General Manager Milling Operation at Best Search Recruitment

Job Roles/Responsibilities

• Overall day to day management of commercial feed mill, fish feed mill, soybean oil mill and maize meal factory
• Operations planning and implementation Involved and contribute in strategic planning for operational expansions
• Budget development and overseeing implementation and monitoring through the accounts department
• Oversee marketing department, procurement and inputwarehousing department, finished product and dispatch, financial management, administration and maintenance
• Ensures constant monitoring of production efficiencies in the all factories and strives to achieve optimal operating performance and minimal down time
• Develops, revises and improves standard operational and working practices and observes workers to ensure compliance with standards
• Ensure proper emphasis to product quality and review/develop quality assurance sampling procedures
• Ensures consistent and high levels of customer experience through the management of production, from input receipt and quality analysis to output presentation and delivery and after sales support.
• Through the maintenance manager, reviews current or establishes, implements and monitors new preventative maintenance program
• Ensures the use of approved maintenance management systems to track costs and failure rates.
• Reviewing and maintaining effective inventory control system from inputs through to finished products
• Implementing training programs for employee development and ensuring adequate back-up of personal for key positions.
• Monitoring diets used in feed production and working with nutritionists for lowest cost diet formulations.
• Developing and ensuring adequate reporting procedures throughout the company
• Providing regular reports to Managing Director
• Managing operational transitions through company expansion phases
• Managing capital development projects such as silo installations, construction projects, factory installation projects etc.

Key Skills/Experience

• 8 years experience in a similar role
• Feedmill experience is essential
• Oil mill factory (expellers), would be valuable
• Maize meal production experience would be valuable
• Top Level Management Experience in Organisation with greater than US$50 million expected.
• Enterprise resource management software experience is important
• Very high level of computer literacy is essential
• This role will be a permanent role and will be located at our company headquarters located in Panda, Karu Local Government, Nasarawa State, Nigeria