Agricultural Company Production Manager Job 2015

Job Description

Exciting Opportunities with a Leading Agrochemical and Agricultural Inputs Company Our client one of the leading companies in the provision of Agro-Chemical and Agricultural Inputs solutions Provider in Eastern Africa and beyond with branches in Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia is seeking to recruit dedicated and dynamic individuals in the following fields.

 

Production Manager

Location: Tanzania
 

Number Required: 1Job Overview: The Production Manager will be responsible for the safe, reliable, and cost effective manufacture of a variety of crop protection chemicals.

 

The position oversees all production process activities including formulation, packaging, maintenance, quality control, and logistics functions at the factory.  

The position is responsible for optimizing production and ensuring annual productivity targets are achieved.

Duties and Responsibilities

Administer Environment, Health & Safety (EH&S) standards to ensure the protection of personnel, the community, and the environment;

Direct, manage, lead, motivate  and monitor production staff;

Organize and control maintenance functions to optimize cost and reliability;

Identify, analyze, and resolve personnel problems to ensure an effective, involved and motivated work force;

Provide management with information that is accurate and timely to permit them to anticipate problems, recognize opportunities, and ensure effective decisions and actions;

Ensure compliance with legal requirements regulating plant operation, distribution of product, and management of employees;

Liaise with marketing and other department to translate market needs into actual products;

Identify production constraints or bottlenecks and develop means to address them;

Perform other duties as may be required by management from time to time.

Person Specifications / Qualifications / Skills

Bachelors of Science, Agricultural Production, Bio-Chemistry, or other related  Degree;

Minimum of 5 years’ experience in Operations, Maintenance, or Technical Leadership Position;

Understanding and demonstrated commitment to EH&S excellence;

Proven leadership, communication, managerial and supervisory skills.

Sound working knowledge of basic chemical unit operations, including manufacturing and packaging;

Broad overall understanding of the crop protection chemical business a plus.

How to Apply

If you meet the said requirements for any of the above positions and are passionate to build a career in an organization that values and rewards talent, please send your application in confidence by email attaching your detailed latest CV to: The Recruiter,
recruit.esquire@gmail.com     

NB: Clearly state your current and expected salary in your application. 

Closing date for applications is Friday, 7th August 2015. 

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interview. 

Our client is an equal opportunity employer.