Vacancy title:
Production Manager

Jobs at:
Igara Growers Tea Factory Limited

Deadline of this Job:
MONDAY 16th JULY 2018

Duty Station:
Uganda

JOB DETAILS:
Igara Growers Tea Factory Limited is a smallholder tea company which owns and operates Igara Tea Factory in Bushenyi District and Buhweju Tea Factory in Buhweju District. The company is looking for suitably qualified persons to fill the following positions.

Job Title: Production Manager
Reports to: General Manager

Purpose of the Position:
The purpose of the Production Manager's Position is to organize, plan, coordinate, and control ail tea making processes in the factory with a view to producing high quality teas at a minimum cost.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develops factory/ production objectives, defines performance standards for all factory workers and ensures that those standards are achieved to precision.
• Ensure that proper factory records for every process are documented ad kept.
• Monitor stock levels of fire wood, factory spares and ensure that new orders are timely made to avoid unnecessary bottle necks.
• Supervises subordinate employees giving them feedback on their performance as may be necessary.
• Identifies training needs for the staff in the department and recommends appropriate trainings to the Human resource manger
• Implement company policies to the extension rovers the Factory and interprets it for the clear understanding of the staff.
• Carries out annual performance appraisal of employees in the department and makes recommendations to the HR Manager.
• Makes regular spot checks on various processes to ensure compliance with set production standards and guidelines and takes appropriate action on findings,which require follow up.
• Writes and submits to the General Manager regular factory management and production reports covering plant capacity utilization/cost control/labour productivity with a recommendation on technical modifications as may be required
• Perform any other job related dimes as assigned by the general manager

Qualifications and Experience:
A Bachelors Degree in; Agriculture, Food Science or Agricultural Engineering. A Masters degree and additional training will be an added advantage. The applicant should also have at least five (5) years working experience in a similar position in the tea industry

Job application procedure
All applications accompanied by a CV and copies of relevant documents should be submitted NOT LATER THAN MONDAY 16th JULY 2018 to any of the following offices;
Thu General Manager
Igara Growers Tea Factory Ltd
Butare Kyamuhunga, 12kms on lshaka Kasese
Highway
P.O Box 110 Bushenyi.

Or
Uganda Tea Development Agency Limited Plot 821, Rubaqa Road . For the attention of The General Manager Igara Growers Tea Factory Ltd.

Ps. The application should indicate the position applied for and any form of soliciting will lead to disqualification.