Head Miller

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.

**Qualification Requirements**:

- Qualified Miller SAGMA/ GMF or equivalent (Essential
- Previous experience working as a Head Miller (6 -8 years)
- LSS Yellow belt or Lean Practitioner (Desirable)

**Experience Requirements**:
6 -8 years experience in the similar role.

**Key Outputs**:

- Food safety requirements (FSSC 22000) -Intermediate - Desirable
- Supervisory principles and practices - Intermediate - Desirable
- Continuous improvement processes - Basic - Desirable
- Performance management principles - Intermediate - Desirable
- Disciplinary and grievance management process requirements -Intermediate - Desirable
- Health, Safety, Environment and Risk Management principles pertaining to industry - Intermediate -Desirable