Packaging First Line Manager

Seniority Level: Associate

Purpose
Brewing the world's most loved beers and building brands consumers love, AB InBev is where ownership, ambition, and action thrive. We empower you to dream big, lead change, and create a long-lasting legacy. We value relentless problem-solvers who take accountability, embrace challenges, and turn bold goals into results through resilience and hard work.

That's Who We Are: Come and
OWN IT.
What's in it for you:

• 25 holidays per year + bank holidays & holiday trading options
• Pension (up to 8% employer contribution) & income protection
• Comprehensive health & wellbeing benefits (fully funded private medical insurance, dental insurance, gym discounts, Employee Assistance Programme)
• 26 weeks paid parental leave for eligible primary caregivers
• A beer allowance to enjoy our brands
• 2 volunteer days a year to support your local community
• 4 employee networks to support diversity and inclusion
• Life assurance & charitable giving

Job title: Packaging First Line Manager (FLM)
Location: Magor – South Wales
The Role:
Packaging (FLM) reports to the Packaging Manager. You will lead the Packaging team to deliver daily and weekly objectives, ensuring the department meets its KPIs while consistently satisfying internal and external customer requirements. You will focus on maintaining premium service and product quality at optimal cost, following agreed ways of working.

The job title and description for Packaging (FLM) are intended to provide an overview of the role and are not exhaustive. You may be asked, from time to time, to undertake additional or alternative tasks that are reasonable, within your skills, and support the needs of the Company or AB InBev.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Takes ownership for balancing the constant search for new improved ways of working with the sustained implementation of agreed ways of working
• Ensures effective communication and co-ordination across a wide geographical department
• Adheres to packaging and production schedules to meet quality and demand needs and to optimise manpower operation
• Ensures performance as per related daily, weekly and monthly KPI's and communicates corrective actions to corresponding meetings
• Contributes to the identification of improvement plans as reviewed during the daily, weekly and monthly meeting processes
• Reports all relevant KPI's as defined through the MCRS process e.g. plan attainment, losses, OEE, LEF, Productivity, energy, utilities etc.
• Actively seeks feedback and monitors progress against plans
• Carries out trouble shooting with the maintenance department to drive root cause correction, and identifies and executes proper process adjustments when required
• Participates in the daily, weekly and monthly departmental meetings and all other meetings as per MCRS

Development of a strong and cohesive team

• Actively and consistently adopts structured target setting and performance management processes
• Constantly drives to ensure responsibility and accountability are incorporated and enforced at the lowest level within the day to day operations of the team
• Ensures flexibility within the team to meet current and future needs of the business
• Manages and develops his people and team
• Walks the floor, leads by example, positively challenges under-performance, reinforces good behaviours
• Motivates the team to achieve departmental KPI's and deliver high standards of performance
• Manages people on all topics i.e. shift handover meetings, training needs, union relationships, individual performance, one on one sessions, coaching, innovation programmes and team motivation
• Celebrates successes, and works collaboratively to develop appropriate recognition policies for the site
• Manages shift rotas, including arranging cover for absent employees on the next shift
• Takes ownership for performance management and compliance with disciplinary procedures
• Manages the tracking of time and attendance for the shift

Management of Environment, Health & Safety and Quality Processes

• Complies to E&S, quality and HACCP standards
• Addresses safety concerns and incidents within the department
• Promotes safe working practices
• Ensures compliance with all company and legal obligations and helps to create SOP's (Standard Operating Procedures)
• Takes ownership for adherence to processes within the area e.g. SLA's (Service Level Agreements) and health and safety performance
• Manages team compliance to ES, quality and HACCP standards
• Ensures the highest levels of compliance to 5S criteria inside their areas of responsibility

Control of cost, budget and resources

• Shares accountability in the maintenance and utility cost performance across the department
• Improves energy / utilities consumption performance
• Makes sure that reliable consumption data is recorded in the system
• Performs cycle counts and investigates deviations in the inventory levels
• Assists with capital projects as required
• Ensure cost optimisation across all areas of the department

Who We're Looking For

• Experienced leader in a fast-moving manufacturing environment.
• Skilled in managing industrial relations and delivering operational change.
• Strong influencer, able to challenge constructively at all levels.
• Solid knowledge of manufacturing principles, tools, techniques, and project management.
• Data-driven with strong problem-solving and analytical abilities.
• Able to prioritise and manage a variable workload to meet strict KPI targets.
• Experience with VPO tools and performance improvement techniques.
• Educated to A-level or equivalent (desirable).
• Proficient in PC applications and systems.
• Excellent communication and team-working skills.
• Motivated, self-driven, and aligned with AB InBev's ten principles, fostering a high-performance culture

We recruit for mindset, ambition, cultural fit, and growth opportunities.

Why build your career with us
We recruit for mindset, ambition, cultural fit, and growth opportunities.

UNIQUE CULTURE
We are proud to be part of something bigger than ourselves and are passionate about building upon our company's long legacy. We believe in collaboration and candor, which results in a dynamic culture with open communication.

BRANDS EVERYONE LOVES
We are part of the collective, global history of beer. We are the proud makers of more than 500 iconic brands, from beloved international classics to local favourites.

GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES
Our people grow at the pace of their talent. We empower our people to learn, expand their perspectives, and unlock career growth. In an environment where commitment to excellence pays off, our people are able to deepen their impact and create a long-lasting legacy.

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