Olam International - Plant Manager

Position : Plant Manager

Area : Cashew Processing / MATS

Department : Edible Nuts

Report to : Processing Head

Location : Dimbokro, Cte d'Ivoire

Major Responsibilities :

- Plan, supervise and coordinate overall operations of the Bouake plant

- Focus on safety and quality; Implementation of TPM deliverable

- Work with all functions to align on all imperatives

- Establish / understand SOPs, implement and review the same

- Understand customer specifications and develop production capabilities to deliver the same

- Preparation of annual budgets. Ensure all the relevant information is updated for the MIS purposes on agreed upon time frequency

- Team engagement with a focus on training and development

- Coordination of various activities involving health, safety, environment, fire prevention, emergency handling, EHS monitoring of legal compliance

- Planning and monitoring the project activities, and reporting agreed lines on project progress

- To be the front face for the village, town and state government authorities and plan out sustainable initiatives

Job Relations (Direct Touch Points) :

- Business Head

- Processing Head

- Human Resources (and IR) Department

- Quality assurance Department

- Finance

- MATS

- Legal

- Consultants from Technology, HR, maintenance and quality areas

- Relevant Government and Statutory Authorities

Desired Profile :

Language : English and French (Preferable)

Education : Mechanical / Chemical / Industrial Engineer + Part time / full time MBA

Experience : Minimum 15 years' experience in food manufacturing domain. Three to five years as head of a plant in a reputed Food industry.

- Exposure to large scale project management.

- Having handled sizeable teams and business volumes.

- Skills Hands on approach, Planning and administration skills, Result orientation, Team Engagement and Development

- Flexible to travel and stay in interiors for specific durations (week long)