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Job Purpose
The successful candidate will handle receiving transactions, resolve queries, forward supplier documents to Accounts, address discrepancies with relevant teams, and coordinate staff to offload deliveries to stores.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

• Inspect, validate, and authorize all deliveries, creating financial obligations for the operation.
• Process all receiving transactions promptly in the Inventory/Purchasing system, adhering to the 3-day SLA.
• Investigate and resolve receiving queries with the Purchasing and/or Accounts teams, including issues related to shortages, incorrect, or damaged goods resulting from transit, dispatch, or supplier errors.
• Distinguish between incorrect orders placed by end-users and incorrect supplies from vendors, engaging the appropriate stakeholders to resolve such queries.
• Collaborate with requisitioners or technically qualified personnel to inspect incoming goods and escalate any discrepancies to relevant parties.
• Coordinate with suppliers and the ISJ/Purchasing team to complete documentation and arrange the return of incorrectly supplied, damaged, or rejected goods, ensuring verification of supplier and Illovo order details.
• users upon receipt of direct orders to ensure goods are collected within seven working days.
• Ensure timely and accurate archiving of all documents related to the receiving operation for easy retrieval and reference.
• Supervise and direct the offloading of goods at the receiving bay, confirming quantities and quality compliance according to procedures (e.g., QCP).
• Manage bulk item receipts (fertilizer, cement, lime, etc.) by processing them through the weighbridge and verifying quantities and weights appropriately.
• Enter all delivery notes into the ERP system on the day goods are delivered and generate GRN reports for stakeholders.
• Capture all Certificates of Completion into the ERP system on the day they are received, following requisitioner authorization, and print GRN reports for stakeholders.
• Ensure supplier documents for received goods are promptly forwarded to Accounts for processing.
• Dispatch stock orders to relevant stores with GRN copies attached to delivery notes for record-keeping.
• Report unresolved shortages and damages in writing to the Inventory Operations Specialist and develop plans for appropriate resolution.

Job Qualification and Experience
• Diploma in Procurement and Supply Chain Management from recognized Institution
• 1+ years’ experience working in Procurement and Supply
• Knowledge of stores operation

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

All interested candidates, who meet the above requirements, please apply for the position on or before 26th August 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 Safely and efficient maintenance, repair and installation of all Mechanical systems and Machinery within the packaging plant operations.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

• Conduct routine maintenance of Machines mechanical equipment’s and material conveying systems.
• Conduct routine maintenance of overhead cranes
• Carries out planned plant machinery maintenance.
• Conduct daily checklist on all mechanical equipment’s.
• Install, maintain, and repair mechanical systems, including gearbox, hydraulic power-park. conveyors, bucket elevator, overhead gantry crane and vibrating screen
• Ensure working tools are in good working condition and neat.
• Communicate to the status of spares and requirement for your section.
• Overhauls and refurbish mechanical parts (conveyor runner, gears, hydraulic cylinder etc.)
• Overhauls and repair mechatronic equipment (valve, actuator, cylinder etc)
• Conduct inspection of all machinery and plan for preventive maintenance
• Ensure proper lubrication of the machine moving parts.
• Maintain the stock level of mechanical critical spares
• Maintain the overhead cranes and hoist mechanically.
• Maintain and modify PFD and Machine drawing to improve the process.
• Report any breakdown feedback and status of machine to maintenance Engineer and Packing foreman
• 5s standards maintained and Food safety procedure adhered at station area.
• Continually work towards achieving maximum machine efficiency (the machine operating at its full capacity) and eliminate waste where possible.
• Ensures that all operations are carried out as per the ISO 9001/ISO 22000 to achieve quality and food safety standards.
• Contribute to problem solving during CI meetings by identifying areas for improvement and making suggestions.
• 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).
• Ensure that work is done to the relevant safety standards.
• If any situation that is non- conforming to required standards, unsafe, or unhealthy, or anything that threatens to impact on the environment comes to your attention, report this to your superior.
• Adhere to Illovo values (Accountability, empowerment, integrity, commitment, and inclusiveness).

Qualifications And Experience

• Diploma in Mechatronics/ Mechanical / NTA level 6 in Mechanical Engineering from a recognized Institution or relevant qualifications.
• Proven Extensive knowledge in Mechanical systems/equipment maintenance, Material Conveying systems, Hydraulic circuits reading and interpreting Mechanical Drawing, and defect rectification.
• Minimum 3 years of experience

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 17th August 2025. While we thank all applicants for their interest, only those selected for interviews will be contacted. 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 manage the planning and scheduling of all reactive and/or preventative maintenance work for in season maintenance initiatives to achieve optimal cost efficiency, asset availability, longevity, and performance.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities.

• Develop maintenance job plans and prepare them for scheduling and execution in season.
• Develop and maintain long-and short-term maintenance schedules in conjunction with operations in season and off crop.
• Monitor standards for setting, operating, and maintaining equipment and adherence to the technical specifications and iAMP policy when planning jobs to ensure activities and materials are compliant.
• Ensure maintenance plans are in place for season activities and aligned to achieve reliability goals.
• Perform field inspections to allow for accurate scoping.
• Monitor and manage maintenance requests and resource availability.
• Maximise the effectiveness of available budget in order to promote equipment reliability, performance and longevity.
• Provide data and reporting to relevant stakeholders to improve decision making.
• Hold final review with customer and maintenance supervision and notification validator regarding job cost and benefit. Decide on recommended priority, timing and maintenance plan.
• Promote cross-functional and stakeholder engagement & teamwork and manage critical stakeholder engagements & interfaces between vendors, suppliers, stores and inventory, and procurement.
• Support the implementation of the “Illovo Way of Maintenance” (iAMP) to ensure Illovo is the best-in-class sugar & downstream producer.
• Promote a culture of consistently assessing risks, drive continuous improvement and ensure adoption and embedding of best practices.
• Adhere to and promote SHERQ & Food Safety standards.
• 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)

Job Requirements.

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical or mechanical Engineering or equivalent.
• 3 years’ experience in maintenance and/or maintenance planning.
• Strong organizing skills.
• Good communication skills.

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 17th August 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
The successful candidate will manage, distribute and close section work orders using computer program.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide data capture service and general CMMS administration to section planners.
• Generate maintenance reports on a weekly and monthly basis.
• Monitors work orders by putting work plan on board and marking progress after getting information from responsible personnel.
• Prepares off-crop schedule by collecting work list from responsible users and captures them in system.
• Use, enter and maintain job plans is CMMS job plan library.
• Accurately describe spares requirements to enable material resources planning by inventory team.
• Monitor spares availability to scheduled dates and adjust plans & schedules as required.
• Escalate potential schedule breakers to allow for appropriate intervention.
• Support the implementation of the “Illovo Way of Maintenance” (iAMP) to ensure Illovo is the best-in-class sugar & downstream producer
• Ensures that all operations are carried out as per the ISO 9001: 2000 Quality Management System at Kilombero Sugar to achieve the quality standards.
• Performs all tasks according to Kilombero Sugar’s Quality, Safety, Health and Environment policies and procedures.

Job Qualification and Experience

• Certificate or Diploma in Records Management or equivalent
• 1 year work experiences in planning, stores or equivalent
• Computer Literacy
• Good Communication skills
• Good report writing skills

                                                                                                                                                                                  
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 17th August 2025.

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

Job Purpose

To ensure proper control of Packing materials, reconciliation of packing materials, packing materials data and documentation at the packing station.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

• Ensure proper handling, control and documentation of packing materials as recommended to reduce running costs.
• Ensure availability of packing materials per demand/SKU.
• Drawing of packing materials at stores i.e. drawing of packing materials shall depend on daily pack plan and on Friday drawing shall depend on weekend pack plan for easy stock control.
• To organize packing material truck for collection at stores
• Weighing of packing materials at stores i.e. all reels must be weighed at stores before shifted to packing station store. Capturing of reels weight must be done after getting total weight measured from store.
• Record issued packing material per SKU i.e. proper issuing and maintain minimum stock of materials at production line for easy stock control. All materials(reels) when issued to be weighed and data recorded for end shift reconciliation.
• Proper handling of reject packing materials by recording reasons for deviation and filing forms for reject return process in weekly basis.
• physical counting of bags during drawing to verify bags quantity.
• Capture received packing material data on receiving book.
• Packing material reconciliation in 8hrs and weekly every Friday morning.
• Arrange packing materials per SKU’s.
• Maintain proper Housekeeping and 5s with food safety and quality standard at packing material storage area.
• Performs all tasks according to Kilombero Sugar’s Quality, Safety, Health and Environment policies and procedures.
• If any situation that is non- conforming to required standards, unsafe, or unhealthy, or anything that threatens to impact on the environment comes to your attention, report this to your superior using the existing incident report system.
• Ensures that all operations are carried out as per the ISO 9001/ISO 22000 to achieve quality and food safety standards.
• Carries out any other requested duties relating to the plant.

Job Qualification and Experience

• Diploma in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Procurement or related.

• 1+year of working experience in data capture or records management
• Familiarity with ERP systems (SAP)

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 17th August 2025. While we thank all applicants for their interest, only those selected for interviews will be contacted. 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 responsible for planning and supervising production activities to ensure quality and activity targets are achieved.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• Plan and supervise the daily work and performance of each employee on assigned shift, organize schedules, and assign work activity to achieve team and company objectives safely in the Boilers, powerhouse, water treatment and air compressors.
• Together with the teams, achieve shift, daily, weekly, monthly performance targets for respective area by ensuring that tasks are prioritised and planned in a logical, systematic and cost-effective way to optimise profitability.
• Together with Production team leads, develop budget for power plant section with factory Manager, finance business partner and manage costs effectively.
• Monitor performance and support and advise teams in solving problems and/or taking corrective action in the power plant section which include boilers, powerhouse, water treatment and air compressors.
• Monitor standards for setting, operating and maintaining equipment and ensure instructions are adhered to. Make sure logbooks and log sheets are filled hourly and interpreted to achieve desired parameters.
• Provide technical and process guidance to steam and power generation teams.
• Ensure continuous improvement for steam and power generation by implementing functional best practices and conducting physical inspections.
• Inspect critical equipment and ensure adherence to minimum standards.
• Supervise factory maintenance needs.
• Work with optimization and maintenance teams to solve problems and promote cross functional engagement & teamwork.
• Promote and adhere to Kilombero Sugar Co Ltd procedures, policies and guidelines, including without limitation, those relating to Safety, Health, Environment, Risk and Quality (SHERQ).

Job Requirements:

• Degree or Diploma Mechanical engineering from a recognized Institution.
• 3+ years post experience in a heavy industry environment with at least 2 years in the sugar industry.
• Computer literacy.
• Good communication skills in English.

Terms of Service:The successful candidate will be engaged on permanent terms.
All interested candidates, who meet the above requirements, please apply for the position on or before 16th August 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 responsible for Supervising maintenance employees in respective discipline to achieve maximum plant availability and equipment capacity (Maintenance Excellence). Hold teams accountable to the highest standards of maintenance, ensuring compliance to minimum operating standards.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• Together with the teams, achieve shift, daily, weekly, monthly, and off-crop shutdown targets ensuring that tasks are prioritized and planned in a logical, systematic and cost-effective way to optimize profitability.
• Ensure implementation of preventative / reactive maintenance initiatives and plans to reduce costs and downtime.
• Manage iAMP policy adherence to practices amongst maintenance teams.
• Manage work quality to reduce rework and increase plant reliability.
• Ensure equipment maintenance and reliability for respective area 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 technical and maintenance reporting (Via SAP S4/HANA) is compliant with company policy and procedures.
• Monitor performance and take corrective action where required.
• Ensure equipment maintenance and reliability for respective area 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.

     Job Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree or Diploma in Mechanical Engineering from a recognized Institution.
• 3+ years post experience in a heavy industry environment with at least 2 years in the sugar industry will be an added advantage.
• Computer literacy.
• Good communication skills in Swahili and English.
• Self-motivated and ability to motivate others.
• Ability to plan, organize, lead and control.
• Creative, innovative and team working skills.

Terms of service: The successful candidate will be engaged on Permanent Contract.
All interested candidates, who meet the above requirements, please apply for the position on or before 16th August 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 Apply here

Job Purpose
The successful candidate will be responsible for efficiently managing warehouse operations, overseeing stock handling to achieve performance and customer service objectives.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

• Participate in the pre-shift handover meeting with the Supervisor to understand work schedules assigned for the shift.
• Load and unload all forms of transport speedily and safely as required.
• Redistribute inventory on site as required.
• Pick orders efficiently & effectively.
• Assist with stacking and unstacking of bins.
• Build stable and interlocking stacks during stacking and de-stacking, and check and guide others in ensuring this is done correctly.
• Correctly fasten all tarpaulins on the open body trucks to ensure all sugar is covered for protection from water and dust while in transit.
• Identify opportunities and make suggestions for warehouse improvements.
• Maintain relevant safety standards, including wearing of PPE and performing all activities with due care to prevent all accidents or incidents.
• Prevent all product quality damages whilst loading or stacking.
• Perform cleaning activities across the warehouse and maintain housekeeping standards, ensuring all work and staff areas are kept clean.
• 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).

Job Qualification and Experience

• Ordinary Level Certificate
• Minimum 1 year experience in similar role
• Sound fitness level and physical strength and endurance for manual tasks required
• Ability to work well in a team, and flexibility to work across different areas within the warehouse
• Good communication skills

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

All interested candidates, who meet the above requirements, please apply for the position on or before 20th August 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.
Consistently deliver to customers (internal and external) by packing bales onto pallets and carry out palletizing tasks according to standards.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities.

• Work safely with bagging conveyors in accordance with safety procedures for the task.
• Ensure that sugar bags and bales comply with quality standards.
• Take action on non-compliance with the standard (according to procedures).
• Ensure sugar bags and bales are placed onto pallets as per SOPs.
• Follow work instructions diligently and accurately.
• Work quickly and methodically to ensure that cost, target and safety requirements are met.
• Communicate positively with the Supervisor and team members.
• Work neatly according to 5S standards and maintain housekeeping.
• Change and improve work practices where necessary.

Job Requirements.

• Diploma in electrical control or programming or similar technical qualification.
• Three years’ experience in packing in a quality focused and performance driven factory environment, ideally.
• Experience in Siemens PLC is an advantage.
• Able to read and understand SOPs.

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 16th August 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:
Safely and efficiently assist the Multiskilled Operators or Artisans in the process of running packing equipment or 1-ton bagging and/or decanting.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• Operate the decanting feed system to consistently supply of sugar with food safety procedures for secondary packing.
• Operate 1-ton machine line (bag filling, liner sealing and batch numbering)
• Ensure proper operation of 1-ton bag setup to minimize Sugar losses and spillages.
• Cleaning and 5s standards are maintained at the decanting areas.
• Proper handling and storage used 1-ton bags.
• To remove and store well-used liners after decanting.
• Perform setup machine operations as per operating practices.
• Operate the gantry to decant 1-ton bags into the feed system.
• Carry out associated operations according to standards (cleaning of grate magnets)
• Control used 1 ton into a specified area.
• Remove used liners from 1-ton bags.
• Carry out cleaning and basic maintenance procedures to ensure that machine operations are at maximum efficiency.
• Continually work towards achieving maximum machine efficiency (the machine operating at its best) and eliminate waste where possible.
• Assist with breakdowns at BSF.
• Report any breakdown of machine foreman.
• Performs all tasks according to Kilombero Sugar’s Quality, Safety, Health and Environment policies and procedures.
• Ensure that work is done to the relevant safety standards.
• If any situation that is non-conforming to required standards, unsafe, or unhealthy, or anything that threatens to impact on the environment comes to your attention, report this to your superior.
• Ensures that all operations are carried out as per the ISO 9001/ISO 22000 to achieve quality and food safety standards.

• Carries out any other requested duties relating to the plant/section.

Job requirements:

• Form IV or Above
• Experience in operating decanting machine and system will be an added advantage.
• Experience in FSSC compliance add value.
• Experience with packing equipment
• Food safety knowledge

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

All interested candidates, who meet the above requirements, please apply for the position on or before 15th August 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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