Job title : Performance Manager
Job Location : Gauteng,
Deadline : November 23, 2025
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Performance Manager
This position is responsible for providing leadership, direction, and functional expertise to the Plant for loss analysis, analytics, and training systems. The role supports the Plant Leadership Team in the JTE (Journey to Excellence) strategy focused on building Employee capability, providing data reliability system and driving Employee engagement through implementation of high-performance work systems to achieve exceptional business results. This person will also participate and support the regional CI (Continuous Improvement) forums and programs to roll out in South Africa.MAIN RESPONSIBILITIESCreate visibility to Loss Data
Lead annual Loss Analysis to support site’s OGSM (Objectives, Goals, Strategies, and Measures) and budget targetsHelp prioritize loss reduction projects in collaboration with the site leadership teamProvide supporting data analysis and justifications for any technology improvements and capital expenditures and feasibility studiesLead site Focused Improvement pillarLead site Data and Analytics
Maintain integrity of site data through training, health checks, and change control. Focus includes scorecards, downtime data base, manual tracking systems and SAP master data.Provide analysis and insights to key performance metrics like Process Reliability, Productivity, Yield and Scrap.Collate and publish site scorecard every month.Create and execute site Analytics strategy.Establish scorecard review processes based on the appropriate frequency and participants.Drive data-based decision-making behavior at all levelsImplement Effective Training systemsCoach site employees and SMEs on the methodology and tools :Basic performance data and trendsProblem solvingRoot cause analysisLoss Reduction projectsParticipate on Training and Development PillarCreate and maintain site training systemsCANDIDATE PROFILE
Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related discipline is requiredMinimum of 5 years working in manufacturing operations in FMCG company (preferably in food industry)Background in Total Productive Maintenance / Lean, Change Management and Organizational EffectivenessExperience in a CPG (Consumer Packaged Goods) preferredTeam and Operations Leadership experience preferredProficiency in Excel and Power BIFamiliarity with creating reports using our current (and future) BI tools, e.g. SAP Hana, TableauExperience analysing complex datasets, generating insights and building robust statistical models (comfortable working with structured and unstructured data)Ability to analyse complex information to make judgments and decisionsEndFragment
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