Miller Head

At Premier, we recruit and invest in our employees for the long term. We believe that our growth depends on us having the right people with the right skills and the right attitude. We have a high-performance environment that attracts like-minded people who want to be their best every day and in doing so we grow together. The Head Miller will be responsible to manages team of Millers in order to optimise the milling resource and process efficiencies in line with customer, quality and cost requirements for full milling value chain in collaboration with the production manager.

**Qualification Requirements**:

- Matric
- GMF/SAGMA Wheat trade test

**Experience Requirements**:

- Previous experience working as a Miller/Head Miller in an automated plant
- PLC Experience
- Technical knowledge of Buhler milling equipment setup
- OEE Knowledge
- Food safety requirements (FSSC 22000)

**Key Outputs**:

- To ensure milling process delivers consistent high-quality products in line with required specifications by:

- Adapting process as required to optimise milling efficiencies and product quality
- Control process variations to ensure product quality
- Managing team to deliver agreed targets
- Support root cause analysis needed
- Propose corrective action and escalate to relevant stakeholders
- Collaborate with Production, Maintenance, QC and or Packing Managers to ensure continuous operations in the value chain.
- Responsible to ensure cost effective stock control of required ingredients by:

- Withdrawing correct ingredients in line with the milling plan
- Ensure machinery works at correct feed rate
- Verify machine addition rates and bin dips against agreed targets
- Verify process checks by performing spot check on the stock control sheet
- Ensure high performance culture in the production shift team by:

- building and motivating capability through competency-based selection
- training and development, coaching, mentoring, performance management
- effective communications
- leading and participating in Invocoms and meetings as needed
- ensuring good discipline and accountability
- establishing good working relationships with union representatives
- ensuring a conducive and safe working environment according to the Premier way
- To ensure production process adheres to health & safety and food safety requirements and process controls (SOP’s)
- To ensure continuous improvement of the production process performance through**:

- Tracking performance against target in the Invocoms
- Ensuring a culture of learning and continuous improvement
- To ensure asset maintenance in collaboration with the cleaning and maintenance departments
- To complete training and development as outlined in their individual development plan to create succession pipeline for the Production manager role.