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Job Description

• The role is responsible for managing an efficient and safe site that produces finished products meeting customer requirements at the lowest cost while maximizing financial benefits

Key Deliverables

• Quality and consistency of finished products
• Mill performance
• Continuous operational improvement
• Effective management of raw material intermediate and finished product stock levels
• Cost control across labor energy and maintenance
• Site hygiene
• Site condition
• Health and safety
• Direct management and motivation of the production team

Responsibilities - Production Unit

• Define and agree job responsibilities with subordinates set targets and monitor performance formally and informally
• Maintain staff welfare and morale
• Enforce discipline and carry out dismissals as required within company procedures and employment legislation
• Select and appoint new staff
• Ensure all areas operate efficiently within approved financial budgets and drive continual improvement
• Control stock levels of raw materials and finished products through supervisors to respond to product specifications and volume requirements
• Monitor production output yield and extraction capacity and act on variances
• Ensure efficient maintenance of all plant and buildings through preventive maintenance programs to minimize breakdowns

General Responsibilities:

• Manage external contractors for cleaning waste disposal gardening and other services in a cost effective manner while ensuring quality
• Maintain perimeter and yard areas in good condition
• Through managers maintain and administer personnel records excluding sickness absenteeism and holiday records
• Ensure safe keeping of company agreements financial documents and related records
• Promote strong communication across the plant through team briefings and discussions
• Identify training needs through managers and support staff development within budget
• Demonstrate flexibility in performing additional management tasks required for business growth

Requirements

• BTech or BE from a reputed institute
• 5+ years of relevant experience in handling milling lines. 

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Job Description

• As Vice President & Profit Center Head , you will lead one of the critical businesses in  Olam Agri’s Wheat Milling & Pasta portfolio, driving operations and growth initiatives across multiple regions. The role focuses on ensuring profitability, market leadership, and innovation while pursuing expansion through organic growth, strategic acquisitions, and related categories such as animal proteins and nutrition.

Key Deliverables

Key responsibilities:

• Strategic Leadership: Develop and execute the global strategic sales and marketing plan to drive growth in the wheat milling  portfolio, covering segments. Provide strategic direction to the B2B team and the Manufacturing organization , with aim to maximize revenue at an optimal cost
• Profit & Loss (P&L) Management: Take full ownership of the business unit's P&L, including financial forecasting, budget management, and ensuring profitability across international operations. Bottom line responsibilities: Completing the budgeted commitments on volumes, GC, overheads, interest EBIDTA and PAT
• Business Development: Identify, evaluate, and pursue new global business opportunities. This includes tracking industry trends, competitor activity, and customer preferences to inform strategic decision-making.
• Team Leadership: Lead and manage diverse and geographically dispersed global teams, fostering a high-performing culture across functions like sales, marketing, production, nutrition, procurement, quality control, and supply chain.
• Product Innovation & Management: Initiate and assess new product innovations and ensure the product portfolio meets customer needs and market demands in collaboration with R&D and technical teams.
• Operational Excellence: Oversee global operations, ensure smooth execution of projects, timely order fulfillment, and compliance with international industry standards and regulations. 

Requirements

Person Characteristics

The job requires a corporate professional who also has entrepreneurial skills and looks to the future with optimism to envision what could be possible. Success in this role requires collaboration, communication, leadership, and vision. The role entails absolute responsibility for both Country / Product levels. Exposure to Micro & Macroeconomic factors of business environment would therefore require a strong conceptual and analytical bend of mind to operate in international business environment

To be successful you will:

• Good negotiating skills and interpersonal skills 
• Be resilient and be able to overcome challenges whilst remaining calm and collected
• Have an ownership mindset!  
• Love travelling – your customers are spread across different countries across.
• Experience: Extensive experience (15+ years), including significant experience in a senior leadership or P&L role within the animal nutrition industry, is mandatory.
• Exposure to Micro & Macroeconomic factors of the business environment would therefore require a strong conceptual and analytical bend of mind to operate in an international business environment

Personality Attributes

• Leadership & People Management: Strong leadership and management skills, with a focus on mentorship and development.
• Strategic Thinker: Ability to think strategically with experience in crisis management and media relations.
• Global Acumen: Proven experience working within a global matrix organization, managing international teams, and a successful track record of launching products in different markets and cultures