Production Officer - Milk Operations

About the role

The Production Officer manages a designated team, plant and material resources in a culture of performance monitoring, review and action, ensuring full compliance with Nestlé standards. The role shares responsibility with other Ensuring Supply processes (internal and external customers) to deliver a low-cost, highly efficient and sustainable operation.

Key responsibilities

• Product manufacture: generate and issue instructions to the factory shop floor, allocate resources and cascade production plans, adjusting operations to manpower, material and machine availability.
• Maintain routine, periodic, CIP and shutdown maintenance activities and control production costs while safeguarding quality, safety and people.
• Ensure product and process compliance and regulatory adherence through KPI monitoring, and promote workplace safety and health, safety and environment awareness.
• Use systems to measure and control line performance, labour variance, material usage variance (raw and pack materials, energy) and line performance.
• Drive continuous improvement by reviewing process failures, coordinating trials, new product development and technical projects, and taking part in HACCP, ISO and GMP audits.
• Coach and mentor the team, train them on manufacturing processes, technology and SOPs, and communicate information between management and the shop floor.

Required profile

• B.Tech in Food Technology or Dairy Technology.
• 2 to 7 years of experience.

Required skills

• Understanding of manufacturing and filling-packing operations and best practices.
• Knowledge of manufacturing, maintenance and quality systems, and of statutory, company and factory standards.
• Effective verbal and written communication.