3 Job Positions at Q-Sourcing: (Deadline 10 May 2023)

3 Job Positions at Q-Sourcing: (Deadline 10 May 2023)

Maintenance Manager at Q-Sourcing: (Deadline 10 May 2023)

Job Title: Maintenance Manager  

Introduction

Our client operating in the tea production sector is looking for a Maintenance Manager responsible for the management of the mechanical workshop, productivity improvement & ensure high standards of machinery maintenance in the factory are achieved. 

Qualifications & Experience Required

• Bachelor’s Degree in mechanical engineering or related field
• Having at least 4 Years’ experience in a similar role.
• Manufacturing Performance Management
• Quality Assurance
• Human Factors – technical and human capabilities 

Accountabilities

• Carries out regular/routine inspections and maintenance of the machinery in the factory.
• Train & develop all staff in the Workshop and operators on machine operations.
• Ensures that the Workshop’s expenditure controls are in place.
• Prepare and implement Machinery Maintenance Schedule for the all-factory machinery and utilities.
• Maintain Inventory and asset register for the all-factory machinery
• Ensures that all relevant legal & other safety requirements (mechanical) are complied with within the factory.
• Supports installation of new processes & machinery at the factory.
• Takes charge of machinery modification and supports the implementation of WCM in the factory.
• Responsible for the implementation of all company policies and procedures in the Workshop
• Takes charge of engineering requirements & maintenance of utility services.
• Deliver the business targets aligned with the Company Strategy

Production and planning

• To carry out regular inspections of the company transport fleet vehicles.
• To implement Company policies and WCM in the Workshop.
• Prepares and avails transport fleet for statutory inspection and calibration for legal compliance and safety integrity.
• Schedules and implements preventive maintenance for all the fleet and service equipment.
• Implements Workshop machinery procedures and SOPS and ensures compliance by the team.
• Implement Good Manufacturing practices in the service bay.
• Monitor equipment key performance indicators for efficient operations; generate periodic reports.
• Verify and consolidate daily, weekly, and monthly administrative returns.
• Keep and ensure the accuracy of documentation for all machinery in the Workshop.
• Communicates upwards/downwards/peers in the Workshop to ensure a smooth flow of information.
• Prepare vehicles/equipment for periodic statutory inspections.
• Initiates and implements improvements in the Workshop machinery in liaison with the line Manager.
• Undertake other responsibilities as may be assigned by the line manager. 

Quality

• Implements Quality and Consumer Safety Management System in the factory.
• Takes responsibility for maintaining, availing, and setting the service and transport fleet to the required standard to support the delivery of quality made tea.
• Implements the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) in the transport fleets.
• Initiates and implements quality improvements in machinery operations. 

Assets and Stocks

• Updates asset inventory records for the section.
• Maintain Machinery Inventory for all factory equipment.
• Prepares and avails machinery and equipment for statutory inspection and calibration for legal compliance and safety integrity.
• Monitor and validate equipment-related stock movements in conjunction with the store clerk and factory management.
• Responsible for the utilization of assets at the Workshop.
• Flag up redundant/obsolete assets to the manager for disposal.
• Ensure the day-to-day operation and smooth delivery of service machinery (transport fleet, water pumps, tractors, grass-cutting equipment) in the factory and villages.
• Monitor fleet/equipment key performance indicators for efficient operation; generate periodic reports. 

Projects

• Carries out the implementation of WCM in the maintenance operations.
• Takes charge of fleet/ equipment modification.
• Carries out implementation of projects, in liaison with the line manager.
• Keep abreast with all new technology covering tea making, market, packing, maintenance, transport, and energy usage and make proposals for implementation where appropriate.
• Participate in factory trials and implement actions.
• Implementation and follow-up on improvement ideas on the shop floor.
• Implement a contractor Management system in the service bay in line with company-set standards.

Finance, logistics, and supplies

• To ensure that the maintenance expenditure and operational controls are in place.
• Requisitions and verifies the quality of spares and materials ordered for the factory as per technical specifications.
• Submits inputs into annual revenue & capital budgets.
• Provides technical specifications for the procurement of all stock e.g. spare parts.
• Carries out cost management and ensures effective controls.
• Provides inputs for capital expenditure proposals related to the Workshop equipment and fleet.
• Provide input into the monthly accounts review and implements agreed actions.
• Implement an effective procurement tracking system in the Workshop.
• People
• To train & develop all staff and ensure good industrial relations in the workshop section.
• Plans, allocates, and supervises the work of the workshop maintenance teams.
• Plans, allocates and supervises duties to the maintenance team.
• Train & develop all personnel in the Workshop and production operators on process equipment management and safe operating procedures.
• Handles employee industrial relations and maintains discipline in the workshop in conjunction with the line manager.
• Implements employee establishment in the workshop.
• Implement agreed welfare programs and attend planned meetings ensuring completion of agreed actions.
• Responsible for the workshop team and ensures that agreed work plan targets and standards are implemented.
• Provide input and participate in the modular training of factory employees.

Safety, Health, Environment, RA

• Authorizes issues and closes permits to work certificates in line with company policies for tasks related to the workshop.
• Implements standard operating procedures and specific work instructions and proposes reviews.
• Prepares all the fleets and service equipment to meet all the safety and environmental requirements.
• Implement service equipment guarding to meet business standards.
• Coordinate implementation of safe operating procedures and specific work instructions and ensure compliance and collate proposals for reviews for the service equipment and fleet.
• Maintains the workshop personnel reward/disciplinary and safety data in liaison with the factory manager.
• Implement safe travel guidelines and policies in the factory and the adjacent units.

How to Apply:

If you believe you can cleanly state your abilities to meet the relevant criteria for the role above, please submit your CV using this link below

https://qsourcingservtec.applytojob.com/apply/PU6ZGFSKTD/QSSRMMMAINTENANCE-MANAGER

Note: DeadlineThe deadline locations is not later than 5:00 pm, May 10th, 2023

Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

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Factory Manager at Q-Sourcing: (Deadline 10 May 2023)

Job Title: Factory Manager  

Introduction

Our client operating in the tea production sector is looking for a Factory Manager responsible for overseeing all aspects of production. Including planning and forecasting for production, training, and coaching of key staff on company standards, interfacing with operation departments to ensure that location is on target for production goals, production information, tracking and managing employee performance and disciplinary action, and managing all inventory levels to ensure production lines have sufficient resources needed to accomplish production goals. 

Qualifications & Experience Required

• Bachelor’s Degree in engineering, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering Food Science, or any other related field.
• At least 8 years’ experience in food production & processing or similar role(s).
• Must be able to demonstrate previous performance in a demanding role requiring the ability to make decisions that have a technical and human component in pressure situations.
• Must be able to demonstrate previous performance leading large groups of people and having operated with a high degree of autonomy while managing several competing priorities.
• Understanding of Safety and Environmental systems and their management as well as an understanding of WCM principles and their application in the workplace is desirable.
• Manufacturing strategy development
• Knowledge of product, process, and Quality Assurance
• Product, process, and packaging expertise
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and Team player

Accountabilities

• Factory Operations as per agreed standard and leads manufacturing activities in supply unit to achieve desired service level on time.
• Maintain Safety and Environmental Performance
• Efficiencies and cost control mechanisms and Lead in quality KPIs
• Workplace and cultural change using Leadership Competencies & methodologies.
• Developing and implementing innovative strategies to streamline factory operations.
• Collaborating with quality control managers to establish and execute quality control processes.
• Ensuring that factory machinery is in good working order.
• Analyzing production data to identify and resolve any production issues.
• Preparing production reports and submitting them to key decision-makers.
• Regularly inspecting finished products to determine whether they meet established quality standards.
• Motivating factory workers to continually achieve factory targets.
• Manufacturing Performance management
• Quality assurance of the product and Responsible care
• Ensuring the screening, recruiting, and training of new factory workers to the business standards.
• The role delivers unit targets following the supply chain and category strategies including targets on service, costs, productivity, quality, innovation, and occupational safety health & environment.
• Engage and facilitate the implementation of innovation on the sites, for products, ways of working, service models, and supply chain models.
• Propose, agree on category technology, and implement the necessary capital investment to meet the planned production requirements, safety, environmental and cost targets.
• Ensure that the technical standards of all manufacturing and non-manufacturing fixed assets are maintained. Enable the sourcing Unit operations to achieve a high level of customer service at optimal cost.
• Ensure Working Capital Management Systems are effectively used to deliver inventory targets. ▪ Co-ordinate and direct Quality Management in line with QA systems and GMPs.
• Lead HR policy deployment and implementation on sites, including Management of Employee relations.
• Oversee the implementation of the requirements of Rain Forest Alliance.

Projects

• Keep abreast with all new technology covering tea making, market, packing, maintenance, transport, and energy usage and make proposals for implementation where appropriate.
• Carry out manufacturing trials and implement projects as agreed with the Line manager.
• Collate and document innovative ideas for the factory and capture all improvement proposals from the shop floor.
• Implementation and follow-up on improvement ideas on the shop floor.

Production and Planning

• Coordinate manufacturing process to produce made tea to ensure customer requirements are achieved.
• Implement Good Manufacturing practices in all sections of manufacture in the production shifts.
• Monitor production key performance indicators of the factory; generate daily, weekly, and monthly reports.
• Verify and consolidate daily, weekly, and monthly administrative returns.
• Keep and ensure the accuracy of the production records and weekly and monthly tea returns.
• Communicates upwards/downwards/peers in the factory to ensure a smooth flow of information.
• Act in the absence of the line manager as per Company policies.
• Undertake other responsibilities as may be assigned by the line manager.
• Coordinate implementation of WCM in the factory and ensure documentation of the improvements.

How to Apply:

If you believe you can demonstrate your abilities to meet the relevant criteria for the role above, please submit your CV using this link below

https://qsourcingservtec.applytojob.com/apply/MY0Ot7dGDQ/QSSRFMFACTORY-MANAGER

Note: The deadline for applications is no later than 5:00 pm, May 10th, 2023

Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

Q-SOURCING SERVTEC IS AN EQUAL-OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. ANY SOLICITATION WILL LEAD TO DISQUALIFICATION

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Tea Maker at Q-Sourcing: (Deadline 10 May 2023)

Job Title: Tea Maker 

Introduction

Our client operating in the tea production sector is looking for a Tea maker responsible for the management of shifts, productivity improvement, and ensuring production targets & parameters are achieved

Qualifications & Experience Required

• Graduate or Diploma in Food Science, Production Technology, Agricultural, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering, or Bachelor of Science Chemistry.
• At least 4 Years experience in a similar role.
• Product, Process, and Packaging Expertise
• Manufacturing Performance Management
• Project Management
• Quality Assurance
• Responsible Care
• Human Factors – technical and human capabilities

Accountabilities

• To ensure good manufacturing practices during the shift and tastes tea regularly
• Advises the manager in ensuring that the factory’s annual revenue budget & expenditure controls are in place
• Ensures hygienic conditions of both the factory & workers are maintained.
• Trains and coaches’ operators and artisans on tea processing
• Handles any industrial relation issues in the factory/shift
• Responsible for routine implementation of all company policies and procedures in the factory
• Accountable for the custody of all the Company assets in the factory while on shift.
• Implements WCM quality management pillar in the factory during the shift cover.
• ISO 22000 Implementation on FSMS
• Conducts a HACCP study and take necessary food safety control measures.
• Monitor production key performance indicators of the factory; generate daily, weekly, and monthly reports.
• Verify and consolidate daily, weekly, and monthly administrative returns.
• Initiates and implements quality improvement plans and activities in the factory in liaison with the line manager.

How to Apply:

If you believe you can demonstrate your abilities to meet the relevant criteria for the role above, please submit your CV using this link below

https://qsourcingservtec.applytojob.com/apply/LOK75zwoD0/QSSRTEA-MAKER

Note: The deadline for applications is no later than 5:00 pm, May 10th, 2023

Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

Q-SOURCING SERVTEC IS AN EQUAL-OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. ANY SOLICITATION WILL LEAD TO DISQUALIFICATION

CLICK HERE TO READ MORE AND APPLY