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Senior Seed Technician Commercial Processing x4 

Main Purpose

• Responsible for maintaining Commercial seed plant operations at full capacity to deliver seed of the right quality, on-time and at optimal cost. This entails excellent resource planning, consumable management, talent management, EHS and plant quality assurance activities

Key Tasks & Responsibilities

• Plan and execute efficient resource allocation to support a shift working system established and managed during times of peak production for the plant and dryer production activities
• Develop and manage an annual processing plan to ensure timely supply of seed is achieved to meet both internal and external customer demands
• Identify and report KPI’s on the applicable TIER meetings and ensure the measurement and analysis thereof for all responsible areas to ensure daily, weekly, monthly and annual goals are met
• Pro-actively identify positive and negative trends of KPI`s and react on them accordingly to ensure optimal resource utilization
• Effectively plan for and manage all consumables for all the areas of responsibility and in collaboration with the production administrator, ensure timely procurement thereof
• Responsible and accountable for the full cycle of on-site chemical handling. This includes the management thereof from procurement, safe handling, safe storage and safe disposal thereof in the correct way
• Encourage team members to develop technical skills on applicable equipment to support the continuous skills and capability development program. This may require equipment specialists to do training or have team members cross collaborate across various manufacturing sites
• Perform duties in a manner that supports overall site KPIs to include, but not limited to safety, quality, total individual volume performance, total overall volume performance, and cost efficiency
• Embrace an environment that promotes the building of good working relationships within the site
• Provide coordination for plant operations, aligning operations team and facilitating plan execution
• Actively participate and support continuous improvement projects to drive cost saving initiatives and operational efficiencies
• Perform duties in a manner that supports overall site KPI`s to include safety, quality, total individual volume performance, total overall volume performance, and cost efficiency and also reporting these KPI`s in a transparent and frequent manner
• Leading & chairing the site safety committee & meetings
• Manage operations through the production system platform onePSS
• Support Continuous improvement projects to drive cost saving and OEE
• Verifying Processing Orders and confirmation on SAP

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  Qualifications & Competencies

• BEng Mechanical, BSc Production Management, BSc Agriculture
• At least 5-7 years’ experience in site/plant operations management
• Competency in seed production and seed processing operations, good conceptual and analytical thinking skills, problem-solving ability
• Computer skills (SAP, MS Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Windows)
• Excellent leadership and people skills, effective verbal and written communication, and ability to thrive in a team-based work environment
• Highly self-motivated, innovative and have a proven project management record
• Strong desire for personal development and professional growth at Bayer

Location:

Zambia : Zambia : Kabwe  

Division:

Crop Science 

Reference Code:

831759 

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