A leading agribusiness company in Kenya is seeking to fill the position of a Production Coordinator.
Overview: Reporting
to the Operations Officer. Performs as the Production Coordinator by planning,
monitoring, directing and executing records management activities either for
production or maintenance. This position utilizes managerial skills and can
manage multiple projects, improvements, and operational tasks.
The
Production Coordinator provides leadership and supervision of all activities
and work shifts to ensure fair and consistent application of processes and
procedures leading to achievement of the goals set as per key performance
indicators. Job functions include but are not limited to:
Responsibilities
and Duties:
1.
Implement Policies, Standard Operating Procedures, Work Instructions, and other
applicable policies
procedures while continually evaluating their effectiveness and propose
improvements.
2.
Improve equipment reliability by identifying failure modes and sustainment of
the process and
operational consistency to reduce cost and raise performance.
3.
Proactively seeks out potential failures with all equipment, conducts
preventive and corrective
maintenance work, orders for equipment and spares as per work schedule.
4.
Support Management Team through establishment and tracking of plans to meet
production and quality goals; revise plans as necessary to meet surge
conditions and other production challenges.
5.
Daily review of production and quality data; identifying trends and problem
areas; develop and execute
corrective actions as necessary to keep production and quality performance on
track.
6.
Coordinate in planning and scheduling, inventory control and maintenance
purchasing for all repairs,
products, work schedules and meetings.
7.
Engage and collaborate with supervisors and Operations Officer to facilitate
production and quality
improvements, avoid bottlenecks and support continual operations improvement.
8.
Organize, establish and assign work schedules for department staff to ensure
efficient and effective
department operation; load balance staffing to ensure smooth operations and
avoid production
bottlenecks and backlog.
9.
Supervise, the staff operations and working procedures to guarantee the safety
of all the staff and achieve zero accidents.
10.
Guide, direct and mentor production team.
11.
Ensure all production employees understand and comply with company policies and
procedures.
12.
Supervise and validate completion of administrative reporting across the
department e.g., daily statistics, and generate reports when required.
Qualifications:
· Diploma/Degree
or equivalent with at least three years of production experience in an avocado
oil processing factory.
· Technical
skills
· Communication
and interpersonal skills
· Root
cause analysis
· Proficiency
in quality control, managing budget and production costing.
· Ability
to work independently and as part of production team.
· Strategic
planning
· Process
improvement
· Coaching
skills
· Computer
skills
· Ability
to work extended hours to meet deadlines when necessary.
How to
Apply
Qualified
individuals should submit a cover letter and a Curriculum Vitae as one pdf
document, via email with the subject Production Coordinator to
hrkenya@olivado.com to reach us on or before 3rd March 2023
