COO - Supply Chain/Manufacturing & Technical - Carbonated Soft Drinks

COO (Supply Chain, Manufacturing & Technical) - Carbonated Soft Drinks - Africa

- Responsible for end to end Supply chain optimization - Manufacturing Planning, Production execution, Engineering Excellence, safety & Health establishment, Quality acumen, Financial performance, Talent Management, Process excellence, Environment Management for disruptive result delivery

Handling multiple Plants for Supply Chain, Manufacturing & Technical Operations for Beverages for RGB and PET Lines.

- Identifying the talent pipeline and ensure exposure for differential experiences

- Ensuring day-to-day production & manufacturing operations for making effective utilization of man, machine, method & materials - Responsible to drive Excellence using TPM

- Drive Procurement excellence thru QL initiatives and development of alternatives

- Identifying & developing potential vendors or co-packers (3rd party) locally & globally for the right - source selection and achieving cost effective operations; resolving bottlenecks and reducing lead times

- Ensuring quality, delivery and budget objectives are met as per organizational guidelines; ensuring optimum inventory levels to achieve maximum cost savings without hampering the operations

- Ensuring the availability & delivery of right quality materials at the right time, price & terms and devising efficient Logistics Management System to ensure delivery of the goods / shipments as per committed timelines

- Driving change management initiatives among team for scaling up the performance

- Disruptive thinking for envision and strong urge for driving Business excellence

- Implementing project plans within present budgets & deadlines and monitoring offshore delivery management for technical deliverables of concurrent projects