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Job Description

The Cooperative Clusters located at the Ndola and Kitwe Industrial Yards namely Kitwe Giants (Maize Processing). Best Edible Oil (Cooking oil processing), Agro feed Cluster, Soya Processing. Fruit and Vegetable Cluster, Peanut Butter Cluster, Chef On Fire Cluster, Mining Cluster, Bolt and Nut Cluster, Arts and Crafts Cluster. Timber Processing Cluster, Textile Cluster, and Restaurant Cluster are inviting applications from suitably qualified Zambians to fill the following positions:

1. Factory Manager

Reporting to the Board of Directors. The factory manager’s responsibilities include scheduling building and equipment maintenance as needed. regularly walking the factory floor to monitor the performance of factory staff and ensuring that all production orders are completed in a timely manner.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Developing and implementing innovative strategies to streamline factory operations.
• Screening, recruiting and training new factory workers.
• Collaborating with quality control managers to establish and execute quality control processes.
• Ensuring that factory machinery is in good working order.
• Analyzing production data to identify and resolve any production issues.
• Preparing production reports and submitting them to key decision-makers.
• Regularly inspecting finished products to determine whether they meet established quality standards.
• Motivating factory workers to continually achieve factory targets.

Qualifications

• Grade Twelve (12) Certificate
• Bachelor’s degree in business administration. industrial management, logistics, or related field.
• Proven experience in a managerial or supervisory role within a factory.
• Certification in production and inventory management as well as quality control.
• Sound knowledge of industry-specific factory equipment.
• Proficient in all Microsoft Office applications.
• The ability to multitask.
• Outstanding time management skills.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong management and leadership skills.
• Effective communication skills.
• At least fifteen (10) years continuous experience in the management of factory, five (5) of which should be at senior management level.

Interested candidates meeting the above profile should submit application letters enclosing an updated Curriculum Vitae and copies of the academic and professional certificates to the following address not later than 3 April 2024.

“The applications must be submitted in a sealed envelope indicating the position being applied for.

Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted within two weeks after the closure of the application period. Those who will not hear from us in the stated period should consider themselves unsuccessful.

The Director General

Citizens Economic Empowerment Company

Plot 6457, Los Angeles Boulevard Longacres

P.O Box 35068

LUSAKA