Shift Miller

Business Information

We're one of the leading animal feed and day-old chick producers in Nigeria. We operate one of Nigeria's largest poultry feed mills and day-old-chick facilities in Kaduna State, and in Kwara state. Our aqua feed plant in Nigeria is the first in Sub-Saharan Africa, along with a poultry feed mill. Both these facilities are helping serve Nigeria's expanding poultry and aquaculture sectors.

In Vietnam, our feed mill in Mekong Delta service selected fish species with world-class product quality and technology and have established leading brands like Ecotra, Song Fish, Redcrown, and Royalgrow.

To strengthen and expand our animal feed and protein capabilities in West Africa, while generating synergies with its wheat milling business in Senegal we recently acquired Avisen SARL a major suppliers of feed, with its facility located in Rufisque producing over 100,000 metric tons (MT) of feed annually.

For more information please visit: Animal Feed | Bulk Chicken Feed & Fish Feed| Olam Agri

Job Location

To manage an efficient, safe site producing finished products that fulfil the requirements of our customers at least cost/maximum financial benefits.

Key Deliverables

• Quality and consistency of finished products.
• Mill performance.
• Seeking continuous operational improvement.
• Effective management of raw material, intermediate and finished product stock levels.
• Cost control (notably labour, energy, maintenance).
• Site Hygiene.
• Site Condition.
• Health and Safety.
• Direct management and motivation of production team.

Responsibilities - Production Unit

• Defining and agreeing job responsibilities with all subordinates. Setting targets and monitoring performance (formally and informally) of all responsible personnel.
• Maintain the welfare and morale of staff and their subordinates.
• Enforce discipline and effect dismissals as necessary within the guidelines of the company disciplinary procedure and employment legislation.
• Selection and appointment of new staff.
• Ensure all areas operate efficiently within agreed financial budgets. To seek continual improvement.
• Control stock levels (through line managers/supervisors) of both raw materials and finished products to ensure efficient response to product specifications and volume requirements (in line with forecasts and new product development) can be made.
• Maintain and monitor production in respect of output yield/extraction capacity against set targets. React to variances.
• Ensure (through line managers) efficient maintenance of all plant and buildings under remit. (This will include use of a preventative maintenance scheme to ensure minimum breakdown times on any processes.

General Responsibilities

• Manage external contractors in a cost effective manner for cleaning, refuse disposal, gardening and other routine services. Seek to challenge their costs and performance to ensure cheap yet quality service.
• Ensure perimeter and yard areas are well maintained.
• Through managers, maintain and administer all personnel records and systems relating to employees (excluding records of sickness, absenteeism and holidays, recorded in the General Office).
• Through respective managers, ensure the safe keeping of all company agreements, financial instruments etc.
• To encourage good communication through the plant workplace, through Team Briefing, formal and informal discussions.
• Through managers identify personnel training needs. Actively promote training and personal development on site. (Costs to be controlled within agreed budgets).
• All managers are expected to exhibit a flexible approach to working and the performance of other management tasks may be required for the well being and advancement of the business.

Requirements

• B.Tech/BE from reputed institute.
• 5-6 Yrs. of Work exp. with relevant exposure in handling multiple milling lines.

Olam Agri is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, nationality, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Applicants are requested to complete all required steps in the application process including providing a resume/CV in order to be considered for open roles.