Production Manager (Food Technologist) Jobs in Thika, Kenya
Production Manager (Food Technologist) Jobs in Thika, Kenya
SummaryOur client, a food manufacturing company in Thika is looking to fill the role of a Production Manager for January 2021.
The incumbent will be mandated with coordinating the company’s technical systems and processing of high-quality standard products, which meet the customers’ market specifications and quality standards.
Duties and Responsibilities
Develop, review and implement company policies, procedures and practices that support attainment of company goals and objectives in respect of production of products;
Utilization of the company’s available resources to follow-up and achieve targets in respect to the overall targets of the day;
Ensuring that cleaning, sanitary, hygiene, systems are maintained within the processing line in liaising with the quality controller;
Records maintenance / updating systems to facilitate corrective action to be taken to ensure food safety;
To research and develop new products in relation to the company’s capacity and available resources;
Developing an action plan to make the targets viable
Evaluating / adjusting on products formulations to make them cost effective and compete well at the same time maintain the required quality
Educating the other staff members on good manufacturing practices
Ensuring workforce discipline is maintained within the set working hours and regulations by liaising with the production supervisors
Evaluation on the cost of production both direct and indirect on frequent basis to enable running at minimum cost levels and still producing quality goods
Presentation and preparation of reports which are submitted to the Board of Directors for further action plan
To seek assistance from the Board of Directors or
immediate boss in terms of administrative or management problems
To control and reduce on the rejection sale at all levels of operations and to be responsible for accountability (liaising with the Quality controller)
Reporting all sales issues to the MD on behalf of the sales team
Carry out any other duties at the request of the Managing Director as may be assigned from time to time
Key Result Areas
Improvement of production efficiency and yields per batch per day
Reduction of production costs and utilization of raw materials
Development of new products ranges
Maintain and sustain product quality within acceptable market standards
Maintain and optimize staff levels within acceptable labour cost levels
Qualifications
Minimum Diploma in Food Technology/ Food Science
Experience. At least 4 years relevant experience in a busy Food processing factory
Key skills and qualities. Good communication and reporting skills, good analytical skills, self-driven and result oriented.
How to Apply
Qualified candidates are encouraged to send CVs quoting relevant skills and experience to careers@britesmanagement.com
Interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis until the position is filled
Only the shortlisted candidates will be contacted
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