Milk Powder Factory Manager Kenya Job.

Ourclient, a leading dairy in the East Africa region is looking to employ aFactory Manager to bring on line and manage a new state-of-the art milk powderfactory. Reporting to the General Manager, the Factory Manager will beultimately responsible for ensuring the factory is run efficiently to produceand dispatch customer orders to specification and on time and achieving agreedkey performance indicators. The Factory Manager will maintain confidentialityand be “ambassador” for the company at all times 

The key accountabilities for this role are:

Management Responsibilities:

* Agreeing, monitoring and takingresponsibility for budgets and production output targets. Co-ordinating,collating and effectively utilising operations performance data and cost information.

* Maintaining and encouraging a motivated “quality responsibility” focus in allstaff with a culture of continuous improvement which encourages input intooperations, processes and skills development.
* Providing effective production planning and ensuring effective stock controlto achieve planned output. Implementing a DAILY yield monitoring andimprovement programme which measures accurately milk powder quality and volumeagainst production.
* Ensuring that all products are manufactured to specifications.
* Monitoring and reducing wastage in all areas with a prioritised list of areasfor improvement being followed.
* Ensuring that managers and department staff carry out mandatory andregulatory duties laid down by the company and Health & Safety Requirementsand all company and regulatory operation records are kept and maintained in anorganised and easily accessible manner.

Leading and Organising Managers

*Providing positive leadership and motivation to the department managers,demonstrating a pro-active attitude to planning, organising, trouble-shootingand addressing all issues.
* Developing a strong customer service focus and flexible response process withmanagers and team leaders.
* Ensuring that managers fully brief production line team leaders on productionschedules, that any issues affecting the achievement of output plans areaddressed, and that operations staff are utilised effectively.
* Managing, co-ordinating and interfacing with the department managers toensure efficient management and scheduling of production in response tocustomer order requirements.

Employee Recruitment and Management

*Planning factory staff requirements to meet current and future needs.
* Recruiting, inducting, training and motivating staff and ensuring thatperformance development reviews are carried out at agreed intervals.
* Encouraging and supporting staff development within the framework of adeveloped training plan. Ensuring that relevant staff are fully certified andtrained such as fork-lift truck and hoist operating regulations and all otherrelevant certification maintained
* Effectively manage production operations, employee’s overtime, holidayschedule, and time-off, and compile necessary staff attendance reports.
* Ensuring that fire, health and safety, and hygiene regulations are visible,understood by all managers and staff and all employees are trained and fullyconversant with policy and relevant fire, hygiene, health and safety processesand procedures; that all statutory records are maintained and promptlyaddressing and dealing with any deviance from or disregard for fire, hygiene,health and safety, and security policy and practices.
* Ensuring that security management is implemented correctly.

Managing Plant & Equipment

*Planning and ensuring the provision of required plant and equipment to serviceproduction needs.
* Implementing and maintaining plant and equipment maintenance and calibrationschedules including statutory requirements for hoists, pressure vessels etc.
* Ensuring that all plant and equipment is maintained and fully operational.
* Reviewing future plant investment needs to deal with developing productionrequirements and efficiency improvements.

Minimum Requirements:The ideal candidate will possess the following minimum qualifications andcompetencies:
* A minimum of 5 years work experience at a senior level in milk powderproduction related operations.
* Previously worked with Multi Stage Dryers (MSD) or manufactured AgglomeratedInstant Milk Powders
* Educated to degree level and / or production and process managementqualifications.
* Leadership / team development skills with the ability to prioritise and“focus” on relevant matters.
* Comprehensive technical and food processing engineering knowledge.
* Experienced in implementing and operating ISO 9002 or 22000, HACCP, andsimilar process management standards.
* Using computer process management systems / operations skills.
* Positive, self-starter, demonstrating fair but firm, leadership style.
* A motivator, with good people skills and the ability to delegate effectively.
* Clear thinker and good communicator.
* Well organised, responsible, demonstrating control and management experience.
* Goal and target oriented.
* Good numeric, analytical, report writing and literacy skills.
* Inquisitive and attentive, ready and willing to tackle issues.

The package for this position will be competitive and negotiable based onexperience and demonstrable contribution. 

If you are interested in the position and have the skills we are looking for,we would like to hear from you. Please forward an application letter indicatingyour suitability to this role, together with a copy of your updated resume to susan@tgagroupea.com. The interview process for this position willcommence immediately we receive suitable applications. 

Please Note: We do not charge individuals any fee toaccept or hold their applications in our database. We therefore do not acceptany applications from agencies who charge their clients for submitting theirresumes


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