General Manager

Job Description : General Manager - Sugar Mills, Distillery & Cogen Business Unit: EAST AFRICA Reporting to: Managing Director/Chairman Minimum total 25 years experience which will include Minimum 10 years on same post and Minimum 05 years on the post of HOD hMax. Age 55 Years Purpose of the Position (Job Summary) To ensure profitable functioning of the 24 Co-operative Sugar Mills, 08 Distilleries & Cogen Plants through effective production and capacity planning, cane development and procurement initiatives, ensure availability of resources required to run the plant at optimum capacity utilisation and promote a positive image of the organisation within the industry. Key Individual Accountabilities Strategic • Business Planning • Chair senior management cross-functional meetings with respect to all plant activities such as production planning, capacity utilisation, cane development initiatives, infrastructure development initiatives, set and communicate targets to plant personnel. • Determine start date of sugar production based on cane maturity, external business considerations (such as diversion of cane to other uses) and machine readiness. • Assess cane production capacity of the region and plan for business growth through capacity expansion planning for the sugar plant and ensure availability of the requisite resources. • Identify new business opportunities etc. Financial • Fund management and planning • Consolidate and review the budget for the Sugar Plant. • Monitor the seasonal, off-seasonal and capital expenditure budgets to ensure expenditure within budgets and take measures to achieve cost reduction. • QEHS (Quality, Environment, Health & Safety) responsibility • Conduct Management Review Committee Meetings at regular interval to ensure proper implementation and continual improvement of QEHS Management Systems. • Conduct Safety & Occupational Health Committee Meetings at regular interval to ensure safe and healthy work environment. Customer/ Externa l Orientation • Image building o Liaison with government officials, local industries and local political parties to build positive image of the organisation and represent the organisation in various external business and industry forums, participate as faculty / invitees in various government committees for formulating policies relating to the sugar industry. • Industrial relations o Hold continuous dialogue with workers and approve various welfare activities for employees to ensure smooth industrial relations within the plant. • Statutory compliance Hold continuous review of compliance measures taken and interact with authorities to ensure that all statutory compliance’s governing the factory and production of sugar are met. People Orientation • Review performance of direct reports and provide development inputs through identification of training needs and nominating for training programmes across departments and levels. • Chair senior management meetings at the plant for moderation of performance ratings and promotion recommendations across all departments. Core operational accountabilitie s • Cane development o Plan and monitor long term and short term cane development schemes and activities in the cane development calendar by prioritising development initiatives based on business needs, to ensure high requisite cane volumes and productivity. o Participate in cane development initiatives through analysing and facilitating application of benchmark cultivation practices, chairing farmer and village meetings for culture building, propagation of cane cultivation techniques and other development activities like public representations, interaction with government departments etc. • Cane procurement o Plan, initiate and solicit support from external agencies to promote infrastructure development initiatives such as road construction etc to improve connectivity between the farmers and the plant to facilitate smooth procurement of cane. o Monitor clearance of cane centres in order to monitor freshness and cleanliness of raw material. o Negotiate with authorities and local political persons for cases related to cane area reservation, negotiate with transporters to achieve lower rates in order to increase profit margins. • Sugar production/Alcohol/Cogen o Conduct daily production planning meetings for review of targets and achievements, production bottlenecks and plan corrective action in case of deviation from process parameters, downtime or inefficiencies to ensure smooth production of sugar. o Monitor key processing activities of the process department to ensure desired capacity utilisation, equipment efficiency and ensure increased life of the equipment. • By-products sales planning o Plan and approve sale of bagasse, Alcohol keep track of industry trends and rates of bagasse, Alcohol and molasses and negotiate rates for sale with industrial buyers to ensure optimal returns on sale of by products. Job Description • Quality control o Monitor the functioning of the quality control laboratory through random quality inspections and rejection of low quality cane / sugar to ensure optimal cane and sugar quality • Maintenance planning o Monitor annual maintenance planning and capacity expansion initiatives during offseason and ensure effective working of CFTs by facilitating problem solving, training and regular discussions to ensure equipment efficiency and increased life of the equipment. o Any other work/ responsibility that may be assigned, from time to time by HO

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