Plant Head, Rice at Olam International Limited

Olam International is a leading food and agri-business supplying food, ingredients, feed and fibre to over 19,800 customers worldwide. Our value chain spans over 60 countries and includes farming, processing and distribution operations, as well as a sourcing network of 4.8 million farmers. Through our purpose to 'Re-imagine Global Agriculture and Food Systems', Olam aims to address the many challenges involved in meeting the needs of a growing global population, while achieving positive impact for farming communities, our planet and all our stakeholders. Headquartered and listed in Singapore, Olam currently ranks among the top 30 largest primary listed companies in terms of market capitalisation on SGX-ST.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Plant Head, Rice

Location: Nasarawa
Function:  MATS
Sub-Function:  Plant Operations

Job Description

• The role encompasses the day to day management of all the plants in the country, handling all function from production, processing, quality, engineering & projects and QEHS.
• You will be directly responsible for quality production with class-leading production efficiencies. The incumbent will be a people leader who can multitask and manage efficiency, quality, speed and safety at the plants.

Key Deliverables
Strategic Effectiveness:

• Manage overall plant operations covering production, production planning, demand forecast, manpower planning and mobilization in a comprehensive manner.
• Review shop floor operations daily for adherence to quality systems & norms. Build systems to capture any deviation from set standards.
• Lead and support in process/system related issues, reduce incidences of such issues.
• Manage and support preventive maintenance for plant & machinery and related engineering initiatives.
• Optimize production costs, consolidate variances, analyse and find root causes for variances. Define action plans to manage/reduce such variances.
• Manage line OEEs, wastages and conversion costs through effective monitoring, review & control.
• Lead the QEHS initiatives and work with the central quality head in delivering defined goals.
• To be a champion for the commissioning of sustainable systems to hold the gains.
• Keep a tight control on maintenance & repairs cost within the budgeted levels.

Operational Effectiveness:

• Manage multiple projects simultaneously, ensure delivery of projects within the scope, cost & time.
• Be a quality champion and lead cost efficiency and continual improvement programs.
• Identify opportunities, baseline and execute projects amongst cross-functional teams.
• Actively participate in & lead IR discussions, become a voice for the team.
• Negotiate with various unions, ensure industrial discipline is maintained, and labour productivity is increased regularly.
• Chalk out budgets for Labour, energy, materials, maintenance & other plant overheads effectively and implement.

Organizational Effectiveness:

• Train and guide the team to build efficiency and quality focus.
• Manage and build a multi-generational diverse workforce.

Requirements

• An Engineering graduate with 20+ years of work experience with a leading FMCG organization.
• Ability to build strategic partnerships and build relationships internally and externally.
• Seen as a champion of the business goals and employee development.
• An understanding of how, and the willingness to go the extra mile, to bring added business value.
• Collaborate across the organization to maximize outcomes.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.