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Job Description

• Olam Agri's supply chain is crucial to its operations, and this Branch Manager role in Kaduna, Nigeria, is vital to its success. You will manage multiple product lines (commodity & processed commodity by-products) within the region, overseeing all processes from producer to market. 

Key Deliverables

• Strategic Effectiveness: Contribute to business roadmap development and implementation, managing procurement and supply chain strategy for assigned products. Apply sound judgment within established policies, utilizing effective problem-solving techniques. Demonstrate strong financial acumen, including understanding counterparty and credit risk management.
• Operational Effectiveness: Optimize resource utilization within the plant & specifically RM warehouses. Support infrastructure implementation according to the business plan, maximizing capacity and minimizing controllable losses. Coordinate with regulatory bodies to secure necessary permissions and approvals.
• Organizational Effectiveness: Build and develop high-performing teams through effective hiring, training, and development. Provide market analysis to support business trading and positional decisions.
• Collaborative Effectiveness: Collaborate with key stakeholders through formal business reviews and continuous improvement initiatives. Manage relationships across peers in the department to ensure product/ region ownership and collaboration to ensure stock availability across plants/ warehouses not under your direct supervision. Management of logistics in collaboration with other Branch, Import & Commercial managers to ensure stock for both internally & externally sourced materials

Requirements

• A proactive & analytical mindset focused on delivering added business value.
• MBA with minimum 3 years of post-qualification experience in a relevant industry.
• Excellent communication skills at all levels.
• Strong coaching, facilitation, presentation, collaboration and team-building skills.
• Prior experience in sales, supply chain, and/or operations is highly desirable

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Job Description

• Leads evaluation and selection of suppliers in terms of quality, service, cost, and capability.
• Procurement of General, consumable Items (MRO Items), AGO, Raw material and capex
• Make purchase orders, job orders as the case may be and follow up with vendors for timely delivery of the goods and services.
• Looks for productivity gains, which may include working with Improvement Leaders and Service Center personnel.
• Looks for alternative sources, through individual research, and working with other Buyers, Sr. Buyers, and Executive Buyers.
• Oversees contract implementation and supplier performance/interaction; involved with resolving operational issues.
• Documents issues for quality, service, safety, and supply (into the Sourcing quality data bases) and resolves issues with suppliers.
• Identifies and drives continuous improvement.
• Oversees contract implementation and supplier performance and interaction.
• Negotiates and delivers savings to meet business requirements and company objectives.
• Understands market dynamics, labor rates/market rates, etc. that may impact buy.
• Uses Auction Tools, RFIs, RFQs, RFPs and/or sealed bids.
• Calculates and reports accomplishments in all appropriate systems.
• Direct procurement policies to ensure all items are purchased and delivered within budget and time constraints
• Manage vendor and supplier selection process based on price, quality, support, capacity, and reliability
• End to end process knowledge of Import & Export of commodity and consumable items.
• Resolve all conflicts with vendors and other stakeholders.
• Share all relevant documents with Finance for timely payment
• Train subordinates and guide the team for better performance.

Requirements

• Should have similar experience 5-7 years’ in handling end to end procurement in a mass manufacturing company.
• Any graduate but Engineering qualification preferred
• Good computer knowledge is a must.
• Good Hands on Contract Management.
• Experience in DIRECT Procurement of General and consumable Items. (MRO Items), AGO , packaging material and asset purchases.
• high competency level in SAP MM,SAP Ariba.
• Strong leadership capabilities, excellent negotiation and analytical skills
• Good knowledge of engineering spares and consumables
• Able to work in multicultural environment and able to work independently.
• Must be safety conscious

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Job Description

• Ensuring compliance to manufacturing processes and procedures of the company with the objective of achieving key performance indicators in collaboration with all stakeholders by constantly developing, planning, and implementing operational excellence and training of plant personnel.

Key Deliverables

Production Planning & Execution

• Planning to deliver the sales demand ensuring effective utilization of assets at optimum cost of operations
• Liaison with central and local procurement for effective planning of raw and packing materials ensuring availability as well as monitoring inventory norms
• Analyze breakdowns and put corrective measures to improve OEE
• Lead the AM Pillar team in WCM/Operational Excellence and support other pillars on production related requirements
• Control over warehouses for raw & packing materials and finished goods
• Ensure compliance to Safety and Food Safety requirements from manufacturing function
• Ensure adherence to all applicable regulatory and statutory requirements
• Review and monitor operating budgets

Managing Talent

• Develop and train the team to improve the effectiveness of implementation of best/ next practices in the area of work.
• Identify training needs of team members in order to enhance skills and develop/maintain a motivated team.

Driving cost culture and value delivery

• Review requirements of production consumables and ensure availability
• Review cost of production consumables and ensure adherence to budgets

Projects

• Selection of Capacity, Capability, Appropriate Technology, Energy requirements etc for Opex and Capex Projects along with Engineering team as and when required
• Execute implementation of projects within timelines and cost with support of Engineering Team
• Assist in commissioning and start-up of new projects

Strategic Effectiveness

Requirements

• BE/B.Tech in Mechanical/Electrical/Production Engineering from a reputed institute
• 10+ years of experience in FMCG companies of repute preferably bottling/aseptic dairy products with a minimum of 3 years of experience as Head of Manufacturing/Production department
• Experience of managing high speed PET bottling lines and Tetrapak lines
• A hands-on experience of implementing TPM or WCM/Operational Excellence is a must. Exposure to Lean or Six Sigma would be an added advantage.
• Experience of managing production function of a bottling plant, preferably aseptic dairy technology with Tetrapak and Sidel bottling lines
• Strong people management skills
• Demonstrated ability to manage complexity.
• Strong analytical & problem-solving skills
• Good communication skills
• Good negotiation skills

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Job Description

• Responsible for efficient daily shift production activities to assure operations are optimized.
• The primary activities of this position include the operation of the Production process, prioritizing and assigning proactive and reactive maintenance, troubleshooting issues and maintaining quality product output.
• The role also includes activities like repairing, day planning, procuring needed production materials, controlling spare parts inventory for rolls, sifters, purifiers, and other milling equipment.
• This is a shift people management position and requires managing hands-on training for new and existing millers, ensuring best practice execution and performing work quality checks. A keen understanding of costs and a business acumen to ensure profitability is critical for the

Key Deliverables

• Lockout tag out
• Permit to work
• Reporting, recording and review
• Bi-Monthly safety audit compliance
• Workplace inspection and risk assessment
• Driving safety rules
• Full 100% compliance to agreed production targets and production specification
• Maintaining Team discipline in all its ramifications along the lines
• Regularly Train and retrain the Shift production team to ensure that lines are maintained in top condition

Operational Effectiveness

SAFETY AND HEALTH

• Support safety during Shift production operations
• Support safety culture during Shift production operations
• Ensure elimination of unsafe acts, conditions and near miss reporting (Safe Olam Reporting)
• Ensure strict compliance during shift toolbox talks
• Ensure strict PPE Compliance during Shift production operations
• Ensure compliance of 6 imperatives of safety.

QUALITY

• Ensure agreed quality behaviours amongst the Shift production team
• Adherence to line settings during Shift
• Adherence to GMP during Shift
• Adherence to line clearance during Shift
• Ensure all the Shift processes are done right first time.

COST EFFICIENCY

• Maintain Shift equipment effectiveness
• Deliver on Shift production target and product specification
• Ensure and encourage Autonomous Maintenance during Shift
• Maintain good rapport with Maintenance Team to achieve acceptable OEE.
• Track and ensure all milling activities such as grinding, extraction, etc that gives the best production during shift.

Requirements

• Ability to communicate clearly
• Good Interpersonal skills
• Objective/Goal-oriented mentality
• Computer skills e.g., MS Office, SAP
• Ability to work with data and present for decision making
• Commitment to team leadership
• Ability to learn and apply best practices
• Ability to organize and plan Team tasks
• Flexibility and responsiveness to business needs
• Ability to overcome obstacles and organizational skill necessary to complete assignments in a timely manner.
• Problem solving
• Hands on extraction process, wenger machine will be an added advantage

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Job Description

• Perform Plant inspection, Maintenance planning and task scheduling.
• Maintenance planning for old and new installation, update task list to maximize availability
• Systematic plant restoration using TPM methodology.
• Work order closure and reporting
• review daily/weekly works schedules with sectional engineer and reduce backlogs.
• Manage spare inventory to support maintenance execution.
• Track spares from request to delivery.
• Ensure all spares GRN is done and vendor payment completed.
• Ensure 100% stock accuracy.
• Track engineering budget.
• Manage engineering workshop and ensure proper 5S at all times.

Strategic Effectiveness

• Evaluate and identify specific safety hazards associated with planned work and ensure adherence to safety requirement and procedures.
• Manage all plant inspection and condition monitoring activities in plant
• Ensure all work orders and maintenance details are accurately captured on SAP and ensure Technical completion of the work.
• Obtain and file all associate PM support documentation and in appropriate folders.
• Manage and schedule maintenance activities such as inspections, AMV, instruments calibrations and equipment preventive maintenance and validation assessments.
• Monitor work order execution rate and ensure quality of work execution in line with standards.
• Manage engineering modification work request and ensure Management of Change document update.
• Harmonise all plant manuals in a folder for easy retrieval.
• Coordinate total plant repair and maintenance expenditure vs budget and deploy to each section.
• Other duties not listed herein, but which need to be accomplished to maintain safe and productive day-to-day operations within the plant
• Maintain confidentiality of all records and company matters

Key Deliverables

• Achieve zero unplanned equipment downtime through effective PM planning and execution
• Reduce maintenance cost to budget limit through avoidance of equipment failures
• Ensure accurate stock inventory. 
• Ensure a simplified PM regime to achieve minimum equipment availability of 95%

Requirements

• 10 years’ experience in the manufacturing sector with at least 2 years in maintenance planning
• Ability to lead a work group.
• Strong organizational and communication skills
• Have a goal-oriented mentality
• Good knowledge of inventory management
• SAP knowledge mandatory
• Able to read and interpret vendors manuals and drawings
• Ability to write detailed maintenance report
• Committed to safety and teamwork
• Ability to learn and apply maintenance best practices
• Ability to organize and plan tasks
• Must be flexible and responsive to the business needs
• Harmonize and present all engineering KPI