We are looking for a highly skilled professional individual who can join us in our Milk Procurement Department as a Milk Procurement Supervisor.
Key Responsibilities:
- Supervise Invoicing and receipting milk data
- Assist in sourcing of high quality raw milk
- Management of cooling hubs and centers
- Preparing weekly/daily reports
- Supervise raw milk issuing
- Supervise and check final payments for farmers and all suppliers
- Supervise and check final payment for transporters
- Recruiting new farmers /suppliers and issuing contracts
- Reconciliation for final payments
- preparing farmers’ statements after every payment
- Making sure at the end of the month all data for suppliers is receipted, reconciled and invoiced to avoid difference in kardex and raw milk platform
- monitoring transporters & graders deficits and rejects
- Doing follow up for milk procurement department and liaising with other department to ensure smooth working environment between them
- Supervising preparation of tankers report and processing their payments
- Supervising tankers fueling and preparation of fuel reports
- Supervising data clerks, Milk graders and Hub graders
- Approvals for requisite items in the department, counter checking and signing payments documents
- Respond to supplier’s/farmers claims
- Planning and co-ordination of raw milk collection from hubs and routes
- Principal assistant to the milk procurement manager
- Any other duties assigned by your supervisor
Knowledge, Skills & Experience Required:
- Bachelor’s degree in Food Science and Technology or Dairy Technology with at least two-year experience in Milk procurement control strongly preferred, OR,
- A diploma in Food Science and Technology or Dairy Technology with at least 3 years’ experience in Milk procurement control strongly preferred
- Excellent verbal/written communication skills
- Ability to thrive working collaboratively with senior colleagues, solve problems independently and work in a fast-paced environment
- Possess a strong work ethic, ability to work in teams and implement and test solutions
- If you have worked in the Dairy industry in the same similar role will be an added advantage