Group Chief Executive  Production Executive, Engineering Manager, Quality Assurance Manager, Stores Manager  To formulate manufacturing strategy, policies and standards in line with company vision and mission, strategic planning and budgeting to ensure adequate supply of good quality products that meet sales demand, control and monitor manufacturing resources and activities to ensure prudent use of resources to achieve low total cost strategy, produce good quality products that meet specifications and satisfy demand, develop skills and motivation to ensure optimal delivery by each individual in the manufacturing unit; this includes performance management 1. Participates in development of overall Dairibord business strategy as part of executive team
2. Conducts due diligence on opportunities identified for investment by the group, and risk assessment on existing investments providing necessary skill in manufacturing
3. Develops, reviews and implements the department�s master business strategy that is aligned to the overall Dairibord business strategy
4. Cascades the business strategy to the departments and ensures delivery against key objectives through liaising with Managers within the department
5. Prepares and manages manufacturing budget
6. Co-ordinates manufacturing activities extracting synergies and driving a low total cost agenda
7. Manages implementation of capital investment projects
8. Develops strategies for efficiency improvement
9. Develops and monitors systems for quality improvement. This includes ensuring compliance to ISO 22000, Health, Salfety and Environmental Systems standards
10. Trains and motivates personnel in the manufacturing function
11. Develops strategies for continual improvement and growth
12. Organizes and allocates resources to best advantage in order to meet sales demand
13. Authorises requisitions and purchase order for manufacturing function
14. Develops standard operating procedures for the function (QA, Production and Engineering, Stores)
15. Liase with stakeholders with a view of creating a conducive policy environment, influencing the industry 
16. Chairs the Zimbabwe dairy industry Trust a trust representing the stakholders along the whole dairy value chain and government in Zimbabwe and represents Dairibord in the trust
17. Chairs the Dairy Processors Association in Zimbabwe and represents dairibord in the association
18. Receives security reports and co-ordinates corrective action by relevant units
19. Authorises payments for suppliers as alternate company signatory
 Report review
Meetings 
Phone calls, SMS, WhatsApp
 Production Executive, Engineering Manager, Quality Assurance Manager, Stores Manager.   Prepare annual volume and expenditure budget for manufacturing
 Prepare annual requirements for key raw materials to guide procurement and to lobby for imports
 Capital projects implementation plan and review 
 Prepare monthly volume and expenditure budgets
 Plan weekly activities required to deliver products in required volume to sales and to timley deliver on projects
 Set annual goals for volume growth, quality improvement, efficiency improvement  and cost reduction within the manufacturing unit
 Stakeholder engagements through the Zimbabwe dairy processors assiciation, Zimbabwe dairy Industry trust, farmers and suppliers of key raw and packaging materials
 Conducts factory inspections to confirm compliance to set standards and legal requirements; assess needs for current and future investment in plant and equipment
 Review of perfomance of the function daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and annualy
 Recommend business prospects for the growth of the group and shareholder value creation
   Bachelor of Science in Food Science, Biochemistry, Applied technology or related
 Masters in Business Administration
  Masters in dairy technology, food science or similar 8 years  Must be a good advocate and able to relate with policy makers in government amd other stakeholders (industry players, farmers, suppliers)
 Must understand food engineering and process flows to support factory layout and implemntation of new projects
 Must have a thorough understanding of market trends and related dynamics and be able to advice management accordingly;
 Must have proven experience in carrying out negotiations at high levels, facilitating such meetings and preparing concise reports;
 Ability to analyse and deal with complex business development issues is needed;
 Must have proven budget formulation and budget control skills;
 Must have a proven track record and competence in project proposal formulation, management and implementation at a senior level;
 Must be an innovative and business oriented person with a thorough grounding in business management and dynamics;
 Must have proven team leadership skills;
 Must be highly organised and able to lead different work team simultaneously;
 Must be able to coach and mentor employees;
 Experience in business improvement or process implementation is required;
 Knowledge of HR and employee relations is a must;
 Conflict handling and negotiation skills are a must;
 Computer literacy (MS Office) is essential amongst others.
  Decides how to utilise funds to achieve intended objectives within the approved budget 
 Decides choice of technology and processes required to deliver intended products at low cost including choice of required capital investment for manufacturing
 Decides how to organize manpower to achieve desired productivity levels 
 Decides acceptance standards for raw and finished products 
 Decides alternative processes to achieve desired product quality at minimal cost
 Decides which raw materials can be used at what cost to meet low total cost agenda
 Decides which products may be produced when, where and in what quantity to satosfy demand and benefit from synergies within the group
 Decides leave plan for senior managers in the department
 Decides the type of skills required and priorities for training to achieve department's objectives
 Decides who to recruit senior management linking qualifications, skills and personalities to positions as part of interview panels
 Decides achievable goals for productivity and conversion efficiencies
 Decides value, quantity and  alternative uses of materials to write off due to poor quality and or obsolescence
  Business decisions on identified opportunities for investment by the group.
 Allocating resources to best advantage when supply is limited ( in particular milk supply (quality & quantity) expenditure budget and foreign currency)
 Deciding what to do to minimise loss/damage in the event of failure of a product or process to meet required set standards 
 Removing process bottleness to achieve increased output and improved efficiencies
 Re-organising production processes in the event of unexpected utility cuts, breakdowns etc
 Extracting synergies among the various factories to enhance efficiencies
 Navigating business environment to mitigate its impact on manufacturing


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