Key Performance Areas: - Lead, supervise, and coordinate up to 24 employees to ensure adherence to company policies, procedures, productivity targets, and workplace discipline. - Oversee the operation of draining vats, cheese towers, and associated equipment to ensure efficient and uninterrupted cheese production. - Monitor cheese production processes, including pH levels, salt addition, vacuum pressure, weight control, and recipe compliance to achieve product specifications. - Ensure all cheese products are produced, handled, packed, and transferred according to quality, weight, traceability, and food safety requirements. - Maintain compliance with HACCP, ISO, GMP, hygiene, sanitation, and quality standards throughout the production process. - Drive production efficiency by monitoring yields, controlling waste, reducing losses, and ensuring production targets are achieved. - Promote a safe working environment through compliance with safety procedures, PPE requirements, incident reporting, and safety awareness initiatives. - Monitor raw materials, packaging materials, and production resources to ensure product availability and minimize waste. - Complete and sign off production, quality, hygiene, traceability, and ISO documentation accurately and on time. - Conduct inspections of equipment, production areas, and sanitation activities to ensure operational readiness and compliance. - Coordinate with the Cheesemaker, Laboratory, Warehouse, Planning, and Cold Storage departments to maintain product quality and production flow. - Train, coach, and develop employees to ensure competency, compliance with SOPs, and continuous skills development. Knowledge and Skills: - Grade 12 / Matric and SP2 qualification - HACCP and Safety Training Certificate. - Minimum of 1 years' experience in a cheese manufacturing environment. - Previous supervisory experience overseeing teams in a production environment. - Ability to supervise and coordinate up to 24 employees. - Sound knowledge of cheese manufacturing processes, draining vats, cheese towers, and cheese production operations. - Strong understanding of GMP, HACCP, ISO, Food Safety, Quality, and Hygiene requirements. - Working knowledge of production equipment and machinery used within a cheese factory. - Ability to monitor production performance, yields, waste, and product quality standards. - Strong problem-solving, troubleshooting, and decision-making skills. - Good planning, leadership, and people management skills. - Ability to conduct employee training, coaching, and performance monitoring. - Good communication skills with the ability to engage effectively across all levels of the business. - Strong attention to detail and commitment to product quality and food safety. - Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced production environment. - Computer literacy and accurate record-keeping skills will be advantageous.