Park House Manager

Our client based in Kenya is one of the leading exporters of premium & prepared vegetables and the largest commercial grower and exporter of chilies from Kenya, seeks to hire a Pack House Manager responsible for Planning and maintaining all packhouse activities and processing operations complying with principles of ethics, observing safety and integrity.

Key Responsibilities:

• 1. Labour:
• Manage and implement a quality and production team.
• Labour management (the team consists of people working in receiving, packing, quality control, dispatch, refrigeration, logistics, and packaging material as the main activities).
• Meet production plans by managing line packers’ work schedules.
• Liaise with HR and management for labor requirements and ensure that all teams are capable and have received the required training.
• Manage labor administration including leave cycles, work attendance, overtime, and disciplinary cases.
• Establishing and maintaining team building & communication within the packhouse.

• 2. Planning and Production:
• Pre-planning and production organizing with the commercial team, ensuring all targets and budgets are met.
• Logistics relating to packing material, lugs, haulage movements, amongst others.
• Yield Information and Packaging Control. Consumption control of all consumables on the packhouse floor.
• Responsible for coordination of raw material, utilization, dumping and record keeping.
• In-depth understanding of customer specifications and adhere to these specifications at all times.
• Communicating challenges and shortfalls directly to the Commercial department without fail.
• Claims to be followed and corrective action to be put in place where needed.
• Ensure ripening procedures are followed and monitored during the ripening process, with an in-depth understanding of temperature control and ripening procedures.
• Continuous strive to improve productivity and process flows with quality as a priority.
• Intake quality from out-growers closely monitored. Following fixed guidelines when accepting a delivery with a proper paper trail of producer, variety, intake temperatures, and overall quality assessment.
• Cold chain protocols strictly observed.

• 3. Site management:
• Coordinating of Audits.
• Administration.
• Maintenance of all equipment relating to post-harvest. A clear maintenance program must be in place.
• Health and Safety are maintained at all times.
• Keeping stocks of equipment, crates, and staff uniforms and ensure that proper controls and utilization is observed.
• Coordinating all preparations for supermarket audits and customer visits along with the Technical Manager.