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Manufacturing Capability Manager at a Bottling Company


Seven-Up Bottling Company Limited is one of the largest manufacturing companies in Nigeria, producing and distributing some of the nation’s most- loved beverages in the country like; Pepsi, 7Up, Mirinda, Teem, Mountain Dew, H2oH!, Lipton Ice Tea and Aquafina premium drinking water. SBC has recently entered into Home & Personal Care category with the 2SURE brand and launched its first product, a Hand & Surface Sanitizer. Seven Up boasts of nine bottling plants with state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities strategically located across various regions in the country.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Manufacturing Capability Manager

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Responsibilities

  • Lead the development and delivery of capability development strategy across all plants for manufacturing staff
  • Support plant leadership team by acting as coach, mentor and trainer for the manufacturing team to embed sustainable and profitable learning culture.
  • Be seen as subject matter expert in all aspects of manufacturing capability development and be able to provide such technical support as required from time to time.
  • Ensures integrity and sustainability of development plans and processes through conducting audits and process checks and initiating corrective actions where required.
  • Provide insight into manufacturing capability development progress especially of ODP and ESUT, through analytics and drive performance gap closures as metrics may show.
  • In collaboration with other HQ Manufacturing staff, deliver training focusing on other lean manufacturing pillars (PM, Kaizen, SMED, RCPS, 5S etc.)
  • Be able to and conduct periodic skills assessment of any set of manufacturing staff.
  • Participate in all plant risk and RCA analysis for the purpose of identifying areas needing capability enhancement.
  • Drive innovation and continuous improvement on capability development.
  • Improve capability of operators, technicians, team leaders, and other plant manufacturing team managers by defining relevant up skilling and development programs for each staff category (ODP, STLDP, FMDP, LMDP etc)
  • Interface with plant and P&C management to develop and execute capability improvements and deploy best practices and standards.
  • Act as the driving force behind strategic, operational and organizational initiatives, in the plant, that relate to manufacturing capability development.

Requirements

  • Relevant Engineering Degree or equivalent certificate (HND).
  • Minimum of 5 years’ experience in a manufacturing technical position most of which should be a managerial role combined appropriately with a shop floor oversight role.
  • Proficiency in presentation and training skills
  • Remain abreast with industry changes, new technology, systems and procedures as they relate to capability improvements.
  • Experience in plant manufacturing operations, project planning & implementation.
  • Previous new equipment or line installation or extension could be an advantage.
  • Understanding of business case/cost benefits analysis preparation and basic financial analysis tools.
  • Excellent organization skills. Ability to handle multiple tasks, prioritizing and managing time effectively.
  • Proven leadership skills particularly in creating possibilities & change management and managing people for success.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: Careers@sevenup.org using the Job title as the subject of the email

Application Deadline 5th March, 2025.

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