Manufacturing Capability Manager at Seven Up Bottling Company

Seven-Up Bottling Company Limited is one of the largest manufacturing companies in Nigeria, producing and distributing some of the nation’s most- loved beverages in the country like; Pepsi, 7Up, Mirinda, Teem, Mountain Dew, H2oH!, Lipton Ice Tea and Aquafina premium drinking water. SBC has recently entered into Home & Personal Care category with the 2SURE brand and launched its first product, a Hand & Surface Sanitizer. Seven Up boasts of nine bottling plants with state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities strategically located across various regions in the country.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Manufacturing Capability Manager

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and delivery of capability development strategy across all plants for manufacturing staff
• Support plant leadership team by acting as coach, mentor and trainer for the manufacturing team to embed sustainable and profitable learning culture.
• Be seen as subject matter expert in all aspects of manufacturing capability development and be able to provide such technical support as required from time to time.
• Drive innovation and continuous improvement on capability development.
• Improve capability of operators, technicians, team leaders, and other plant manufacturing team managers by defining relevant up skilling and development programs for each staff category (ODP, STLDP, FMDP, LMDP etc)
• Interface with plant and P&C management to develop and execute capability improvements and deploy best practices and standards.
• Act as the driving force behind strategic, operational and organizational initiatives, in the plant, that relate to manufacturing capability development.
• Ensures integrity and sustainability of development plans and processes through conducting audits and process checks and initiating corrective actions where required.
• Provide insight into manufacturing capability development progress especially of ODP and ESUT, through analytics and drive performance gap closures as metrics may show.
• In collaboration with other HQ Manufacturing staff, deliver training focusing on other lean manufacturing pillars (PM, Kaizen, SMED, RCPS, 5S etc.)
• Be able to and conduct periodic skills assessment of any set of manufacturing staff.
• Participate in all plant risk and RCA analysis for the purpose of identifying areas needing capability enhancement.

Requirements

• Relevant Engineering Degree or equivalent certificate (HND).
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in a manufacturing technical position most of which should be a managerial role combined appropriately with a shop floor oversight role.
• Proficiency in presentation and training skills
• Excellent organization skills. Ability to handle multiple tasks, prioritizing and managing time effectively.
• Proven leadership skills particularly in creating possibilities & change management and managing people for success.
• Remain abreast with industry changes, new technology, systems and procedures as they relate to capability improvements.
• Experience in plant manufacturing operations, project planning & implementation.
• Previous new equipment or line installation or extension could be an advantage.
• Understanding of business case/cost benefits analysis preparation and basic financial analysis tools.

Application Closing Date
5th March, 2025.