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Packaging Manager job at Nile Breweries Limited
Posted by: great-volunteer
Posted date: 2025-Jul-01
Location: Uganda, Jinja
Packaging Manager 2025-06-30T20:30:55+00:00 Nile Breweries Limited https://cdn.ugashare.com/jsjobsdata/data/employer/comp_1780/logo/Nile%20Breweries%20Limited.png https://www.nilebreweries.com/ FULL_TIME Uganda Jinja 00256 Uganda Manufacturing Manufacturing & Warehouse 2025-07-08T17:00:00+00:00 Uganda 8 The key purpose of this role is to manage and co-ordinate the packaging department (people, plant, process and systems) in order to achieve the required standard of product quality and output In the most efficient and effective manner. Key outputs and responsibilities: Team Leadership - Lead the packaging team in a manner that engenders ownership, empowerment and team interaction
- Lead the development of packaging team goals and ensure these are communicated and understood by team members
- Conduct regular Packaging team goal review sessions, and conduct regular one-on-one and performance reviews
- Ensure training need analyses are conducted and training plans developed for team members
- Ensure appropriate competencies are developed in the team, and ensure cross skilling occurs within the packaging team
Safety and Housekeeping - Ensure that the packaging team apply proper safety and housekeeping procedures, and adhere to all legal requirements when carrying out their tasks
- Ensure implementation of the appropriate SAB and legislative policies (such as OSH act) on safety and housekeeping
- Ensure that safety and housekeeping receive the appropriate focus through regular checks and safety audits
- Where unsafe work practice have been identified, the packaging manager is responsible for correcting this
- Ensures adherence to PPE policy
- General production housekeeping
- Safe maintenance practices audited
- Ensures adherence to SHE system requirements
- Drive the implementation of VPO in accordance with the Zone and Plant implementation actions.
- Drive Safety and legal compliance in the Packaging Hall
Manage plant, process and systems - Translates and implements packaging, manufacturing and business strategies across the packaging hall
- Ensure that all team members are fully conversant with the Voyager Plant Optimisation
- Develop and drive implementation plans to progress maturity in terms of VPO Means and Results
- Ensure conformance to specifications and standards
- Drives maintenance integrity, Optimises process capability, Leads packaging projects as required
- Coordinates packaging logistics and supports engineering integrity
- Packaging Productivity
- Proactively control fixed and variable costs
- Minimise waste
- Manage, measure and monitor packaging effectiveness through: Packaging efficiency, Trade quality, Raw material usage
- Rate, Waste through beer loss
- IQMS parameters
- Production costs per Hl to global benchmarks
- Maintenance cost per Hl to global benchmarks
- Responsible for the overall reliability of the packaging hall
Minimum Requirements: - BSc Mechanical/Electrical Engineering or equivalent Engineering degree
- A minimum of 5 years’ experience in Production Maintenance Management with deep expertise in asset management
- Experience of managing and running a high speed packaging line would be highly advantageous
- A minimum of 5 years’ experience in managing people
- Demonstrated experience in driving commercial decisions in a packaging hall (financial, operational, people)
- A superior performance track record indicating a disciplined work ethic with passion at maintaining quality
- Demonstrated understanding of relevant legislation, specifically health and safety and labor legislation
- Proven experience in managing Industrial Relations within the workforce
- Managing people ability as well as ability to drive performance
- Leadership ability (ability to lead the packaging hall)
- Good interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to develop and control budgets
- Ability to implement appropriate People processes to manage, motivate and develop
- Ability to manage complex projects of significant number
- Ability to facilitate problem solving in a team forum
- High level of resilience and ability to operate in a high pressure environment
JOB-6862f3ffc7624 Vacancy title:
Packaging Manager Jobs at:
Nile Breweries Limited Deadline of this Job:
Tuesday, July 8 2025 Duty Station:
Uganda | Jinja | Uganda Summary
Date Posted: Monday, June 30 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed JOB DETAILS: The key purpose of this role is to manage and co-ordinate the packaging department (people, plant, process and systems) in order to achieve the required standard of product quality and output In the most efficient and effective manner. Key outputs and responsibilities: Team Leadership - Lead the packaging team in a manner that engenders ownership, empowerment and team interaction
- Lead the development of packaging team goals and ensure these are communicated and understood by team members
- Conduct regular Packaging team goal review sessions, and conduct regular one-on-one and performance reviews
- Ensure training need analyses are conducted and training plans developed for team members
- Ensure appropriate competencies are developed in the team, and ensure cross skilling occurs within the packaging team
Safety and Housekeeping - Ensure that the packaging team apply proper safety and housekeeping procedures, and adhere to all legal requirements when carrying out their tasks
- Ensure implementation of the appropriate SAB and legislative policies (such as OSH act) on safety and housekeeping
- Ensure that safety and housekeeping receive the appropriate focus through regular checks and safety audits
- Where unsafe work practice have been identified, the packaging manager is responsible for correcting this
- Ensures adherence to PPE policy
- General production housekeeping
- Safe maintenance practices audited
- Ensures adherence to SHE system requirements
- Drive the implementation of VPO in accordance with the Zone and Plant implementation actions.
- Drive Safety and legal compliance in the Packaging Hall
Manage plant, process and systems - Translates and implements packaging, manufacturing and business strategies across the packaging hall
- Ensure that all team members are fully conversant with the Voyager Plant Optimisation
- Develop and drive implementation plans to progress maturity in terms of VPO Means and Results
- Ensure conformance to specifications and standards
- Drives maintenance integrity, Optimises process capability, Leads packaging projects as required
- Coordinates packaging logistics and supports engineering integrity
- Packaging Productivity
- Proactively control fixed and variable costs
- Minimise waste
- Manage, measure and monitor packaging effectiveness through: Packaging efficiency, Trade quality, Raw material usage
- Rate, Waste through beer loss
- IQMS parameters
- Production costs per Hl to global benchmarks
- Maintenance cost per Hl to global benchmarks
- Responsible for the overall reliability of the packaging hall
Minimum Requirements: - BSc Mechanical/Electrical Engineering or equivalent Engineering degree
- A minimum of 5 years’ experience in Production Maintenance Management with deep expertise in asset management
- Experience of managing and running a high speed packaging line would be highly advantageous
- A minimum of 5 years’ experience in managing people
- Demonstrated experience in driving commercial decisions in a packaging hall (financial, operational, people)
- A superior performance track record indicating a disciplined work ethic with passion at maintaining quality
- Demonstrated understanding of relevant legislation, specifically health and safety and labor legislation
- Proven experience in managing Industrial Relations within the workforce
- Managing people ability as well as ability to drive performance
- Leadership ability (ability to lead the packaging hall)
- Good interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to develop and control budgets
- Ability to implement appropriate People processes to manage, motivate and develop
- Ability to manage complex projects of significant number
- Ability to facilitate problem solving in a team forum
- High level of resilience and ability to operate in a high pressure environment
Work Hours: 8 Experience in Months: 60 Level of Education: bachelor degree Job application procedure Interested in applying for this job? Click here to submit your application now
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