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Senior Packhouse Foreman (Fruit Industry)

Western Cape
Salary: Market Related
Job Type: Permanent
Sectors: Agriculture Logistics
Reference: SW005939/AM

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Employer: Helderberg Personnel cc

Grabouw. My client, a large fruit packing and marketing company, is seeking a Senior Packhouse Foreman to join the production team. If you are a seasoned operations professional with a passion for quality and high efficiency, we encourage you to apply!This is an opportunity to leverage your leadership and expertise to drive production targets and maintain world-class standards in a fast-paced environment.

The ideal candidate should have the following:

Tertiary qualification in Operations / Production Management or similar
5+ years in production / packhouse environment, with 2+ years in supervisory role
Knowledge of production targets, quality standards, packaging, and machinery
Computer literate (Excel), bilingual (English & Afrikaans)
People management experience; team player.
Knowledge of Food Safety & Safety Regulations
Willingness to work shifts, overtime, and occasional weekends

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

Production Planning: Ensure that fruit per packing line is scheduled according to a packing program in order to maintain optimum throughput and limit downtime. Liaise with production planning as needed for a smooth production flow.
Production Objectives: Plan, organise and manage employees per packing line to ensure that the planned throughput and goals are met.
Quality Management: Maintain a laser focus on sorting fruit, ensuring the correct-quality fruit ends up in the correct grade as per specifications.
Personnel Management: Maintain discipline in accordance with the Basic Conditions of Employment Act. Please make sure employee morale remains positive, address questions promptly, and help identify training needs.
Financial Management: Assist with cost management of the packhouse budget by monitoring expenses against the budget. Assist in compiling production budget plans.
Equipment Management: Liaise with the engineering department to provide accurate, timely information on equipment that is not functioning correctly, is at risk of breaking down, or could cause damage.
Audit Compliance: Ensure a safe working environment in line with the company’s Safety System. Complete incident investigations, make recommendations to prevent recurrence, and ensure that Packhouse Documentation and working methods comply with the BRCGS Standard
Innovations: rive continuous improvement by thinking innovatively about systems, processes, and working methods

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About Helderberg Personnel cc

Based in Somerset West, Helderberg Personnel was established in 1998. The company initially started doing placements in the Helderberg Basin and over the years expanded nationally. Our background has proved to be invaluable in providing a high standard of recruitment, screening, evaluation and placement of candidates.

Our Value proposition:
The true value proposition of the Helderberg Personnel brand is our commitment to attending to our clients’ needs, culture and values and to ensure that, through comprehensive interviews with candidates, the overall match is determined to ensure a long term relationship. The identity of the client remains confidential at all times. We understand that our function is to ensure that the candidate must become a strategic partner to a business instead of a mere employee. Helderberg Personnel has achieved a steady growth over the last years and we have evolved into one of the leading agencies in the region. We have made placements cross functional, cross industry and up to senior management level.