Created by the Howdy Corporation in St. Louis, MO, 7UP was an optimistic venture from the very start. After great success with the Howdy Orange drink, company founder C.L. Grigg decided to try his luck with lemons and limes. C.L. Grigg spent more than two years testing over 11 different formulas, all in search of a drink that was refreshing enough to prove irresistible to the people of Missouri and the world at large. In 1929, C.L. Grigg’s bubbliest drink was born. The public quickly developed a taste for Grigg’s caramel colored lemon-lime soda. Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda sold, and sold well. As the drink grew more and more popular, the original name was traded in for something short and sweet. Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda became known as 7UP. Early advertising featured a winged 7UP logo with copy that read “a glorified drink in bottles only. Seven natural flavors blended into a savory, flavory drink with a real wallop.” The drink was so successful by 1936 that Grigg changed the name of The Howdy Corporation to The Seven-Up Company. By the late 1940s, 7UP had become the third best-selling soft drink in the world. In the decades to follow, 7UP developed iconic branding, setting it apart from industry front-runners. In 1967, 7UP brought the phrase UNCOLA into the national vernacular. The UNCOLA campaign set 7UP apart from its competition and became part of a counter cultural that symbolized being true to yourself and challenging the status quo. Always at the frontier of taste and pop culture, 7UP was also among the first sodas to introduce sugar-free and caffeine free options. Through the years, advertising for 7UP featured everything from a cartoon mascot named Spot, to the “It’s an Up thing” and “Make 7UP yours” taglines.
Job Description
We are currently hiring a general manager who will be responsible and accountable for all line and staff activities within the assigned area required for effective manufacturing, sales, and distribution of company goods.
You’ll also be responsible for the preparation and implementation of Plant’s annual business plan.
Responsibilities
Control of all operational aspects, including revenue growth, profit, operations and production, quality, product development, health and safety, finance, and compliance within assigned.
Prepare an annual manufacturing plan and policy guidelines to drive the performance of key result areas on production activities and continuous implementation monitoring.
Proactively monitor sales and distribution activities to ensure efficient and adequate supply of finished goods and optimum deployment of transportation to facilitate distribution to customers.
Optimally make sure that manufacturing units improve on the standard efficiencies in terms of machine efficiencies, material yields, labour, and overhead costs versus budget.
Ensure quality standards are maintained at all times and do not suffer in the quest for cost optimization.
Implement a Plant Performance Tracking System, which includes the key performance indicators covering manufacturing, engineering, quality assurance, manpower levels, and finance
Monitor materials usage at individual plants and ensure wastage and losses are minimal and not in excess of set standards.
Oversee the planning and implementation of an effective preventive engineering maintenance schedule in line with budgeted costs.
Oversee the cost-effective management of all outsourced transportation services in consistency with budgeted levels of costs.
Develop and nurture a dynamic and competent workforce through a robust performance driven culture
Provide the strategic leadership, team spirit, and the drive to ensure achievement of company objectives across all reporting activities.
Requirements
15 years + working experience in the Manufacturing space.
Minimum of 3 years in a senior management position.
Strong Leadership/Coaching Skills
Communication skill
Problem Solving and Decision Making Skill
Result Oriented
B.Sc / HND
MBA/MSC will be an advantage.
