Mill Manager
Available for exploratory interviews.
Ref: EP15182150
Company classification: Produce Commodities (mined, natural resources or grown, e.g. chemicals, gold, agriculture, energy (i.e. Eskom Generation)) Industry in: Engineering - Agricultural Bioprocess - Food | Aquaculture Highest formal qualification and other: Masters Masters Discipline: Mechanical Engineering Years of experience range: f. 16 to 20 years (e. More than 10 years management) Annual package range: South African Rand - ZAR Annual package range: 3.1 mil - 3.5 mil, per annum Nationality: South African Home and other languages: English, IsiXhosa, IsiZulu Gender: Male Ethnicity: African/Black Candidate location: South Africa Location preference: I am open to positions nationally (in my country).
Contribution Compass Profile: Cultivator
Activating: 21.43 Inspiring: 20 Sustaining: 28.21 Refining: 30.36
The Cultivator is one of the eight natural energy profiles identified by the online profiling tool Contribution Compass that Enshrine Placements have incorporated into their recruitment process to help improve employee engagement. Putting the right profiles together means deliberately structuring your team to function at its optimum.
In this video we address some questions to demonstrate how a Cultivator can leverage the most value for your team.
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Online Interview Questionnaire
Primary purpose of current/most recent position:
Contribute to a country wide operations strategy with the view towards long-term growth, development & sustainability within the cluster, while driving implementation of the strategy and business plan. To ensure our regulatory and social license to operate is maintained. Align operations with the commercial strategy by delivery of realistic supply plan as part of the S&OP process. Oversee and optimise mill budgeting.
Core elements or functions that must operate effectively in order to achieve primary purpose:
Strong and effective leadership across the value chain.
Relationship with key stakeholders (growers, customers, local government/authorities and communities).
Operational excellence across manufacturing and cane supply.
Plant reliability and maintenance.
Description of self, along with greater purpose and passions:
A technically astute and effective business leader with integrity and a passion for continual improvement.
Ideal business title:
Technical/Operations Director
Key responsibilities and accountabilities of ideal position:
Operation & engineering strategy development and implementation
Skills development
Business process improvement/re-engineering
Skill area of competence:
Engineering & Operations Management
Leadership
Problem Solving
Career summary:
Sugar Manufacturing - 14 years
Corn Starch - 3,5 years
Bulk handling - 1,6 years
Wheat processing - 1 year
What do you absolutely love doing:
Engineering & Operations Management
Farming.
Ideal company (culture and values):
A culturally diverse organisation that is innovative, goal driven, and has a passion for continual improvement.
If you are looking for a Mill Manager, then do get in touch.
Call the Head Office – Gauteng, SA. + 27 10 597 0862.
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