Plan, monitor, coordinate and execute plant activities and processes.

• Work with Feed Mill Manager in planning and coordination of plant activities through planning with section heads to ensure the operations objective are accomplished as per the scheduled work plan.

• Monitoring of plant performance by ensuring that the overall production is as per the set standard, quantity, and quality.

• Assist in monitoring and ensuring that all the sections within the feed mill are performing and producing as per the set plan and standard, that is Premix department.

• Production department

• Soya processing department

• Silos department

• Stores department

• Maintenance department

• Ensuring effective functioning of all feed mill equipment and machinery through timely identification of problems and resolution.

• Liaising with maintenance department to ensure execution of the preventative maintenance program.

• Assist in ensuring effective supply or distribution of feeds to various BPIL branches or sites.

• Monitoring and ensuring presence of a clean working environment.

• Developing and implementation of mechanisms to control and minimize costs like labor, overtime, consumable consumption and repair expenses.

• Assist to maintain and monitor the following records.

• Plant maintenance, feed mill and soya processing.

• Spares

• Raw materials

• Inventory

• Consumables.

• QC and HACCP

• Follow best practices.

• Ensure company receives full value of personal experience.

• Support the stock management process accountably.

• Stock/Material management; ensuring continuous monitoring of stock levels, storage of materials and products and requisition of raw materials.

• Ensure minimum levels of raw materials and product are maintained.

• Ensure production of quality products

• Ensuring production of quality feed and other products produced on site including soya cake, full fat, and crude oil.

• Participate in the designing, review and ensuring effective implementation of the plant procedures, processes, and controls.

Staff Management

• Assist in handling of employee grievances and complaints, through mediation and forwarding staff issues to the Head of Department, HR or the respective authorities.

• Provide leadership & training to plant staff to develop individual employee skills hence leading to improved staff and plant performance and staff competencies.

• Monitoring staff performance, through review of individual performance appraisals and establishing of appropriate actions or mechanisms aimed at improving employee performance.

• Ensuring employee compliance with the set health and safety standards

• Maintain discipline of site staff.

Reporting

• Participate in preparation of reports in relation to the plant activities and dissemination thereof.

• Any other duties as assignned by line manager.

• Operations objectives are achieved as per the work plan.

• Performance and production are in line with set standards and quality.

• All feed mill sections are performing as per the set plan and standards.

• Feed mill equipment / machines are always in good mechanical condition.

• Evidence of minimized labor, overtime, and repair expense costs

• Clean working environment

• Stock is effectively monitored, stored and managed.

• No stock outs of finished products or raw materials.

• Products are of good quality as per BPIL quality guidelines.

• Up-dated plant procedures and controls.

• Timely conflict resolution

• Staff capacity developed.

• Annual performance appraisal of each staff

• Health and safety standards are well disseminated and understood.

• Staff are disciplined.

• Reports on plant activities are regularly shared and discussed with the line manager and any required action taken.