Sanergy is an award-winning social enterprise that employs the circular economy approach to treat and convert all forms of urban waste into organic fertilizer and insect-based animal protein. Sanergy manufactures and distributes Evergrow Organic Fertilizer and Kuzapro Insect Based Animal Protein, under the Farm Star brands. We seek to recruit an Assistant Factory Manager who together with the Factory manager will be responsible for running the daily operations in the Kilifi Factory.Key Duties and ResponsibilitiesBreakdown weekly production plan into daily schedules and drive daily adherence to this by line-staff in the FactoryBreakdown Lean Daily Management projects into SMART goals with a clear link to the overall goal of organizational maturity in the Factory.Schedule and conduct Gemba walks across all sections with respective crew lead line staff to identify opportunities for improvementCoach crew leads and support them to understand the process and equip them to detect, escalate and resolve challenges/variances in their domains.Lead in the development and resolution of factory-level short-term corrective and preventive actions.Coach the crew leads to resolve section-level day-to-day challenges through established problem-solving toolkits.Track key resource consumption and cost metrics. These include labor utilization & efficiency, resource utilization, and machine utilizationAnalyze daily production outputs to identify wastes, develop and implement measures to improve processes in liaison with the Factory Manager Analyze resource productivity trends and proactively recommend continuous improvement projects to improve inefficient processesLead your teammates in respective sections to execute daily production schedulesCoordinate respective section crew leads to ensure that processes move in sync (one-piece flow) to achieve daily targets effectively and efficiently Work with multi-disciplinary teams (R&D, Continuous Improvement, and Design) to ensure harmony in operations in the FactoryCirculate and reconcile the production plan in all sections through visual controls such as Lean Management boardsThrough effective scheduling, allocate labor to various sub-processes to ensure ( 90% utilization. Develop daily production schedules and Leader Standardized Work (LSW) sheets that will be executed by the respective section crew leads.Review adherence to daily schedules, implement load leveling, and implement actions to correct variances to ensure operations are back on track.Monitor day-to-day resource utilization to ensure that all operations are run within budget and as per the tactical plan. Work with respective crew leads to ensure that utilities, materials utilization, and set take times are adhered to and tracked on the established platformsCoach crew leads to detect and resolve overutilization of resources within their respective sections in the factorySkills, Qualifications & Experience Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Agricultural, Process, mechanical, industrial) or relevant fieldsMinimum of 2 years experience working in a factory setting within either of these roles: - Quality management - Factory management -Production Engineer.Proficiency in MS Office (word, excel) or Google suite (docs, sheets)Proven ability to utilize various cost tracking tools.Able to handle coordination and execution of multiple projectsGreat collaboration, communication, and people skills
