The Prima Group has been doing business in Nigeria for over 45 years. Founded as a partnership in 1965 by the late Naraindas G. Vaswani, the company was incorporated in 1974. Since founding, the group has grown from an import oriented trading company to a medium-sized conglomerate with interest in banking, manufacturing, trading, and real estate.
Our group comprises of four main business units: Prima Impex Ltd., Engee Enterprises UK Ltd.,The LaCasera Company PLC and Prima Corporation Ltd. The Group is clearly focused on 2 sectors: Plastics raw materials trading and beverages manufacturing and marketing.
As the Group grows, it necessitates a transition from a traditional business model to professionally managed model. It therefore becomes important to centralize certain functions and standardize processes in order to ensure quality standards and cut costs across the group, while maintaining growth - therefore setting solid foundations for our future.
In this respect, Jotna Nigeria Limited., a holding and investment services company, was set up in 2003 to serve as the corporate head office for the business units within the group. Jotna Nigeria Limited provides the vision, strategic direction, operational oversight and logistical support for the various business units, actively helping each unit to meets its objectives.
While we deliberately seek to serve as strong central resource and control point, the Group maintains a culture of enterprise, entrepreneurial leadership and creativity. These attributes together with integrity and drive as established by our founder, Mr. Naraindas G. Vaswani are those with which we continue to challenge ourselves daily.The La Casera Company Plc (TLCC) is a member of JOTNA Group of Companies. The Lacasera Company is currently is a leading beverage company and the pioneer of PET bottled Carbonated Soft Drinks (CSD) in Nigeria. The company manufactures, markets, and presently distributes nine products, including La Casera Apple drink across the nation and other parts of West Africa.
They are currently expanding operations in the South East and they are in need of an experienced professional for the role below:-
Reports: Managing Director, The La Casera Company Plc.
JOB SUMMARY
This position’s primary responsibility is ensuring operational effectiveness to meet the expected KPI targets and manage operational processes and policies delivering on budgeted operational plan of the Enugu Plant. Working and leading the site management team, this position will improve process efficiencies and performance, enabling sales growth.
She/he will be responsible for the entire operations of the Enugu plant. This includes the management and coordination of daily activities to ensure high performance and production at all times. Responsibilities also include ensuring company policies and procedures are followed as well as assisting in the onboarding process of new hires and providing training and educational materials to staff members.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Provides overall leadership for the plant as head of the site management team, setting an example for others, leading the management team, setting the business priorities, providing direction, settling disputes and encouraging teamwork and plant operational performance.
Accountable for the leadership, management and performance of all operational functions, i.e. production, technical, quality, maintenance, local HR, and OHSE.
Adopt the holding company’s talent management practices to ensure all co-workers are engaged and committed, well informed, suitably skilled, developed to meet their full potential, fairly rewarded and motivated, and that all HR practices on site comply the holding company’s HR policies and applicable laws.
Drive cultural change necessary particularly in the areas of safety, quality and performance.
Managing and optimizing capacity and reporting on operational bottle necks, proposing solutions for quick and long term fixes.
Drive continuous improvement in productivity and quality through co-worker involvement, changing methods and adoption of best practices, appropriate incentives, investment in new technology, corrective actions, etc.
Develop processes to increase productivity and enhance performance.
Optimize productive time for employees by eliminating unnecessary processes.
Ensuring quality systems are adequate to deliver on customer and regulatory specifications.
Coordinate maintenance and repairs to ensure a safe working environment.
Ensure safety and efficiency of the facility.
Leading lean operations and exceptionally organized plant with optimized flow of movements and processes addressing safety and operational hazards.
Develop and maintain systems sponsoring business growth and new product on boarding in collaboration with marketing, sales, and R&D to deliver on successful new product launch.
Ensure responsible and prudent stewardship of the plant operations, operating at all times within the holding company’s values and finance/HR policies.
Report and track expenses to reduce costs.
Host customer and site visits pre-commercial and leadership requests, building positive and professional relationships. Ensure any problems are resolved quickly and regular feedback from customer is received and acted upon.
REQUIREMENTS
Bachelors Degree, Engineering, Technical, Operations Related field.
Should have about 10 - 15 years experience in the manufacturing industry (especially in the food and beverage industry).
Knows Process Optimization/Improvement.
Knows Lean Manufacturing
Knowledgeable and Health and Safety standards.
