Production Manager - Pepsi : Job Details

The Production Manager will be responsible to lead the production and food safety standards for Indonesia snack business to deliver AOP target and long-term business goal. This role will ensure all production lines are running properly and meet company standards for safety, quality, efficiency and financial performance.

• Lead and Set Up production & Food Safety standars in Greenfield Manufacturing Plant to align with the PepsiCo Food Safety standard and policies such as AIB, PepsiCo Food Safety Program, FSSC22000 certification, etc.
• Part of the Supply Chain Leadership Team, providing ideas and suggestions and aiding decision making to establish and deliver PepsiCos short and long-term business goals.
• Building the annual operation plan (AOP) and forecast for production based on the sales demand such as: headcount, third party, productivity, efficiency, operating expenditure (OPEX), capital expenditure (CAPEX).
• Deploy and lead implementation of production plan such as quarterly and monthly based on Sales and Operation plan (S&OP), weekly based on Sales & inventory plan (SIP).
• Manage production to ensure the product quantity to be met production plan based on PA planning.
• Control product quality as product design issued by QA and food safety regulation. Reduce the quality cost by analysing the non-conformances on periodic basis and also by following suitable actions (both corrective and preventive).
• Manage production with most efficient utilization of the available sources for production: raw materials, packaging materials, manpower, machine utilization, energy, water based on approval budget.
• Improve the productivity level of production team on continuous basis by training and coaching production supervisors and staffs about productivity mindset and behaviour.
• Develop and lead the implementation of appropriate cost saving ideas for production operations. Generate and lead the implementation of ideas for continual process improvement.
• Work with maintenance team to fix machine issues to meet the production plans and deliver production efficiency, productivity.
• Monitor activity in production follow process, system, and guideline such as: I2C, GMP, AIB, 5S, ISO.
• Responsible for mass recruitment of the whole team in Production, coordinating with HR Function to strategize and execute the recruitment plan, in interim before Plant Manager is recruited.
• Drive a strong people agenda role modelling and championing PepsiCo behaviours and values; building a robust talent pipeline with a focus on diversity and inclusion; building supply chain capability; creating a cultural of performance accountability and establishing a customer-oriented culture.
• Undertake all duties in accordance with company environmental policies, procedures, and support continual improvement in environmental systems and performance as outlined in PEP+ Agenda.
• SAP Super User for production area.
• Be role model PepsiCo Values, Behaviours, and Code of Conduct.

• A bachelors degree in Food Science and Technology or Engineering.
• Minimum 8 years of production/manufacturing experience in FMCG, preferably in Food & Beverage industry, with 3 years experience as Production Manager.

REQUIRED COMPETENCIES

• Ability to anticipate, identify, and solve difficult problems with effective solution.
• Understanding of quality assurance and EHS system including ISO 22000, ISO 14001, AIB.
• Effective leadership, negotiation, influencing, motivational, coordination, and communication skills across a diverse global and multi-cultural fast paced organization.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to rally technical, functional, and business management support to enable manfacturing objectives and goals.
• Familiarity and comfort with working across varied, diverse, international cultures and ability to understand and leverage geographic and cultural drivers across a diverse set of markets.
• Effective coaching, facilitation, presentation, and team building skills.