The successful candidate will be responsible for implementing the “Kilombero Way of
Optimization” by implementing world class practices to optimize sugar recovery and contribute to the Optimization Strategy with a view towards long term growth, optimal efficiency and sustainability.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:
• Contribute to the in-Country Production Optimization Strategy with the objective of effectively optimizing performance and cost of production.
• Drive production, recovery and extraction initiatives that will deliver products at volume, cost and quality levels that drive profitability.
• Drive synergies with the group, effectively partnering with group counterparts to identify, share and embed opportunities for production optimization.
• Provide expertise on complex, multi-faceted production issues, support and advise on solutions.
• Model and simulate factory balance to understand bottlenecks and key efficiency drivers, and use the model to propose solutions, drawing on factory real time data.
• Set direction, implement, and monitor continuous improvement by driving work practices, and ensuring that tools and techniques are being applied to deliver high quality products made in a safe and sustainable manner at the highest extraction rate.
• Contribute to production & Supply Side plans and monitoring of compliance to plans.
• Optimize cost of production.
• Conduct regular internal and external benchmarking exercises to identify and develop Production best practices and improvement opportunities.
• Address all technical process audit findings.
• Support production teams in developing the necessary skills and experience to meet current and future needs.
• Management of technical standards, MOPS, TOPS, process specifications, best practices and policies and the governance thereof.

Job Requirements:
• in Chemical and process Engineering or equivalent from a recognized Institution.
• 3+years’ experience in Sugar production and a sound knowledge of the manufacturing process.
• Lean six sigma knowledge is an added advantage.
• Proven track record of technical leadership and process design engineering experience.
• Good data analysis and interpretation skills.
• Deep Root Cause Analysis skills and experience.
• Above average digital literacy.
• Self-motivated and ability to motivate others.
• Excellent communicator both in Swahili and English.
• Ability to plan organize and lead
• Above average training facilitation skills

Terms of Service:
The successful candidate will be engaged on permanent contract.