Profession food production manager

Food production managers oversee and monitor production and have overall responsibility for staffing and related issues. Hence, they have a detailed knowledge of the manufacturing products and their production processes. On the one hand, they control process parameters and their influence on the product and on the other hand, they ensure that staffing and recruitment levels are adequate.

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Personality Type

• Enterprising / Conventional

Knowledge

• Food legislation

  Legislation related to the food and feed industry including food manufacturing, hygiene, safety, raw materials, additives, GMOs, labelling, environmental and trade regulations.

• Food and beverage industry

  The respective industry and the processes involved in the food and beverage industry, such as raw material selection, processing, packaging, and storage.

• Quality assurance methodologies

  Quality assurance principles, standard requirements, and the set of processes and activities used for measuring, controlling and ensuring the quality of products and processes.

• Financial capability

  Financial operations such as calculations, cost estimations, budget management taking relevant commercial and statistical data into account such as data for materials, supplies and manpower.

Skills

• Communicate production plan

  Communicates production plan to all levels in a way that targets, processes, and requirements are clear. Ensures that information is passed to everyone involved in the process assuming their responsibility for overall success.

• Identify hazards in the workplace

  Perform safety audits and inspections on workplaces and workplace equipment. Ensure that they meet safety regulations and identify hazards and risks.

• Implement short term objectives

  Define priorities and immediate actions for the short future.

• Ensure cost efficiency in food manufacturing

  Ensure that the whole process of food manufacturing from receipt of raw materials, production, to food manufacturing and packaging processes is cost-effective and efficient.

• Apply HACCP

  Apply regulations regarding manufacture of food and food safety compliance. Employ food safety procedures based on Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP).

• Apply GMP

  Apply regulations regarding manufacture of food and food safety compliance. Employ food safety procedures based on Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP).

• Plan food plant production activities

  Prepare food plant production plans by scheduling the main activities within agreed budgetary and service levels. Foresee realistic times and costs required for the production activities taking productivity and efficiency into account.

• Control of expenses

  Monitoring and maintaining effective cost controls, in regards to efficiencies, waste, overtime and staffing. Assessing excesses and strives for efficiency and productivity.

• Analyse trends in the food and beverage industries

  Investigate trends in foodstuffs related to consumers preferences. Examine key markets based on both product type and geography as well as technological improvements in the industry.

• Analyse production processes for improvement

  Analyse production processes leading toward improvement. Analyse in order to reduce production losses and overall manufacturing costs.

• Set quality assurance objectives

  Define quality assurance targets and procedures and see to their maintenance and continued improvement by reviewing targets, protocols, supplies, processes, equipment and technologies for quality standards.

• Apply control process statistical methods

  Apply statistical methods from Design of Experiments (DOE) and Statistical Process Control (SPC) in order to control manufacturing processes.

• Set production KPI

  Set and achieve KPIs in line with company strategy and ensure customer requirements are met.

• Maintain relationship with customers

  Build a lasting and meaningful relationship with customers in order to ensure satisfaction and fidelity by providing accurate and friendly advice and support, by delivering quality products and services and by supplying after-sales information and service.

• Oversee production requirements

  Oversee production processes and prepare all the resources needed to maintain an efficient and continuous flow of production.

• Manage resources in food manufacturing

  Managing resources to ensure sufficient and appropriate trained staff to ensure consistent performance.

• Apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages

  Apply and follow national, international, and internal requirements quoted in standards, regulations and other specifications related with manufacturing of food and beverages.

• Supervise employees in food production plants

  Supervise employees and monitor product quality at plants that turn raw materials including living creatures, vegetables and grains into products.

• Plan shifts of employees

  Plans shifts of employees to ensure completion of all customer orders and satisfactory completion of the production plan.

• Manage corrective actions

  Implementing corrective action and continuous improvement plans from internal and third party audits to meet food safety and quality performance indicators with adherance to agreed timescales.

• Interpret data in food manufacturing

  Interpret data from different sources, like market data, scientific papers, and customers requirements in order to research development and innovation in food sector.

• Keep up with innovations in food manufacturing

  Latest innovative products and technologies to process, preserve, package and improve food products.

Optional knowledge and skills

Source: Sisyphus ODB