Location: Nestlé Mossel Bay
Qualification: Bachelor’s degree in or Diploma in Engineering, Food Science or Business Management

Experience: 8+ years factory experience with/and 2+ years’ experience in a Manufacturing Excellence Manager, Production/ Maintenance Manager or similar role

Closing date: 29 April 2026
 

Position Summary

With a history spanning over 150 years, Nestlé didn’t become the world’s leading food and beverages brand by chance. Perfection is at the heart of what we do, and our people are always looking for the next big idea to cement our status. We are now looking for a Manufacturing Excellence Manager to be based in Mossel Bay Factory. 

In this role you will be responsible to drive Factory towards World-Class Manufacturing through, Total Performance Management, by leveraging advance manufacturing practices and key manufacturing initiatives to contribute to excellent end to end business results in a continuous and sustainable manner and ultimately the factory to become an efficient and profitable business partner. Supporting the factory leadership team forms a pinnacle part of this role.

A day in the life of a Manufacturing Excellence Manager:

• Ensures the right cascading of priorities and measures from the Market to the factory.
• Ensure Data integrity for the factory, Bill of Materials, Physical Standards and Master Recipe.
• Defines and embeds NCE projects and initiatives into the Factory objectives and align Factory Leadership Team towards the plan.
• Establishes Factory governance to ensure that NCE implementation contributes to deliver business results.
• Prioritize the improvement efforts based on loss analysis.
• Promotes and supports cross-fertilization of Manufacturing best practices, knowledge, standards, and improvements across the factories.
• Ensures an overall understanding of the different NCE methodologies (pillars) within the Factory Leadership Team, functions and how they integrate through the NCE implementation plan avoiding silo working.
• Conducts specific projects to support results improvement around priorities established by the Factory.
• Understands and ensures together with Factory Cost controller n overall competence of Costing Standards for Manufacturing.
• Links with Market Excellence manager within a Market/Category to drive NCE in manufacturing.

What will make you successful?

• Degree or Diploma in Engineering, Food Science or Business Management
• 8+ years factory experience with/and 2+ years’ experience in a Manufacturing Excellence Manager, Production/ Maintenance Manager or similar role
• Intermediate to advance understating of SAP, BW reports.
• Prior experience as IP analyst and Pillar coordinator.
• DMAIC Certified, at least to White Belt level.
• Experience within a network organization (internal and external providers).
• Proficiency in English and language of the market (where applicable).
• Strong practical experience in leading and coaching NCE in manufacturing competencies
• Experience as a data analyst.
• Language Proficiency: English and Afrikaans will be an added advantage