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Date Posted: Monday, October 23 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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Job Summary
As Uzima’s operations grow, Uzima seeks an adept, agile, and dedicated feed mill manager to double the company’s production of animal feeds. This is a role with significant opportunity for growth and exposure to sister businesses and is a good fit for someone who has mastered the fundamentals of animal feed production. The Manager is responsible for all activities related to the production and quality of feeds, including receipt of raw materials, processing/mixing, bagging, inventory, cleaning, and maintenance. This role requires a "Strive for Excellence, Reject Good Enough” attitude that focuses on reaching excellence in all things feeds. The Manager is responsible for scaling a growing team and working closely with sales team and other key departments to ensure quality is maintained at a high level.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Raw Materials Sourcing and Management
• Work with the Operations Director to develop raw materials standards and specifications
• Responsible for ensuring all raw materials received meet specifications as set out and strict adherence to quantities
• Support on raw materials sourcing as requested
• Follow up for drivers, workers and or loading unloading workers
• Communicate with Operations Director and Sourcing team weekly regarding raw materials
• stocks and requirements to avoid stockouts
• Manage expiry dates or validity of materials to ensure quality
Production
• Responsible for all feed production SOPs including mixing times, bagging procedures, etc
• Ensure production is in adherence with recipes approved by Operations Director (quantities measured by Store Keeper measure recipes and are added properly to machines)
• Implement strategies to minimize stock shrinkage (<0.5%) and production loss (0.5%)
Oversee management of machines, including ensuring preventative maintenance programs are adhered to, recommending modifications as needed
• Ensure proper weights for all feed produced
• Review production plans with necessary stakeholders to agree on volumes to be produced
• Solicit feedback from other departments regarding continual improvements to feeds
Inventory
• Work closely with Store Keeper and Finance to manage the inventory maintained on site
• Ensure cleanliness and organization of the feed mill area, including
• Manage inventory on a FIFO basis
• Comply with all stock takes and take responsibility in case of missing stock
Leadership and Staff Management
• Recruit and manage laborers as needed to assist in the feed mill operations; proactively communicate additional hiring needs to the Operations Director
• Identify staff development gaps and conduct training to improve performance and management
• Manage the team’s performance by determining targets/KPIs, managing planned activities, and reviewing key performance areas and control of direct subordinates
• Provide leadership, training, recruitment, selection and motivation for Operations team
• Operate as a key leader on Production team, including independently engaging with other department leads, providing needle-moving business suggestions, and identifying new cost-savings strategies
• Provide feedback in a constructive way to peers, subordinates, MD and Operations Director
Reporting
• Provide weekly feed production reports to Finance, reconciling any differences in a timely manner; provide weekly feed report to Management on key activities of the feed mill
• Provide weekly production outlooks to key stakeholders to align production plans
• Review monthly reports provided by Finance to identify trends and opportunities for
• improvement; implement strategies for cost reductions
Quality Assurance
• Manage relationships with testing facilities to ensure cost-effective testing measures
• Oversee all quality assurance and control activities, including maintaining testing databases, feed traceability reports, and adherence to Quality Assurance SOPs
• Rapidly communicate any quality issues to Management and necessary stakeholders
• Manage any quality issues with finished feed, including product recalls, remixing, or other adjustments required to ensure high quality production
Additional responsibilities
• Biosecurity: Ensure the biosecurity of the Feed Mill and Feed Mill Staff; periodically review and improve adequate bio-security program
• Training: Provide training to other departments (e.g., Sales, CI) as requested on feeds topics
• Execute related duties as given /assign by the manager
• Maintain compliance with all company policies and procedures.

Qualifications and Experience
• The ideal candidate should preferably hold a Bachelor’s degree in Feed Mill Technology,
• Animal Nutrition, Production Engineering or related field or proven aptitude and natural ability
• At least four or more years’ experience in similar roles in a busy commercial setting
• Broad knowledge of Feed Mill technology
• Good ability to manage and lead teams



Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

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