Feedmill and Rice Mill Plant Manager - Lagos at Smart Partners Consulting Limited

Smart Partners Consulting Limited - Our client, an International Brand with a strong interest in Nigeria is recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Feedmill and Rice Mill Plant Manager

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Responsibilities

• Plan, organize, direct and run optimum day-to-day operations to exceed our customers’ expectations
• Increase production, assets capacity and flexibility while minimizing unnecessary costs and maintaining current quality standards
• Be responsible for production output, product quality and on-time shipping
• Allocate resources effectively and fully utilize assets to produce optimal results
• Implement strategies in alignment with strategic initiatives and provide a clear sense of direction and focus
• Monitor operations and trigger corrective actions
• Share a trusting relationship with workgroup and recruit, manage and develop plant staff
• Collect and analyze data to find places of waste or overtime
• Commit to plant safety procedures
• Develop systems and processes that track and optimize productivity and standards, metrics and performance targets to ensure effective return on assets
• Address employees’ issues or grievances and administer collective bargaining agreements
• Stay up to date with latest production management best practices and concepts
• Coordinates and facilitates the daily operations to maximize all available resources.
• Plans and coordinates the operational activities with input and interaction from a variety of sources.
• Identifies opportunities for continuous improvement by performing the following duties.
• Coordinates all shift operations.
• Coordinates the activities of salaried exempt and hourly production group leaders to assure all customer expectations are met in a timely manner.
• Coordinates the operational schedules for the shifts in conjunction with plant needs including Maintenance, Quality Assurance, Sanitation, material control and other functional areas.
• Coordinate’s training and development sessions
• Partners with Human Resources to develop and recommend staffing levels for operations.
• Coordinates and implements a comprehensive training plan for plant personnel in conjunction with the plant Supervisors.
• Effectively communicates in verbal and written forms to internal and external personnel.
• Serve as a contact person for various vendors and suppliers.
• Facilitates the continuous quality improvement process and plant safety initiatives.
• Facilitates the continuous improvement of efficient inbound and outbound loading processes.
• Guides group leaders in process control, inventory control, personnel practices, efficient operations, safety, and employee development and employee retention goals.
• Facilitates and promotes the development of new work systems for Plant facility
• Performs administrative duties in preparing and analyzing reports and records.
• Actively pursues acquisition of information or skills to manage feed manufacturing and deliveries.
• Holds supervisors and employees accountable for feed manufacturing and delivery.
• Maintains close and effective working relationships with accounting, technical services, vendors, contract producers, and government agencies.
• Performs other duties as required.

Requirements

• Minimum of 10 years or more relevant experience in a similar capacity.
• Candidate should be an expatriate.
• Degree in Feed Science is an added advantage.
• Should be able to manage rice mill plant and feed mill.
• Maintain and repair various components of mill equipment.
• Experience in a position of leadership to include team development and management, required.
• Must have knowledge of feed mill operations.
• Must be able to troubleshoot and operate all equipment within the operation.
• Experience evaluating work processes and systems for efficiencies and operational flow.
• Ability to evaluate performance level and provide constructive feedback and assistance for improvement.
• Ability to work well with others in fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Must be able to make decisions on routine matters utilizing company policies and procedures and directions from upper management.
• Must be able read and interpret documents in the English language such as safety files, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Able to write routine reports and correspondence.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: talent@smartpartnersng.com using the Job Title and Location as the subject of the email.