Assistant / Production Manager

About the Role

The Assistant / Production Manager oversees the entire Food Manufacturing Process, manpower, financial and resource planning. Oversees the day-to-day operations and the production facility and decides on strategies for workplace safety and health and ensures safety and cleanliness standards in an efficient and effective process while maximizing profits for the company.

The Assistant / Production Manager must have experience in the food service industry and be able to direct the activities of the production team, as well as train and lead the production team to achieve their goals. The Assistant / Production Manager needs to establish, implement and improve standards, procedures and processes for the production of products that meet factory quality and safety standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor the production process and draw up the production schedule.
• Manage and assign roles to production staff according to competence and work demand.
• Motivate, supervise and ensure daily production targets are achieved.
• Plan, determine training needs and lead training and development programs for the production staff.
• Plan and manage the production of all products on time and at high quality in compliance with company policies and guidelines.
• Ensure compliance with all internal and external food production quality and food safety standards, regulations and legislation.
• Manage and inspect production processes and equipment to ensure they are operational and in good working order for food production and staff handling.
• Develop ways to improve sales and profit by improving product quality and processes with the quality control team.
• Create new products and manage product design and development.
• Inspect food items and work areas (e.g., proper food temperatures, personal hygiene) to prevent cross-contamination.
• Oversee the hiring, orientation and training of production and non-production food manufacturing personnel.
• Serve as a career coach to follow up on staff training progress.
• Oversee production staff and working environment to ensure safety regulations are met and conditions are efficient and sanitary.