Factory Manager at Cam Dairy Foods Limited

Cam is a Nigerian dairy company that aggregates raw milk from settled pastoralist communities and processes it into nutritious dairy products.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Factory Manager

Location: Abuja
Employment Type: Full time

Role Summary

• We are seeking to hire an experienced dairy Factory Manager looking for a new challenge and opportunity to manage a brand-new dairy facility.
• We are looking for an energetic individual who enjoys problem-solving and developing innovative solutions to challenges peculiar to our local environment.
• At Câm, you will experience an exciting, fast-paced, demanding start-up environment where you will impact the lives of hundreds of pastoralists and contribute to the transformation of the local dairy sector.
• By 2050, our goal is to establish a dairy industry that turns Nigeria from a net importer to a net producer of milk, all anchored around pastoralist communities.
• The Factory Manager will manage and grow an existing small team and establish full-time operations seven days a week for the production and packaging of pasteurised milk, Greek-style yoghurt and other products in the pipeline.
• He/she will be responsible and accountable for all aspects of factory operations and performance. He/she will ensure that objectives are attained in a cost-effective manner consistent with global food safety and quality standards. 
• A successful candidate will have an entrepreneurial mindset, and be ready to roll up his/her sleeves and solve problems under pressure.
• He/she should be looking to take on greater responsibility in their career and have a growth mindset that will be channelled towards product innovation, sustainable packaging and rapid growth.

Responsibilities

• You will be responsible and accountable for all factory operations and performance aspects.
• You will oversee daily factory operations.
• Use his/her best endeavours to promote, protect, develop and extend the business of the Company.
• Ensure that the objectives of the Company are attained cost-effectively and adhere to food safety and quality standards.
• Compile and manage production plans according to Company production targets.
• Create annual and quarterly budgets for factory operations to meet Company production and performance targets.
• Prepare a periodic production report for management at the beginning of every week.
• Compile monthly reports on performance, health and food safety and budget adherence
• Ensure the accuracy of monitoring systems..
• Minimise input, packaging, and finished product waste to near-zero levels.
• Optimise fixed and overhead costs (labour and energy) against demand forecast and production requirements.
• Ensure accuracy and integrity of data collection and recording for compilation of reports and documentation.
• Maximise capacity utilisation following the Company’s strategic targets.
• Create and manage preventative maintenance programs for all factory equipment.
• Plan and implement changes required for new product manufacturing, ensuring minimum disruption to existing operations.
• Maintain food safety, manufacturing and quality systems including Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP), Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and Health Safety and Environment (HSE).
• Ensure continuous compliance with food safety, manufacturing and quality regulations and best practices
• Manage, oversee and coordinate shifts, production line operators, lab technicians and other required personnel. 
• Foster and maintain excellent working relationships with Field Operations, Quality Assurance, Logistics, Maintenance & Distribution and Sales & Marketing Departments to ensure efficient operations and delivery of excellent customer service.
• Work with the People and Culture department to plan annual human resource capacity and development needs, and fill vacancies according to Company policies by using competency-based recruitment methodologies.
• Develop routine training programs in collaboration with the People & Culture team
• Comply with all reasonable and lawful directions given by the Company.
• Train and, where necessary, cause the training of a Nigerian member of his/her team to ensure that such member can step into his/her role as Factory Manager within twelve to eighteen months of assuming the role.
• Build, train and grow a young and inexperienced team at Câm’s new factory and establish seven days a week operations for the production and packaging of dairy products.
• Personify, promote and maintain company values, team motivation and morale.
• Diligently exercise such powers and perform such duties as may from time to time be assigned to him/her by the Company together with such person or persons as the Company may appoint to act jointly with him/her.
• Perform any other duties as may be necessary or desirable for the achievement of the above duties or any of them and any other duties as may be reasonably prescribed by the Company from time to time.

Role Requirements

• Degree in Food Technology / Science or related field, including Food Engineering, Packaging, Business or Production Facilities with relevant work experience.
• International  experience in dairy manufacturing 
• Experience using continuous improvement methodologies
• Excellent knowledge of regulatory requirements for food processing factories, including NAFDAC regulations
• Food Safety certification (e.g. HACCP, SQF, GMP, ISO 22000)
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Tools and G Suite
• Knowledge of dairy processing equipment and troubleshooting.

Skills and Attributes:

• You are organised and enjoy creating efficient and consistent processes and bringing structure to an organisation, ensuring things run smoothly and getting the organisation ready for growth and new opportunities.
• You have strong past results in creating and implementing processes, the ability to influence adoption in the team and iterating processes based on learnings.
• You drive new initiatives, embrace and push for change, and are not afraid to try something new.
• You learn quickly, can operate with high autonomy, and are willing to make a profound and focused commitment to growing the business.
• You are an excellent communicator and have strong teaching skills.
• You have strong problem-solving skills, think outside the box and have the skills required to conduct root cause analysis investigations and develop solutions to fix problems.
• You can work in a diverse, team-based environment.
• You have a demonstrated record of integrity and accountability.
• You are an innovative and proactive thinker.
• You have demonstrated leadership and management skills in your career.

Benefits

• Competitive Salary
• Profitability Bonus ( 1% of annual salary)
• Health Insurance Plan
• Accommodation (where the candidate does not reside in Abuja, Nigeria)
• A company car and a driver
• Work Permit (where the candidate does not live in Nigeria)
• Relocation benefit: Cost of the ticket and excess luggage (where the candidate does not live in Nigeria).

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.