Assistant Mill Manager - South West/South

No more unsociable hours, a great basic salary, discretionary bonus and career progression opportunities - what's not to like? This is an opportunity for an aspirational assistant mill manager who has plans to make it to the top.

Based in the South West this is a specialised Mill where by products are produced across many different species sectors. Ideally you'll be well versed in working in this fast paced environment and will be an active communicator, able to calmly deal with problems/breakdowns, to multitask and ensure compliance with industry legislation and codes of practice.

Your Day to Day Role would include, but is not limited to:

• Maintaining mill hygiene, feed quality and environmental standards in accordance with UFAS, HACCP principles and company procedure on a daily basis.
• Contribute to strategy and business improvement.
• Ensuring that the achievement of product safety is always a priority.
• Assisting in completion of stock takes (raw and finished material) and investigate variances .
• Communicating and liaising with office staff (raw material buying, logistics and sales) to ensure stock control, forecasting and customer expectations are met.
• Adhering to all company and site health & safety regulations.
• Training & developing existing employees.
• Operating mill machinery and equipment (inc. bagging & packing systems).
• Following weighbridge procedures.
• Scheduling and monitoring the production process to ensure throughput and operating procedures.
• Identifying mill problems/issues as they arise and work with the maintenance contractors to ensure prompt resolution.
• Identifying and allocating tasks to staff when mill manger is away.
• Communicating with raw material buyer and HACCP/UFAS lead on raw material and finished product testing.

About You:

• Preferably 3 years' or more experience in feed mill management.
• Excellent verbal communication skills.
• Self-motivated and results driven.
• A knowledge of animal feed and health related industries (i.e. pet, equine & agriculture) would be preferred
• The ability to multi-task and problem solve.
• Demonstrate good organizational skills.
• A proven ability to plan and manage resources.
• IT Literate.
• Ideally - Forklift certification.
• HACCP (Hazard Analysis & Critical Control Point) certification would be advantageous.

A competitive salary is on offer for the right candidate depending on previous experience plus discretionary bonus and private health care.

Interested?

Please call Jadine Huxtable on 01885 485 525 or email: jadinehuxtable@delacyexecutive.co.uk

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