Givaudan Careers Manufacturing Manager

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with kindness and humility, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions that make people look and feel good. There’s much to learn and many to learn from, with more than 17,000 employees around the world to explore ideas and ambitions with. Dive into varied, flexible, and stimulating environments. Meet empowered professionals to partner with, befriend, and stretch your skills alongside. Every day, your energy, your creativity, and your determination will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.  
 

Manufacturing Manager - Your future position?

As a Manufacturing Manager in Johannesburg, you will manage, plan and coordinate one or more manufacturing processes ensuring that flavour products are manufactured on schedule, within quality standards and cost objectives for smooth delivery to customers.

You will report to the Head of Operations.

Your main responsibilities:

Manufacturing Strategy Implementation

Manage a team with focus on policy and strategy implementation and control. Based on regional strategy, oversees the execution of tactical and operational plans locally to meet functional goals.

Manufacturing Management

• Control production of flavours/fragrances, material flow, and inventory to achieve cost and quality targets and production schedules of the assigned production line(s).


• Oversee the development and implementation of manufacturing processes to maintain proper product functionality. This is achieved through development and implementation of product assembly labor standards and work instructions, line layouts, properly designed and maintained tools and fixtures, ensuring cost efficiency.


• Develop and implement manufacturing schedules and procedures and allocate labour and capital resources to maximise productivity.


• Establish manufacturing and quality control standards and develop budget controls and plans.


• Partner with functional or operational area managers, such as those in supply and logistics or sales, to understand their current product needs. Understand their future product needs as well. Develop plans, cost estimates, and schedules for integrating these needs into existing manufacturing activities.


• Implement projects and guide continuous improvement to achieve main performance goals and to reduce cost/kg.

People Management

• Create an environment for high performance through sound leadership.


• Monitor employee job performance such as attendance, quality, and productivity.


• Ensure that all assigned personnel is trained and cross-trained.


• Administer personnel responsibilities, including recruiting and approval of job descriptions and salary classifications, and selection and placement of personnel.

You have:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Operations Management or related


• discipline


• MBA or Master's Degree in a Technical field is preferred


• 7 to 10 years of experience in manufacturing operations with strong background in supply chain, quality


• and/or materials management


• 2 to 5 years of progressive experience in people management


• Expertise in world class manufacturing concepts (LEAN).


• Expertise in product industrialization.


• Expertise in change management.

Our benefits:

#LI-Hybrid

At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people’s lives.

We value the different perspectives that come from diverse cultures, backgrounds, and experiences.

Everyone — regardless of race, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, culture, religion, or any personal circumstances — is warmly welcomed at Givaudan, a place where we all love to be and grow.

Every essence of you enriches our world. Join us in making a difference together.