VPO Manager needed at International Breweries – Apply Now
Job title : VPO Manager
Job Location : Lagos
Deadline : June 06, 2023
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The key purpose of this role is to identify, co-operate and actively participate in strategic & systemic level value chain improvement initiatives and to provide leadership for the implementation of prioritized Strategic intents from the VPO Manufacturing Strategy for the Brewery.
Key outputs and responsibilities:
- Lead sustainability of the VPO (Voyager Plant Optimization) pillars within the brewery as measured by global auditing criteria (coordination of sustainability phase from self-assessments to follow up of action plans)
- Ensures that Africa / Global standards have been implemented in the Plant
- Manage the VPO program via a structured VPO Steerco
- Ensure VPO Pillar Owner compliance
- Develop annual VPO plan and set short term plans to achieve these targets
- Monitor VPO progress across all pillars and provide feedback
- If Zone / Global standards have been adapted due to plant specifics these changes have been approved by Zone
- Serve as the brewery VPO subject matter expert and provide guidance to brewery Senior Management
- Primary VPO resource for the plant
- Facilitate the Plant 1year and 3-year planning process
- Manage MCR
- Evaluate plant meetings and provide feedback to managers on meeting effectiveness and identify opportunities to improve structure and tool usage
- Actively participate and critique plant daily, weekly, and monthly meetings and ensure VPO standards are fully implemented and sustained
- Assist Department Management teams in developing sustainability plans to identify and close gaps
- Lead and coach Managers on the correct use of the Management pillar tools and methodologies
- Conduct monthly Management Pillar department reviews and provide constructive feedback to departments on current status with recommendations to drive continuous improvement
- Coaches and guides all levels on the VPO Management Pillar in practice
- Ensure implementation of VPO and the adherence to VPO principles across all pillars
- Ensure that where training implementation is undertaken, it is done following AB InBev policies and procedures.
- Interact with management teams to determine training needs.
- Where necessary, develop training material to address specific needs of shift based and engineering teams.
- Lead, facilitate and coach Problem Solving (5-Why, Ab-reports, PDCA, Gapa, ITF, Belts)
- Conduct problem solving training
- Ensure the accurate and timely submission of monthly VPO reporting info
- Facilitates the prioritization of VPO strategic intents and monitors their progress on behalf of the Plant Management Team.
- Leads the implementation of VPO related strategic intents with specific focus on the agreed plans / targets
- Identifies improvement opportunities using appropriate tools (i.e. loss & waste, ITF, Belts)
Key attributes and competencies:
- Demonstrated understanding of VPO principles
- Prior experience in applying varied industrial engineering related improvement techniques
- Project management capabilities to ensure delivery of initiatives from start-up through implementation to entrenchment, using appropriate communication milestones
- Ability to initiate improvement activities within a subsystem which would optimize the larger system in which it resides
- Ability to apply problem solving skills at all levels (shop-floor to exec teams)
- A good understanding OPF Change Management Processes Excellent skills and tools transfer capabilities (Train and coach others)
- Astute at reading interplays and subtleties between stakeholder groupings and individuals
- Excellent interpersonal skills –
- Clear capability and credibility to influence at all levels
- Ability to exert influence on technical teams
- Ability to mobilize teams during periods of varied operational stability
Profile:
Education And Experience:
- Min. of B.Sc./HND/B.Tech in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or related course.
- 2-3 Years’ experience in Brewing/FMCG environment
- Proficiency in the use of Microsoft office applications i.e. (Microsoft Excel, Word and
- PowerPoint)
- Relevant Technical Qualification / Diploma
- Desirable but not Essential
- Learning & Development Practitioner Tertiary Qualification
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