Technical Brewer
Department: Supply
Reporting to: Brewing Manager
Category: 10 (Level 5)
No of positions: 01
Contract: Permanent
CONTEXT
Guinness Cameroon S.A (GCSA) is an integrated Supply and Demand business, and a wholly owned subsidiary of Diageo. It sits within Diageo Africa (AEM) as the second biggest GUINNESS market. Packaging hall operating with 3 high speed automated packaging lines operating at 1.7 million hectoliters.
Spirit blending and packaging line with a capacity of 22kbph.Highly competitive market where asset care management have a huge impact on Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) and company profitability.
Site undertaking 4x8hr shift, with the three lines operating simultaneously.
Guinness Cameroon operates across a portfolio of products including Spirits, Stout, Lager, Ready to Drink and non-alcoholic products, and sells roughly 1 300 000hl per annum.
There is a growing expectation from our consumers and customers in Cameroon for high quality products, service and innovation
PURPOSE
- Working with the Leadership Teams to deliver on initiatives to transform and improve performance covering CAPEX and Revenue projects as well as significant ways of working enhancements.
- Brilliant execution of projects, CAPEX and Revenue and ways of working changes, to transform and improve business performance
- Strong influencing skills required to lead and drive change projects deploying Brilliant Execution principles
- Stand in the future to create possibilities for today. Ability to identify opportunities to improve asset performance
- Champion leveraging Manufacturing Excellence techniques and best practice on Management of Change
- Manage Stakeholders with a strong ability to work cross functionally across all levels of the organization to lead and deliver performance ambition.
- Ability to Search and Spin ideas from within Diageo and from outside
- Consistently deliver great performance and role model a winning mind-set to the rest of the Operational Team and with key stakeholders.
QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
Qualifications:
- Degree is food science, chemistry, biochemistry, chemical engineering, or equivalent is a pre-requisite for the role
- Brewing qualifications (IBD, VLB, TUM etc…) is a pre-requisite for the role – if you don’t already have it you need to be willing to achieve this qualification
- Experience or relevant qualifications relating to Lean Manufacturing Manufacturing / Six Sigma / Manufacturing Excellence is desirable
- The Nebosh Health and Safety qualification is a pre-requisite for the role – if you don’t already have it you need to be willing to achieve this qualification
Experience:
- Natural leaders with a proven track record in identifying opportunities, developing these through to business case and then successfully delivering and embedding change using effective Project Management techniques
- Experience in developing effective working relationships with stakeholders and working in partnership with other teams to deliver organisational effectiveness and improved business performance.
- At least 3 years’ experience in production management. Ideally in a shift based FMCG manufacturing environment.
- Proactive structured problem evaluation & solving skills learnt through exposure to Lean, Six Sigma, TPM or Manufacturing excellence.
- Experience of working in a challenging quality & customer focused FMCG environment.
- Basic financial awareness, understanding of business drivers, budgeting processes.
- Standard business (MS Office) and Diageo packages
ACCOUNTABILITIES
As Technical Brewer:
Upholding standards through practices
- Using Manex Principles, to Develop solutions to drive business unit performance and deliver the business unit strategy
- Lead – DMAIC improvement projects
- Continuously drive for the next level of performance. Be bold on action planning and delivery
- Line performance focus
- Loss & waste leader
- Coach others on DMAIC improvement principles
Problem solving for performance
- Ensure proper application of RCPS through role modelling and leadership. Raise 5 why’s as defined by agreed trigger points and lead situational problem solving on shift.
- React immediately to issues as they are exposed. Own Accident reports and non-conforming product
Managing Change for continuous improvement
- A leader in driving significant cost efficiency by optimizing performance and reducing costs
- Influence support functions to support their improvement initiatives
- Create a “high performing team”- Lead the team through Brilliant execution of projects, taking people on the journey with you.
Worker Type : Regular
Primary Location: Douala
