Summary
Date Posted: Friday, September 08 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Job Purpose
The successful candidate will be responsible for implementing the “Kilombero Way of
Optimization” by implementing world class practices to optimize sugar recovery and contribute to the Optimization Strategy with a view towards long term growth, optimal efficiency and sustainability.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:
• Contribute to the in-Country Production Optimization Strategy with the objective of effectively optimizing performance and cost of production.
• Drive production, recovery and extraction initiatives that will deliver products at volume, cost and quality levels that drive profitability.
• Drive synergies with the group, effectively partnering with group counterparts to identify, share and embed opportunities for production optimization.
• Provide expertise on complex, multi-faceted production issues, support and advise on solutions.
• Model and simulate factory balance to understand bottlenecks and key efficiency drivers, and use the model to propose solutions, drawing on factory real time data.
• Set direction, implement, and monitor continuous improvement by driving work practices, and ensuring that tools and techniques are being applied to deliver high quality products made in a safe and sustainable manner at the highest extraction rate.
• Contribute to production & Supply Side plans and monitoring of compliance to plans.
• Optimize cost of production.
• Conduct regular internal and external benchmarking exercises to identify and develop Production best practices and improvement opportunities.
• Address all technical process audit findings.
• Support production teams in developing the necessary skills and experience to meet current and future needs.
• Management of technical standards, MOPS, TOPS, process specifications, best practices and policies and the governance thereof.

Job Requirements:
• in Chemical and process Engineering or equivalent from a recognized Institution.
• 3+years’ experience in Sugar production and a sound knowledge of the manufacturing process.
• Lean six sigma knowledge is an added advantage.
• Proven track record of technical leadership and process design engineering experience.
• Good data analysis and interpretation skills.
• Deep Root Cause Analysis skills and experience.
• Above average digital literacy.
• Self-motivated and ability to motivate others.
• Excellent communicator both in Swahili and English.
• Ability to plan organize and lead
• Above average training facilitation skills

Terms of Service:
The successful candidate will be engaged on permanent contract.


Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education: Professional Certificate

Job application procedure
All interested candidates, who meet the above requirements, Please click here to apply for the position on or before 22nd September 2023. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Kilombero Sugar Company Limited is an equal opportunity employer. Women and people with disability are highly encouraged to apply.

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