Shift Miller at Olam Agri

Olam Agri is a market-leading, differentiated food, feed, and fiber agri-business with a global origination footprint, processing capabilities, and deep understanding of market needs built over 33 years. With a strong presence in high-growth emerging markets and products across grains & oilseeds, animal feed & protein, rice, edible oils, specialty grains & seeds, cotton, wood products, rubber and commodity financial services.

Olam Agri is at the heart of global food and agri-trade flows with more than 40 million MT in volume traded annually. Focused on transforming food, feed and fiber for a more sustainable future, it aims at creating value for customers, enabling farming communities to prosper sustainably, and strive for a food-secure future.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Shift Miller

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time
Function: MATS
Sub-Function: Plant Operations

Objective

• The objective is to operate and maintain the flour mill under the direction of the Head Miller, sustaining the mission and motto and food safety and quality statement of the mill.

Responsibilities
Manufacturing:

• Maximize milling efficiency in the plant daily by focusing on adjustment and operation of the mill.
• Execute production planning which is given by Head/Chief miller.
• Troubleshoot equipment, optimize the mill and solve flow problems.
• Document production reports and shift reports including process and maintenance issues.
• Report all operational downtimes to the Head/Chief Miller.

Hygiene and Improvement:

• Perform and monitor all sanitations duties as assigned and ensure hygiene personnel on shift perform assigned cleaning duties.
• Ensure full compliance with all organization, regulatory, statutory, safety rules, GMP, QMS, FSMS, 5S requirement.
• Ensure shop floor area is free of weevils and monitor frequent cleaning of workstations and eliminate all dark spots in the system.
• Ensures all cleaning schedules and compliance records, 100%.
• Compliance ratings of all Hygiene, GMP, OHS, EMS, and 5S audits and requirements.

Safety:

• ZERO Accidents (LTA)
• 250mg max particulate discharge to atmosphere
• Compliance to Daily Pep talk, workplace inspection and Gemba work.
• Minimum of 20 safety reports monthly.

Key Deliverables
Cost:

• Reduce PM waste to a minimum of 0.5% monthly
• Control and minimize operational and overhead cost within the section.
• Departmental budgeting and accountability by identifying, managing and prioritizing mill operations capital project portfolio.

Organizational development:

• To provide in-house training for the hygiene team.
• Give on the job training to the milling team as required by supervisors.
• Mentor and cascade knowledge to subordinates.
• Maintain order and discipline within the operational personnel.
• Organize PEP talk and training on 5s, GMP and process.
• Develop and implement the process of RCA and CAPA.

Business Process Improvement:

• Interact with all internal customers such as maintenance, Quality, Evacuation to enhance effective milling scheduling and equipment utilization.
• Make recommendations on new ideas and approach to management.
• To provide a minimum of 1 process improvement every month.
• To reconcile physical stocks versus Sap every day/month.
• Monitoring all data entries by operators.
• To achieve 100% implementation of any new system improvement as instructed by head miller.

Organizational Effectiveness:

• Vendor management, contracts and cost control for routine services like cleaning, refuse disposal, gardening, and other routine services
• Discuss the costs and performance with external contractors to ensure cheap yet quality service, explore innovative approaches to improve delivery.
• Ensure perimeter and yard areas are well maintained, build an aesthetically pleasing workplace
• Maintain and administer all personnel records and systems relating to employees (excluding records of sickness, absenteeism and holidays, recorded in the general office)
• Coordinate with managers to ensure the safekeeping of all company agreements and financial instruments
• Encourage excellent communication across plant workplace through team briefing, formal and informal discussions. Use multi-channel communication for better outcomes.
• Coordinate with managers to identify personnel training needs. Actively promote training and personal development on site
• Exhibit a flexible approach to working, explore new possibilities.
• Performance of other management tasks may be required for the wellbeing and advancement of the business

Requirements

• B.Sc Degree in Engineering/Food Science.
• Minimum of 4 years’ hands-on experience in wheat milling.
• The candidate should have proven experience in production, milling operations role in flour/feed products, and managed large independent operations 
• Excellent people management skills and should be able to lead a diversified team of different nationalities and skillsets.
• Communicate and interface with all levels of the organization and external agencies/contacts including statutory bodies
• Demonstrate ability to manage multiple activities concurrently (Multitasking)
• Creativity/ Self Initiative, Teamwork, Communications Skills and Leadership.
• NABIMS, Diploma in Milling from a recognized Milling School.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.