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Job Purpose
The successful incumbent will be responsible to effectively manage services and processes that support Electrical maintenance in the plant.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

• To ensure optimal performance of all electrical equipment in the plant.
• To ensure electricity is generated and reticulated safely on site.
• To ensure electrical standards are implemented and the site is legally compliant.
• To provide Electrical Engineering support in daily operations this include high, medium and low voltage switching between estate electrical reticulation.
• Monitor performance and support teams in solving problems and/or taking corrective action.
• Manage work quality to reduce rework and maintain consistent electricity network inside the plant.
• Ensure equipment maintenance and reliability and ensure maintenance plans are aligned to achieve this.
• Identify areas where equipment performance and quality management can be improved and manage the implementation of systems and processes to make improvements.
• Ensure continuous improvement by implementing functional best practices and conducting physical inspections.
• Identify technical training needs within the team and provide / oversee training.
• Ensure Equipment and BOM information and WOs are captured and managed accurately within SAP.
• Provide teams with necessary tools and equipment to perform work effectively.

Job Qualification and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or any relevant qualification.
• 3+ years’ experience in planned maintenance systems.
• Able to work methodically and systematically in a Sugar Mill environment.

Terms Of Service: The successful candidate will be engaged on a Permanent Contract.

All interested candidates, who meet the above requirements should apply for the position on or before              13th January 2025.

Kilombero Sugar Company Limited is an equal opportunity employer. Women and people with disability are highly encouraged to apply.
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Job Purpose
To provide direction, technical guidance and leadership in the Laboratory to ensure the highest quality products are achieve as aligned to the production targets.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

• Develops, prepares, revise and controls of operational budgets for the laboratory, cane weighbridge, effluent plant and manage costs effectively.
• Compiles, reviews and updates the work instructions used in the Factory laboratory, cane weighbridges, effluent plant and design of systems for continuous improvement of the facilities.
• Programs, troubleshoots and maintains the cane lab and Excel Software and database for analytical data capturing, manipulation, storage and reporting as well as the Info wave / Scaleability weighbridge system for capturing and reporting of cane deliveries.
• Develop standards setting for operating equipment and setting of equipment to correct specifications.
• Produces daily, weekly and monthly factory performance reports, diffuser curves and B&C pan brix profiles for process, management, technical services department and sugar Milling Research Institute among other clients.
• Provides high quality services to other departments such as slurry preparation for sugar graining at the pan floor, granulated activated carbon, refinery liquor colour analysis for determining payments.
• Ensure that all weighbridges and scales are as sized, checked and calibrated, yearly, weekly and daily.
• Manages and controls the laboratory, weighbridge, and effluent plant stock inventory.
• Develop capability on the job and hold teams accountable for performance.

Job Qualification and Experience

• BSc Analytical Chemistry or Chemical Engineering.
• 5 year laboratory experience.
• 3 years Cane lab experience.
• Proficient with Microsoft Excel.
• Team and process leadership experience.

Terms of Service: The successful candidate will be engaged on a Permanent Contract.

All interested candidates, who meet the above requirements, should apply for the position on or before          13th January 2025. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Kilombero Sugar Company Limited is an equal opportunity employer. Women and people with disability are highly encouraged to apply.

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Job Purpose
A successful candidate will be responsible for taking accountability and ownership of Packing and continuous improvement activities across a balanced scorecard of Quality, Cost, Delivery, Safety, Sustainability and Morale in line with agreed objectives.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development of Country Packing Strategy, Projects, Goals and KPI’s.
• Work together with Factory and S&OP to develop optimal pack plans based on available sugar and site’s packing capacities.
• Assist in the development and implementation of the department’s planned maintenance and cleaning schedules, ensuring that agreed schedules are delivered according to plan and company standards.
• Manage and control Packing resources in all packing operations including Specials (people, machines, material, equipment), ensuring best utilisation of resources to deliver the agreed packing plan.
• Create and develop plans to remove packing constraints and increase demonstrated capacities.
• Achieve and improve targets for Planned vs Actual (PvA) and Variance against Plan (VAP) across all SKUs.
• Focus on improving OEE for each packing line in order to increase and stabilize overall demonstrated capacities.
• Identify and monitor KPIs to track performance and address and escalate relevant issues.
• Create, Develop and Embed SOPs that will optimize packing operations and improve Safety, Quality and Performance.
• Create and develop capital plans and operating processes that will drive alignment of all packing operations to the Group Packing Standards.
• Build and maintain or oversee relationships with key stakeholders and 3rd party suppliers.
• Contribute to the development of a business case for key capital projects and ensure required outcomes are delivered on.
• Create and develop plans to grow capability of all resources in the packing operations.

Job Qualification and Experience.

• Minimum Bachelor Degree.
• 5+ year's experience in heavy industry and production management in Fast Moving Consumer Goods environment.
• Strong knowledge of Sugar Manufacturing and Packing Operations.
• Sugar Engineering Course desirable.
• Strong track record in management and leadership.

Terms of Service: The successful candidate will be engaged on Permanent Contract.

All interested candidates, who meet the above requirements, should apply for the position on or before 05th January 2025. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Kilombero Sugar Company Limited is an equal opportunity employer. Women and people with disability are highly encouraged to apply.

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Job Purpose
The successful candidate will be the Logistics Partner to Operational Readiness team and thus ensuring that the full scope of work for the Finished Goods Warehouse is delivered according to the agreed legal framework and in country SHERQ Standards.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

• Recommend on technical queries coming from Operational Readiness Team as the custodian (expert) of ABFS and KSC FG Warehouse Standards and Best practices.
• Assessing the interface requirement between the Finished Goods Warehouse (FGW) and incoming and outgoing flows, ensuring that the design and SOPs being implemented will be operationally practical lean and efficient. Gaps to be included in the readiness plan and action items in place to eliminate the gaps.
• Ensure that WOLO principles are implemented as part of development according to the agreed legal framework by consulting the design drawings. Gaps in WOLO standards implementation should be first assessed; improvement opportunities budgeted and prioritized; and execution planned through Operational Readiness workstream. Responsible for the deliverable in the specified timeframe.
• Assist Operational Readiness team during performance tests of the Finished Goods warehouse infrastructure, systems and equipment through a partnership in designing and getting agreement on the tests based on FSCC22000 standards.
• Responsible for the capability gap and risk assessments, developing SOPs and planning of training requirements to ensure smooth and safe integration of personnel into the new infrastructure and new ways of working.
• Agree – internally in ABFS/KSC – then with Project Team the specifications for both racking and forklifts required to be provided by them, including minimum standards of materials, construction, after sales service and functionality.
• Assist to Interpret the ABFS SAP plan for specific actions pertaining to the WMS deployment in Tanzania, aligning these key milestones to those being monitored in the build of the Finished Goods warehouse and assist with WMS UAT training.
• Sign off the design and monitor the implementation of all IT hardware Standards required by the Finished Goods warehouse.
• Development and implementation of the DILO plan for operational preparedness including coordination of a training plan required to upskill all personnel pre and post GO Live.
• Coordinate the overall design, risk and security assessment of the new Finished Goods warehouse ahead of the design of CCTV, Access control systems and sourcing of all required tenant services.

 Job Qualification and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Logistics, Supply Chain Management or equivalent
• Minimum 5 years' experience in managing projects, with specific reference to new construction or new warehouse builds
• Leadership ability to influence others, especially third parties outside the formal organizational structures
• Ability to negotiate under duress with non-affiliated parties
• Ability to conduct technical problem solving on operations, security and equipment
• Results, performance focused and resilient
• Good working knowledge of ABFS WOLO practices and policies

Terms of Service: The successful candidate will be engaged on a Fixed Term Contract.

All interested candidates, who meet the above requirements should apply for the position on or before 6th January 2025.

Kilombero Sugar Company Limited is an equal opportunity employer. Women and people with disability are highly encouraged to apply.
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Job Purpose 
Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• Coordinate installation of business systems and components as required, including effective systems integration e.g. CanePro with other estate information management systems), to report on long-term and season trends, crush and production plans, meteorological, manpower and other statistics and reports as required.
• Align agriculture business systems at the start of each season, and ensure accurate information (Field disposition, Estimates, delivery data etc.) throughout the season.
• Produce correct annual field disposition, harvest planning and ripening programme.
• Implement Resource Planners, Scenarios and Op Charts in Cane Pro.
• Setup all Cane Pro modules and manage system updates as required.
• Set up systems for extracting, summarizing, and presenting data, for planning, control, reporting or discussion purposes or for Group Agriculture.
• Ongoing liaison with multiple internal and external parties, including ESA, SQR and Group IT.
• Improve Agricultural data accuracy for the development of precise financial and production management decision.
• Maintenance of Agricultural data in accordance with Centre standards.
• Build standardized, accurate reports within required timeframes e.g. Resource Planners, Scenarios and “Op Charts” in Cane Pro.
• Keep the scenarios up to date, liaising with SQR, technical resources and line mangers, in line with best practice.
• Address system faults with relevant parties.
• Arrange and conduct one-on-one or group trainings on the use of Cane pro system and other systems as required, e.g. Dashboard.
• Assign and modify user roles for Cane Pro and IDB as required.
• Oversee and conduct periodic checks on the data captured (cane deliveries, cutting and haulage contractors reports, material usage, planting reports and field disposition updates, seed-cane deliveries, processing of invoices into the ERP).
• Maintain an accurate Land Use Plan for the Estate.
• Produce the data necessary for strategic planning (AUC, seed-cane, varieties, irrigation systems data, etc.).
• Promote and adhere to Illovo’s procedures, policies, and guidelines, including, without limitation, those relating to SHERQ, Competition Law and Anti-Bribery and Corruption (ABC).

Minimum Requirements:

• BSc in Agriculture or Agricultural Business systems/BSc Degree in Business IT or equivalent
• 5 years’ experience in data management, analysis, and data mining, as well as supervisory.
• Report writing skills and data compilation. Being able to “tell the story” With data.
• Able to build, develop and manage teams effectively.
• Able to work with a diverse customer base in provision of service.
• Able to capture, interpret and analyse agricultural performance data.

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

All interested candidates, who meet the above requirements, please apply for the position on or before 30th December 2024. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Kilombero Sugar Company Limited is an equal opportunity employer. Women and people with disability are highly encouraged to apply.
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Introduction:
We are looking for a young, dynamic and result-oriented person to fill the position of Manager in Training (MIT) in the Company’s Speedling Production Section. The successful candidate will be developed through a special in-house training programme that has been specifically developed to equip trainees on Speedling Propagation: propagation techniques – single bud and micropropagation;  Plant Nutrition: knowledge of the nutritional requirements and fertilization of sugarcane in nursery environment;  Agricultural Biotechnology: application of biotechnology in speedling production, including tissue culture; Nursery Planning and Management: production planning – speedling production linked to planting demand across the season,  The successful incumbent must align with the company values and people first, safety non-negotiable principles whilst demonstrating a continuous improvement mindset and a very strong bias to the detail of their work.

Programme Background:
The MIT Development Programme is a structured development tool that guides MIT’s learning pathway as they journey from graduate to manager. This programme is intended to:

• Introducing MIT’s to the Sugar Industry and KSCL
• Provide MIT’s with all the technical, leadership and business exposure required to be a manager in their field of expertise in KSCL once they exit the programme. The programme has a ‘technical’ section that builds the competencies required in KSCL in the MIT’s field of expertise e.g. Engineering, Agriculture, Commercial.
• Prepare participants for appointment to a permanent position, if the position is available, on successful completion of the programme.
• Exit the candidate as a competent leader with a solid practical grounding, able to make a significant contribution to achieving company objectives and taking the company successfully into the future.

Programme Objectives:

• Quality Control: KPI’s to assess and manage the speedling quality and health
• Sustainability: sustainable cultivation practices and environmental management
• People management: leadership, motivation, and team management skills
• Logistics and transportation: management of logistics for speedling transportation and distribution
• Agricultural projects: planning and execution of nursery improvement and expansion projects
• Occupational safety: occupational health and safety standards in agricultural environments
• Qualification and training: skills to train and qualify the work team
• Communication: effective communication skills for interacting with suppliers, customers, and teams
• Data analysis: ability to collect and analyse production data to make informed decisions
• Innovation and research: ability to follow and implement new technologies and production methods

Relevant agriculture knowledge:

• Sugarcane Botany: detailed knowledge of sugarcane physiology, genetics, and varieties
• Pest and Disease Control: identification and control of common sugarcane pests and diseases
• Soil and Irrigation: soil management practices and efficient irrigation systems
• Agricultural legislation: knowledge of laws and regulations applicable to speedling production and the use of pesticides
• Agricultural economics: principles of economics applied to agricultural production and cost management.
• Agricultural technology: use of technologies such as drones, sensors and geographic information systems (GIS)

Minimum Requirements:

• BSc in Agronomy, General Agriculture, Agricultural Economics Degree or equivalent from a recognized institution
• Sugarcane physiology, focused on bud sprouting, rooting and nutritional demand in a nursery environment
• Sugarcane vegetative propagation – Single eyed set propagation and tissue culture (laboratory experience is a differential)
• Prior experience in a laboratory environment is a differential
• Water (irrigation) and fertigation management (fertigation experience is a differential)
• Knowledge on composting of Sugarcane industry disposals is a differential
• Microsoft package user (Excel, Projects).
• Knowledge on agronomic experimentation statistics is an important differential

Terms of Service: The successful candidate will be engaged on a fixed term contract as per the duration of the programme.

All interested candidates, who meet the above requirements, please click here to apply for the position on or before 30th December 2024. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted

Kilombero Sugar Company Limited is an equal opportunity employer. Women and people with disabilities are highly encouraged to apply.
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Job Purpose
The successful incumbent will define, implement, and drive the Country’s performance improvement agenda, linked to the organisation’s Strategic Must Win Battle’s. Influence leaders and teams in optimising business performance through tried and tested improvement methodologies, ensuring a sustained culture of high performance is created.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

• Support design and execution of all strategic initiatives ensuring an integrated perspective is maintained ​and aligned to enhance business performance
• Lead the development and adoption of change management plans in support of the overall strategic plan and key initiatives
• Influence the delivery and maintaining of an optimization/business improvement mind-set across the value chain​ through the adoption of CI/OE/Agile methodologies
• Support leaders and teams in the development of functional excellence improvement plans in improving business performance​
• Support the identification and delivery of PIP targets through CI ways of working and supporting the integration of COE guidance​
• Key role in measuring and monitoring performance metrics across various business functions.
• Ensuring alignment of key performance indicators (KPIs) with organizational goals and objectives and through data collection and analysis, track and report on these metrics to identify trends, patterns, and areas of future route-to-value improvement.​
• Influence leaders and teams at all levels of the business in building a high-performance culture

 Job Qualification and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Engineering, Industrial Psychology or Commerce
• At least five (5) years’ experience and knowledge of Organisational Effectiveness / Change Management, with a track record of successful change initiatives
• At least five (5) years' experience in leading and delivering lean/ agile methodologies in Manufacturing type operations
• Certified Change Manager
• Certified Green Belt is an added advantage
• Experienced in leading and delivering strategic change projects

Terms of Service: The successful candidate will be engaged on a Permanent Contract.

All interested candidates, who meet the above requirements should apply for the position on or before 24th December 2024.

Kilombero Sugar Company Limited is an equal opportunity employer. Women and people with disability are highly encouraged to apply.
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