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• In charge of planning daily operations to
  manage the work load and deliver results as per budgets.
• Handle entire factory operations for cocoa product
  including, processing, warehousing, quality assurance and shipping.
• Maintain proper documentation to monitor
  every transaction, and book keeping.
• Create annual budgets for unit expenses, and
  do capacity planning for the year by understanding the procurement and
  shipment plan.
• The incumbent will initiate, coordinate, and
  enforce systems, policies, procedures, work methods and take corrective
  actions if necessary.
• Manage all inventories, equipment and
  consumables closely.
• The incumbent will manage entire team
  involving direct staff and casual labour as per requirements.
• Create a center of excellence by continuously
  improving systems, processes and maintaining highly motivated and trained
  manpower.
• Actively engage peers in other businesses,
  industries and operations across Olam network to benchmark, learn and
  incorporate best practices.
• The incumbent will serve as the cocoa product
  expert to whom the team would look up to in order to seek guidance on
  handling the product.

• The applicant should hold a post graduate in
  management with technical background.
• Seven or more years of processing experience
  in agri-products like coffee, cocoa, maize, sugar, oil etc.
• Ability to handle large range of activities
  through teams, independently.
• Hands on experience in handling various
  processing and warehousing activities.
• Comfortable with technicalities of equipment
  and processes.
• Very good commercial bent of mind and outcome
  oriented.
• Willingness to engage peers in order to learn
  and improve one’s expertise on the subject.
• Inquisitive mind to understand root cause of
  problems, assess suitable options to experiment and arrive at right
  solution.
• Ability to motivate and manage varied teams
  including direct staff and casual labor.

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