Freezing Superintendent

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.Educational 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.  Experience          - 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.