Freezing Superintendent

Job description

Job role Freezing Operations Management – Plan, coordinate, and monitor daily blast freezing operations. – Ensures correct product loading on freezing trays and racks. – Supervise product transfer between fresh storage, freezing and storage areas. – Ensures to maximize freezing output per day efficiently. – Freezer loss to be maintained within set target. – Liase with commercial planning team and processing manager and align on the daily, weekly and monthly frozen stock volume requirements. – Ensures that all SKUs are produced as per target volumes within the set standards, – Monitors blast freezer performance and ensure preventative and corrective maintenance are performed timely – Ensures that fresh stock is inspected before push-in and flags potential quality issues to processing manager. – Ensures freezer(s) are packed quickly and efficiently with minimal time available for drip and energy wastage – Ensures freezer cycles are arranged accordingly to not need pack out or loading at the same time and ensure a constant and efficient flow of work – Ensures packaged/packed out stock is immediately and continuously moved and packed appropriately in the storage units one pallet at a time so that quality is not compromised – Ensures packing of boxes is done quickly and accurately. – Generate daily, weekly and monthly freezing performance reports (freezing cycles, downtime, freezer loss, etc. – Ensure all packaging material required for pack-out is drawn appropriately and on time – Ensure stock levels of packaging material is monitored and orders are made well ahead of time to prevent shortage. – Align effectively with Further Processing and Primary Processing team on SKUs and quantities planned to be reserved for freezing to ensure efficient operations of the blast freezer. Team Management – Responsible for supervising and training Freezing Supervisor and Attendants. – Ensures all direct reports have up to date, signed job descriptions. – Conducts regular team meetings to review performance, address improvement areas, and align on future targets. – Sets performance objectives and carries out routine reviews in line with company performance management guidelines. – Works with HR to identify skills gaps and implement appropriate training and development interventions. – Oversees effective attendance management, leave planning, and disciplinary processes. – Ensures 100% compliance with PPE requirements across all teams. – Leads process efficiency improvements and optimisation initiatives. – Oversees quarterly policy and SOP training sessions, ensuring proper documentation of all sessions. – Manages manpower effectively, efficient shift scheduling, keeping overtime costs below 2%. Health, Safety & Environmental Management – Ensure compliance with all health, safety, and environmental (HSE) legislation, regulations, codes of practice, and Yalelo’s Workplace Health & Safety (WHS) standards. – Maintain up-to-date knowledge of workplace health and safety matters relevant to operations, ensuring hazards are identified, eliminated, or minimised, and risks controlled as far as reasonably practicable. – Ensure all plant, equipment, substances, and structures are safe for use, and that workers are adequately trained and supervised to mitigate workplace risks. Must have skills – Proficient in Microsoft office tools – Proficient in ERP systems and Inventory managements systems – Excellent leadership and people management capabilities. – Strong planning, coordination, and organisational skills. – Competence in data analysis, reporting, and process optimisation. – High attention to detail with problem-solving and decision-making ability. – Strong communication and stakeholder management skills. Good to have skills – Highly Ethical and Analytical Strong interpersonal and personal skills Qualifications – Bachelor’s degree in food science, Production Management, Engineering, or a related field. – All academic qualifications must be certified by ZAQA – Must be an active member of the relevant professional body – Full Grade 12 Certificate – Additional training or certification in cold chain management, HACCP, or ISO standards is an advantage. – At least 3 years’ experience in production, processing, or cold chain operations within the food or FMCG sector. – Proven track record of managing blast freezing operations or large-scale cold storage facilities. – Demonstrated success in managing teams in a fast-paced production environment. – Experience in implementing performance management, efficiency improvements, and compliance initiatives. Trainin