Introduction to the VKB Group
The VKB Group is an agricultural company, providing support to farmers and producing straight-from-the farm-foods for consumers. Apart from the various consumer brands, the VKB Group is also represented by its regional brands: VKB, GWK and NTK. Our roots are firmly planted in agriculture with farming at our core, continuously growing and evolving throughout the years.

Starting with providing everything needed on the farm to produce food, we now also operate in all areas of the food supply chain: processing, logistics, and national and global market channels.

This “house of brands” we’ve established with the support of our farmer shareholders is the foundation for building the agribusiness of the future.

Our purpose

Touch lives – for the better: We always aim to make a positive impact in people’s lives: our employees, producers, clients, communities and the larger industry. And, through collaboration with this group of people, we strive to make an even bigger and longer lasting impact in the lives of all South Africans.

Values We live by five important values:

We are HUMBLE
We acknowledge that we are blessed

We are HUNGRY
We do not settle for mediocre

We are BOLD
We do what is right, even if it scares us

We are SMART
We consider our words and actions

We are TEAM PLAYERS
No-one can do this alone

Our legacy

For the Love of the Land: We do it all for our legacy and the love of nature, people, country, sustainability and progress.

Free State Oil (Pty) Ltd is a subsidiary of VKB Agriculture (Pty) Ltd, a dynamic role player in the edible oil industry, situated in Villiers in the Eastern Free State. We offer you the opportunity to establish yourself within a professional, corporate environment in the countryside.

Job Description
The ideal team player will be responsible to manage the various production activities of multiple manufacturing units or factories through subordinates in order to achieve planned production targets and to ensure the effective use of available resources.

Requirements

• Grade 12/ NQF 4
• Relevant production qualification will serve as recommendation
• At least 3 years' experience in the management of production processes
• At least 5 years' experience in the production / operational environment
  
• Valid driver’s license

Duties and Responsibilities

Production:

• Gathering production data from all sections in the plant for monitoring quality and performance in the plant with the objective to increase efficiency and minimize downtime.
• Do fault finding on problems in the plant
• Managing the parameters of Quality, Process and productivity.
• Optimizing usages of steam, hexane, electricity, maintenance and manpower
• Planning of production schedule
• Implementing and controlling the production schedule
• Send out and maintain daily reports
• Implement and enforce quality control procedures
• Determine and implement improvements to the production process

 Training:

• Train operators or arrange for training to be done
• Identify training needs for production personnel

 Performance evaluation:

• Send out monthly production performance report and discuss in monthly supervisor meetings
• Monitor and review the performance of staff and organize necessary interventions for improvement

 General:

• Personnel management
• Ensure efficient collaboration and co-ordination between all departments including maintenance, production, procurement, distribution and management

Skills Required

• Planning
• Organizing
• Driving performance
• Problem definition & analysis
• Compliance
• Decision making
• Communication
• Personal resilience

Other Information

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