, and implement continuous improvement and efficiency (cost saving) initiatives.

Experience You’ll Bring

• Logistics experience
• Diploma/Degree with Industrial Engineering/Supply Chain Management
• CPIM/CLTD certification preferred
• Lean/Six sigma experience advantageous
• Knowledge of SAP ECC/PRD
• Advanced MS Excel skills

Behaviour You’ll Bring

• Good communication skills
• Ability to deal with ambiguity
• Drive for results

Responsibilities

• Receiving & verifying incoming / outgoing inventories against Delivery Note/ Transfer Note/Daily Production Log/ Production Order i.e. from and to warehouse, production, etc.
• Physically transferring, finished Goods (FG), packaging & raw materials to and from production to warehouse.
• Liaising with production analyst and team leads on inventory movement to and from production floor.
• Controlling inventory movement based on requisition and production plans.
• Supporting operators/ production team on inventory movement around production floor.
• Housekeeping on production floor, maintaining 5s on FG, packaging & raw materials.
• Waste management generated from daily production plans and transferring to respective areas, i.e. warehouse, waste collection areas etc.
• Organising and supporting on production documents filing used during transfers, stock count and reconciliation.
• Supporting on inventory accuracy level 100% on production floor.
• Support and implement Integrated management systems initiatives in the department.

Experience You’ll Bring

• CIPS Diploma or equivalent qualification
• Knowledge of SAP
• Computer literate
• 3 years’ experience

Behaviors You’ll Need

• Integrity and trust
• Drive for result
• Priority Setting
• Managing through systems
• Problem Solving

Overview

• The Maintenance Manager is responsible for leading the Nairobi, Kenya site maintenance organization focused on all aspects of maintenance. This position is responsible for both equipment and facilities planned and corrective maintenance along with MRO storeroom management. The incumbent will deliver impact and drive breakthrough performance through the development and implementation of a strategic reliability plan in line with best practices such as Total Productive Maintenance and Reliability Centered Maintenance, focused on improving Safety, Quality, OEE, Cost and Sustainability.

Responsibilities

• Development and execution of a comprehensive equipment reliability and facilities management strategies with clear steps targeted to drive site priorities.
• Build capabilities in the Kenya site maintenance team to create and drive a loss elimination culture that is focused on supporting the front line teams.
• Utilization of maintenance strategy and TPM knowledge to drive autonomous maintenance capability at front line.
• Developing performance goals, calculating methods, targets and reporting tools (often based on benchmarking and/or diagnostic findings) as well as a daily management system consisting of daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly tactical and strategic maintenance reviews to drive high performance.
• Development and implementation of a robust maintenance planning and scheduling program at the Kenya site to drive equipment reliability
• Responsible for the identification and implementation of cost savings projects in Repair & Maintenance to reduce cost and drive value.
• Lead the site sustainability agenda in conjunction with the Safety / Health and Environment (SHE) department
• Partner with Plant Leader and Steering Committee to coordinate maintenance activities across site.

Experience You’ll Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline required. Degree in Mechanical, Electrical or Electronics Engineering preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years of maintenance organization leadership experience
• Demonstrated experience with establishing and executing a maintenance reliability strategy
• Demonstrated experience leading people and change management
• Knowledge of TPM / Lean Manufacturing and Planned Maintenance / Equipment Reliability strategies
• Demonstrated experience in SAP PM Module
• Experience in the FMCG / CPG sector working with automated processing and packaging equipment.
• Experience in a 24x7 environment

Behaviors You’ll Need

• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Certified Energy Manager (CEM) qualification is an added advantage
• Solid Project Management skills and experience

About the role:

The main aim of this position is to efficiently control receipts, assembly, load, check and dispatch services for all SCJ Orders.

Responsibilities:

• Receiving & verifying incoming consignments/goods against Delivery Note/Purchase Order i.e. from suppliers, marketing items etc.
• Generating computer goods received notes (GRN) for any goods received i.e. packaging & raw materials plus non-stocked items etc.
• Liaising with the quality department to ensure that all the incoming consignments are inspected.
• House-keeping packaging, label room & raw materials areas.
• Co-ordinating or making issues and transfers to and from factory, marketing dept etc as per computer generated requisition/return.
• Running the consignment daily transaction report in conjunction with the planning personnel.
• Filing records and documents related to the warehouse.
• Generating delivery notes and dispatching outgoing consignments especially returnable items and rejected items.
• Controlling inventory movement based on FIFO control system.
• ManagingB2B inventory accuracy at W/H or LSPs. Inventory Accuracy, including book to book reconciliation, coordination and audit of cycle and stock counts and annual inventory stock takes.
• Weekly stock reconciliation against system/reports on packaging and raw materials areas
• Keeping of inventory accuracy level 100%.
• Supporting and implement Integrated management systems initiatives in the department

Experience you will bring:

• 3 years’ experience in related field
• CIPS Diploma or equivalent qualification
• Knowledge of SAP
• Computer literate

Behaviours you will need:

• Drive for results
• Problem solving and priority setting skills
• Good communication skills

Responsibilities

• Execute site Safety Health & Environment (SHE) capital agenda as well as ensure all required Safety Health & Environment (SHE) standards are followed during any SHE projects activities
• Manage site quality engineering agenda and ensure all requirements are following the standards
• Follow up and maintain the capital report updated and partner with finance department on a monthly bases
• Ensure all projects are following engineering standard criteria and use the correct project management software for a variety of needs
• Responsible for preparing site reports and logging progress to ensure the project is moving forward as planned
• Ensuring manufacturing processes, equipment, and products comply with safety standards and legal regulations
• Execute and new product development based on required standards
• Participating in equipment’s troubleshooting and define solutions in line with maintenance department
• Create all required Major Expenditure Authorizations (MEA), Internal Orders (IO) and closure reports on time and within budget

Experience You’ll Bring

• Degree in Engineering; post-graduate degree is a plus
• 4 years previous experience as a manufacturing/site engineer or similar role
• Knowledge of manufacturing processes, fabrication methods and tool design
• Familiarity with manufacturing equipment and quality assurance techniques
• Commitment to health and safety standards and environmental regulations
• Well-versed in relevant software (e.g. CAD, MS Office)

Overview
The Associate Manager, Production will be responsible for the implementation of production plans and programmes, as well as overseeing the quality processes to ensure optimum production to meet market demand in line with organisational objectives.
Responsibilities

• Oversee production planning to ensure the most efficient utilisation of plant resources and the achievement of production targets.
• Annual, monthly and weekly resource planning for the factory based on sales forecasts, in this case labour, plant and equipment.
• Manage and optimise production processes to ensure the achievement of all production targets.
• Implementing other appropriate production strategies, plans and control systems.
• Ensuring quality and cost effective utilisation of machines, materials and staff.
• Maintaining the required Safety, Health and Environmental standards in the factory in line with and organisational SHE policies and local legislation.
• Motivating, leading, developing and supervising the production team leaders.
• On a monthly basis present key performance indicators for metrics review.
• Liaison with Engineering, Purchasing and Planning, Quality Assurance, Warehouse, HR and other departments to ensure departmental objectives are attained.
• Setting and attainment of discretionary goals; this involves medium term sub-projects as agreed with the Plant Manager, as part of cost reduction strategies.

Experience You’ll Bring

• Degree in Engineering or related field from a recognized university
• 5-year work experience in a manufacturing plant preferably FMCG.

Responsibilities:

• Deliver Budgets and manage plant financial performance: Analyse monthly financial performance of the manufacturing site, with particular focus on volumes produced, conversion cost incurred and cost savings delivered. Prepare monthly business commentaries. Provide timely, relevant, and actionable reporting of key performance measures.
• Provide accurate P&L forecast projections (including absorption, functional expenses, material variances, and efficiency variances) linked to the S&OP process. Highlight risks & opportunities with regards to future plant performance.
• Lead the preparation of formalized Capital Investment proposals in the context of capacity expansion of the plant. Identify and quantify drivers of costs and benefits and perform Return-on-Investment (ROI) Analysis. Obtain sign-off by senior global leaders of the company. Ensure project execution is in line with approved investment proposals. Develop & improve capital project spending tracking systems.
• Perform variance analysis and quantify the impact of improved equipment productivity (OEE). Influence the team to take decisions which will result in strong plant financial performance. Highlight and quantify financial opportunities (e.g. related to sub-optimal allocation of resources / sources of waste), prepare recommendations for improvement and drive to have these recommendations implemented.
• Point of contact for external and internal auditors. Support the delivery against statutory reporting requirements. Be a champion for Internal Controls – Ensure best-in-class Internal Controls are in operation at the site. Drive to continuously improve the Internal Control environment, with a particular focus on compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley control requirements. Implement process improvements based on recommendations made by Global Internal Audit.

Experience you’ll bring:

• Minimum of 3-5 years post-qualification experience.
• Prior business support experience is essential.
• Prior experience in a mass-market production focussed manufacturing facility is a plus, though not essentially required.
• Excellent accountancy understanding, ideally incl. previous exposure to US GAAP.
• Fluency in English
• Excellent knowledge of MS Excel + Powerpoint required; MS Access, SAP R/3, SAP BPC are an additional benefit.

Behaviors you’ll need:

• Excellent analytical and communication skills.
• Ability to think strategically and drive the right actions for the longer-term benefit of the business.
• Sense of urgency: Ability to deliver against deadlines in the context of multiple priorities.
• Self-motivated “can do” attitude, showing a high degree of initiative.