Distillery Head

Job Description : DISTILLERY HEAD UGANDA We are looking for a Molasses based Distillery Unit Head with a capacity of 250KLPD The incumbent should be an Alcohol Technologist with experience of handling minimum 100 KLPD molasses based distillery for production of Ethanol. Must Have- Experience managing a minimum 100KLPD Molasses bases Distillery Education: BSC/MSC in Alcohol Technology Roles and Responsibilities: - Manage the distillery's workforce to meet production goals within budget - Take part in tender process and negotiations with various Oil marketing companies and ensure delivery as per schedule - Timely collection of payment in order to maintain healthy cash flow - Liaison, interaction and reply to various state and central government authorities, not limited to excise, environment and pollution boards - Timely submission of various reports and returns-Internally and external agencies - Negotiate with annual contractors/suppliers with timely remittance of payment, taking into consideration the cash flow. - Review the bottlenecks which are coming on Critical paths and resolve the issue - Suggest active solutions for speeding up the activities - Making site visits, Vendor's place, as required from time to time - Follow up with procurement department for timely and quality delivery of material, equipment - Ensure that the production meets the required mandatory quality standards. - Ensure operational efficiency and preventative maintenance of electrical, instrument and mechanical equipment of the plant. - Monitor costs during the production process and implement best practices to avoid loss in the production line. - Ensure that the cost of each production run remains compliant with the budget set out for it. - Effective and efficient working of TTP, MEE and CPU equipment - Ensure Environment, health and safety compliance at all times - Cost reduction through innovation, redesigning processes and eliminating obsolete equipments/process - Work towards adoption digital solutions and paperless office - Periodic Learning and development of staff - Coach, mentor and appraise the team under with complete transparency - Take part in various brain storming sessions and give suggestions to the management - Be prepared and updated with all changes happening in the macro environment - They will supervise all aspects of this process including planning, sourcing raw materials, scheduling production runs, and managing the production line. Administration tasks : - Record data about the production process and warehousing of spirit. - Produce regulatory documents - The distillery manager is responsible for creating the documentation that allows it to keep running. - Identify ways to improve the distillery by fostering worker efficiency, better ways to organise the warehouses, more efficient processing of raw materials, better environmental practices, security improvements etc.

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