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Shift Miller - Ilorin

10/27/2025

Manage an efficient and safe site producing finished products that meet customer requirements while maximizing financial benefits. Oversee production performance, stock levels, cost control, and health and safety standards.

Working Hours

40 hours/week

Company Size

10,001+ employees

Language

English

Visa Sponsorship

No

About The Company
Olam Agri is a differentiated and market-leading global agri-business focused on high-growth end consumption markets. Our food, feed and fibre, agri-industrials & ag-services span 30+ countries, and we participate in global food and agri-trade flows, working with farmers and customers to connect local origins and global destinations. With a global origination footprint and processing capabilities, we transform food, feed and fibre to create value for customers and enable farming communities to prosper sustainably, to meet the changing consumption, food security and sustainability needs shaping the global food and agricultural landscape. For more information and to subscribe to our news alerts, please visit https://www.olamagri.com/.
About the Role

 

Olam Agri ~ A differentiated, and market leading global agri-business focused on high-growth end consumption markets.
Our food, feed, fibre, agri-industrials & ag-services capabilities span 30+ countries, and we participate in global food and agri-trade flows, working with farmers and customers to connect local origins and global destinations. With a global origination footprint and processing capabilities, we transform food, feed and fibre to create value for customers and enable farming communities to prosper sustainably, to meet the changing consumption, food security and sustainability needs shaping the global food and agricultural landscape.

 

Job Description

To manage an efficient, safe site producing finished products that fulfil the requirements of our customers at least cost/maximum financial benefits.

Key Deliverables

  • Quality and consistency of finished products.
  • Mill performance.
  • Seeking continuous operational improvement.
  • Effective management of raw material, intermediate and finished product stock levels.
  • Cost control (notably labour, energy, maintenance).
  • Site Hygiene.
  • Site Condition.
  • Health and Safety.
  • Direct management and motivation of production team.

Responsibilities - Production Unit

  • Defining and agreeing job responsibilities with all subordinates.  Setting targets and monitoring performance (formally and informally) of all responsible personnel.
  • Maintain the welfare and morale of staff and their subordinates.
  • Enforce discipline and effect dismissals as necessary within the guidelines of the company disciplinary procedure and employment legislation.
  • Selection and appointment of new staff.
  • Ensure all areas operate efficiently within agreed financial budgets.  To seek continual improvement.
  • Control stock levels (through line managers/supervisors) of both raw materials and finished products to ensure efficient response to product specifications and volume requirements (in line with forecasts and new product development) can be made.
  • Maintain and monitor production in respect of output yield/extraction capacity against set targets.  React to variances.
  • Ensure (through line managers) efficient maintenance of all plant and buildings under remit. (This will include use of a preventative maintenance scheme to ensure minimum breakdown times on any processes.

Operational Effectiveness

  • Implement work environment safety guidelines - ensure the health and safety of all subordinates within company guidelines and current legislation
  • Regularly monitor the entire operations. Hold regular health and safety meetings as chairman of the site committee
  • Implement agreed on recommendations from the annual contracted audits, reduce audit observations.
  • Ensure all functional managers are aware of the correct codes of practice, both statutory and advisory, that govern accepted standards of safe operation at all premises
  • Ensure production plant produces minimal dust and noise both internally and externally
  • Build a structured site inspection and employee training plan, ensure effective implementation of the same.
  • Ensure full employee awareness of safe working practices and their role in maintaining the required standards

General Responsibilities

  • Manage external contractors in a cost effective manner for cleaning, refuse disposal, gardening and other routine services.  Seek to challenge their costs and performance to ensure cheap yet quality service.
  • Ensure perimeter and yard areas are well maintained.
  • Through managers, maintain and administer all personnel records and systems relating to employees (excluding records of sickness, absenteeism and holidays, recorded in the General Office).
  • Through respective managers, ensure the safe keeping of all company agreements, financial instruments etc.
  • To encourage good communication through the plant workplace, through Team Briefing, formal and informal discussions.
  • Through managers identify personnel training needs.  Actively promote training and personal development on site.  (Costs to be controlled within agreed budgets).
  • All managers are expected to exhibit a flexible approach to working and the performance of other management tasks may be required for the well being and advancement of the business.

Requirements

  • B.Tech/BE from reputed institute.
  • 5-6 Yrs. of Work exp. with relevant exposure in handling multiple milling lines.

Olam is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, nationality, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Applicants are requested to complete all required steps in the application process including providing a resume/CV in order to be considered for open roles.

Key Skills
Quality ControlOperational ImprovementCost ControlHealth and SafetyTeam ManagementProduction PlanningStock ManagementMaintenance ManagementEmployee TrainingCommunicationDiscipline EnforcementPerformance MonitoringSite HygieneSite ConditionContractor ManagementWelfare Management
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