Production Officer

Position Title: Production Officer - Bread

Function: Bread Manufacturing

Key Stakeholders:

Internal: Stores, Engineering, Quality, Factory Cost control, Maintenance, S&F

External: External Auditors

Educational Qualification: Engineer graduate/ Food Technologist/ Msc Food Science / Msc. Chemistry

Experience: 3– 4 years in FMCG preferably Food/ Bakery industry

Desired Competencies:

Technical knowledge to attend to machines, man management skills, knowledge of food safety, working knowledge of Kaizen, TPM and TQM

Key Responsibilities:

Monitoring the overall manufacturing activities on the shop floor
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Reviewing the weekly Production Plan
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Creating Daily production chart
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Monitoring the abnormalities on the shop floor effectively
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Maintaining Hygiene over the shopfloor.

Periodic checking of operating parameters
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Constant (Hourly) checking of parameters like oven temperature, Gauge weight, wet weight, Baking Time, humidity etc.
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Making appropriate adjustments in case of deviation from standard

Round the clock allocation
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Managing leave schedule for the work men and reporting the same to the Functional Incharge
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Deciding on the ensure round the clock list every week .

Elimination of Consumption Variance
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Monitor Output V/s Std Input
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Eliminate Process wastage caused due to improper handling of material
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Eliminate wastages due to material or product falling on the floor

Recording round the clock mixing details, the wastage, floor sweep age etc. physically and in SAP.
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Documentation of the daily activities in Ensure round the clock wise Production report and SAP entry
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Timely entry of the production details
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Using the same for variance analysis etc

Breakdown Maintenance
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Coordinating with the maintenance department in event of breakdown
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Making effective scheduling for Preventive maintenance, CBMS etc.
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Constant feedback from packing end regarding Bread quality

Checking the CCPs at regular intervals during a ensure round the clock
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Checking CCPs according to ISO norms
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Training Leading Hands from the same

Monitoring Quality Control Parameters
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Monitoring the mixing Control Parameters like flour quality, Dough Temperature, Mixing time , Recipe Variations etc
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Change the flour/blend the flour in case of flour quality variation/Talk to engineering team in case of Dough temp variation. Checking of load cell in case of recipe variations.
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Constant monitoring of the Manufacturing control parameters like wet parameters, flour dusting quantity and oven parameters like baking time, standard requirements.
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Consult with engineering department in case of variations in oven profile etc.
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Hourly inspection of the control chart/Pareto charts
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Analysing if the Standard parameters of the production are maintained

Monitoring Energy Efficiency
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Monitor energy efficiency through control of process parameters like oven temperature control, proper utilization of fuel
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Suggest & Implement automated process control devices to maximize efficient use of energy, completion of projects, Sustenance of projects

Miscellaneous work assigned by Management