Milk Procurement Supervisor at Kinangop Dairy Limited

We are looking for a highly skilled professional individual who can join us in our Milk Procurement Department as a Milk Procurement Supervisor.

Key Responsibilities:

• Supervise Invoicing and receipting milk data
• Assist in sourcing of high quality raw milk
• Management of cooling hubs and centers
• Preparing weekly/daily reports
• Supervise raw milk issuing
• Supervise and check final payments for farmers and all suppliers
• Supervise and check final payment for transporters
• Recruiting new farmers /suppliers and issuing contracts
• Reconciliation for final payments
• preparing farmers’ statements after every payment
• Making sure at the end of the month all data for suppliers is receipted, reconciled and invoiced to avoid difference in kardex and raw milk platform
• monitoring transporters & graders deficits and rejects
• Doing follow up for milk procurement department and liaising with other department to ensure smooth working environment between them
• Supervising preparation of tankers report and processing their payments
• Supervising tankers fueling and preparation of fuel reports
• Supervising data clerks, Milk graders and Hub graders
• Approvals for requisite items in the department, counter checking and signing payments documents
• Respond to supplier’s/farmers claims
• Planning and co-ordination of raw milk collection from hubs and routes
• Principal assistant to the milk procurement manager
• Any other duties assigned by your supervisor

Knowledge, Skills & Experience Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Food Science and Technology or Dairy Technology with at least two-year experience in Milk procurement control strongly preferred, OR,
• A diploma in Food Science and Technology or Dairy Technology with at least 3 years’ experience in Milk procurement control strongly preferred
• Excellent verbal/written communication skills
• Ability to thrive working collaboratively with senior colleagues, solve problems independently and work in a fast-paced environment
• Possess a strong work ethic, ability to work in teams and implement and test solutions
• If you have worked in the Dairy industry in the same similar role will be an added advantage