Job Purpose
To produce an optimal amount of alcohol in fermented wash.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensuring that alcohol and CMS of the required quantity and quality is produced according to KPIS.
• Plant and equipment in the plant are units are operated safely as per plant specification and process deviation and equipment breakdowns are reported and attended to timeously.
• The plant unit performance, safety, housekeeping, quality and environment standard are achieved and maintained all times, coordinating such activities as necessary with the Distillation Operator.
• Monitor the performance and operates the plants units on continual shift basis using on plant measurement to produce the required quantity and quality of alcohol and CMS.
• Solves process problems and deviation by using necessary problem-solving tools, eg 5why, fishbone, in conjunction with distillation operator by taking the appropriate corrective action to meet production KPIS.
• Ensure the evaporators are appropriately isolated and cleaned when required.
• Conducting of C.I.P of evaporators and heat exchangers at required interval and time.
• Ensuring that all storage tanks/ pits level control is done in such to prevent overflow.

Job Requirements:

• Diploma in Chemical and Process/Chemistry/Laboratory or related from a recognized Institution.
• Computer literacy.
• Excellent communication and co - ordination skills.

​​​​​​​Terms of Service: The successful candidate will be engaged on a Permanent Contract.

All interested candidates, who meet the above requirements, please apply for the position on or before 27th May 2025. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Kilombero Sugar Company Limited is an equal opportunity employer. Women and people with disability are highly encouraged to apply.

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Job PurposeSpecific Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensuring that alcohol and CMS of the required quantity and quality is produced according to KPIS.
• Plant and equipment in the plant are units are operated safely as per plant specification and process deviation and equipment breakdowns are reported and attended to timeously.
• The plant unit performance, safety, housekeeping, quality and environment standard are achieved and maintained all times, coordinating such activities as necessary with the Distillation Operator.
• The required information is logged down, captured on computer and communicated to the Distillation Operator.
• Ensure all process are executed in accordance with ISO 220000 and local good practice for safety, health, environment and quality.
• Monitor the performance and operates the plants units on continual shift basis using on plant measurement to produce the required quantity and quality of alcohol and CMS.
• Solves process problems and deviation by using necessary problem-solving tools, eg 5why, fishbone, in conjunction with distillation operator by taking the appropriate corrective action to meet production KPIS.
• Ensure the evaporators are appropriately isolated and cleaned when required.
• Conducting of C.I.P of evaporators and heat exchangers at required interval and time.
• Ensuring that all storage tanks/ pits level control is done in such to prevent overflow.
• Caries any other duties relating to the plant.
• Trains, as required, plant personnel on the operations within the plant’s units.
• Takes the role of safety watch during plant shutdowns after hours to ensure that personnel adhere to the company’s safety standard.

 Job Requirements.

• Diploma in Chemical Engineering/Chemistry or related from a recognized institution.
• A minimum of 1 year experience in manufacturing environment.
• Computer literacy.
• Good communication and co - ordination skills.

Terms of Service: The successful candidate will be engaged on Permanent Contract.

All interested candidates, who meet the above requirements, please to apply for the position on or before 04th June 2025 Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Kilombero Sugar Company Limited is an equal opportunity employer. Women and people with disability are highly encouraged to apply.
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Job Purpose
We are looking for Grower Support Manager to Develop and manage Country’s inbound supply chain strategy for optimal utilization of factory assets and market opportunities, Develop Grower development strategy with a view towards long-term sustainable cane supply, optimization of Grower operations, relationship management and practices for environmental sustainability and climatic resilience and Ensure Grower Agriculture is managed within budget and achieves targeted cost synergies.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop the long term cane supply plan; ensure that appropriate processes are run to refresh plan at appropriate intervals and that initiatives are in place to deliver on the plan strategy
• Oversee coordination of a rateable supply of cane to the mill aligned with mill requirements, ensuring delivery equity between Growers and hauliers is maintained, and that “no cane“ stops, other than those for rain, are minimised and plant crushing capacity & OTE maximised
• Develop crop forecasts from review of strategic analysis of crop growing areas being cognizant of prevailing conditions e.g. weather, soils, politics, social etc.
• Build a strong leadership team and talent pipeline for Grower agriculture through ongoing coaching, mentoring and guidance
• Drive rigorous performance management, biased towards rewarding strong performance and compliance with critical behaviours, and including managing consequences where required
• Drive operational excellence across Grower agriculture by making informed tradeoffs and driving initiatives that will deliver a sustainable cane supply at optimal cost and quality levels
• Ensure adoption of group standards and processes for identifying and securing cane supply, supporting the Grower ecosystem, managing Grower relationships and managing Grower cane supply.
• Oversee integration of Estate Agriculture technical expertise into Grower Optimisation initiatives
• Drive synergies with the group, effectively partnering with group counterparts to identify, share and embed opportunities for optimisation
• Oversee relationships with Growers, key stakeholders and 3rd party suppliers
• Report on cane supply and Grower performance, including key adverse or positive developments, to Country Executive
• Initiate and develop the business case for key projects (including innovation opportunities), ensuring required outcomes are delivered on
• Establish and maintain a cane production and grower relationship management database that satisfies business requirements
• Manage and coordinate sharing of identified best practices, frameworks and minimum standards within function through Head Office platform, and provide additional opportunities for problem identification and knowledge sharing
• Oversee effective talent and performance management within function
• Promote and adhere to Kilombero’s procedures, policies and guidelines, including, without limitation, those relating to SHERQ, Competition Law and Anti-Bribery and Corruption (ABC)
• Ensure enablers are in place to promote success (e.g. systems and processes)
• Identify and monitor KPIs to track performance and flag any issues

Minimum Requirements:

• Agriculture degree or equivalent
• 8+ years experience in sugar cane agricultural operations, Grower liaison and cane supply
• Good business acumen and agricultural expertise, with ability to anticipate, interpret and respond to changes
• Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship management skills

Terms of Service: The successful candidate will be engaged on a permanent pensionable contract

All interested candidates, who meet the above requirements, please apply for the position on or before 27th May 2025. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Kilombero Sugar Company Limited is an equal opportunity employer. Women and people with disability are highly encouraged to apply.

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Job Purpose
The successful candidate will be responsible to assist in administration and accounting of cane payment process.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

• Ensure that grower debt to KSC is captured properly for recovering promptly in terms of fertilizer sales, advances to growers, etc.
• Proper capturing of all the necessary grower banking details for verification and release
• Attend to grower queries regarding payments, where required.
• Liaise with the factory team involved in the cane lab in reconciling and payment run process required in cane lab system e.g weekly reconciliation etc.
• Liaise with internal stakeholders with respect to grower or payment related matters.
• Liaise with stakeholders with respect to programme enhancements.
• Ensure stakeholders understand and comply with policy and procedure requirements.
• Manage and maintain customer master data and contracts in SAP.
• Print and distribute remittance advice for all payments to growers.
• Check debit balances each month and resolves to clear as many as possible. 
• Analyze all outstanding claims monthly and investigate reason for delays in finalizing of claims.
• Prepare payments, instructions, deductions and sessions and submit to cane payment specialist for review.
• Ensures cane grower are paid accurately and on time.
• Reconciles the cane payment interface summary report to the General Ledger journal.
• Makes active instructions inactive for resigned growers prior to the archiving process.
• Investigate and submit for clearance of new debit balances where possible.
• Assist the cane payment specialist to provide accurate and meaningful information to internal and external auditors.
• Provide technical support to the cane payments system.

Job Qualification and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting from a recognized Institution
• Minimum 1 year working experience in Finance environment
• Proficient with MS. Excel

Terms of Service: The successful candidate will be engaged on a Fixed Term Contract.

All interested candidates who meet the above requirements should apply for the position on or before 27th May 2025.

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Job Purpose
We are looking for Fleet Controllers (Cane Supply) to Implement the Country’s cane supply strategy to ensure long term continuity of optimum cane production by all Growers, Implement and drive relevant Kilombero Agriculture Ways and related standards in cane supply, Monitor and control cane quality and the delays between harvesting and crushing and Maintain positive relationships with Growers by keeping them updated / informed of Mill status.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• Complete cane haulage vehicle conformance checklist prior to vehicle activation for cane
• delivery.
• Liaise with grower and/or haulier supervisors to gather information on available and collectible cane stocks for input into cane logistics system and loader availability by field.
• Capture and perform hourly checks on available and collectible cane stocks into the cane logistics system for all harvesting sites.
• Interact with cane haulage drivers on taring out and issuing scheduling tickets.
• Monitor all cane haulage vehicle statuses to detect supply risks at any given point in time.
• Gather information on field conditions and update information on the system and report to relevant stakeholders.
• Gather information on vehicle breakdowns and estimated time of arrival via mobile/telephone.
• Liaise with hauliers on vehicle breakdowns within mill vicinity for immediate action.
• Monitor and ensure that vehicle statuses in cane logistics system represent the true situation on the ground.
• Liaise with mill personnel on supply risks and advise on sustainable crush rates given the status of supply as dictated by weather, field and road conditions as well as other emerging road transport challenges.
• Report network and polycomp board connectivity issues as well as cane logistics system downtime immediately to IT standby and cane logistics system support team for troubleshooting.
• Promote and adhere to Kilombero’s procedures, policies and guidelines, including, without
• limitation, those relating to SHERQ, Competition Law and Anti-Bribery and Corruption (ABC)

Minimum Requirements:

• Diploma in Agriculture / Logistics / Transport Management or equivalent
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in sugarcane operations preferably harvesting and haulage
• Knowledge of transport logistics will be an added advantage
• Computer literacy with good understanding of fleet management systems

Terms of Service: The successful candidate will be engaged on a permanent pensionable contract

All interested candidates, who meet the above requirements, please apply for the position on or before 27th May 2025. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Kilombero Sugar Company Limited is an equal opportunity employer. Women and people with disability are highly encouraged to apply.
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Job Purpose
We are seeking Cane Supply Officers to Implement the Country’s cane supply strategy to ensure long term continuity of optimum cane production by all Growers, Implement and drive relevant Illovo Agriculture Ways and related standards in cane supply and Monitor and control cane quality and the delays between harvesting and crushing. The Cane Supply Officers will also Maintain positive relationships with Growers by keeping them updated / informed of Mill status.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• Adopt and embed best practices, minimum standards, policies, processes, tools, technology and enablers through the relevant Kilombero Way and capability development strategy
• Ensure compliance with group minimum standards and processes for cane supply logistics
• Facilitate interactions between growers, hauliers and the Miller in respect of cane delivery and haulage problems.
• Liaise with the cane transport contractors and setting daily and weekly schedules and programmes which are changed to suit milling, supply, diversion and weather conditions.
• Initiate corrective actions when deliveries deviate from agreed schedules to ensure equitable haulier access to the mill and to optimize performance of the inbound logistics chain.
• Manage the operational aspects of cane delivery, cane quality and inbound logistics to achieve an uninterrupted and rateable supply of cane.
• Maintain a comprehensive database of grower and haulier information and coordinate data collection from growers and hauliers to facilitate mill planning. e.g. burnt cane stocks, road conditions etc. and maintain accurate cane procurement records
• Participate in local agricultural forums and foster a good relationship between Miller and Grower in the informal environment by attending farmers’ association meetings and agricultural shows as and when required.
• Communicate relevant Mill plans and operations to growers and hauliers in an appropriate, efficient and effective manner.
• Promote and adhere to Kilombero’s procedures, policies and guidelines, including, without limitation, those relating to SHERQ, Competition Law and Anti-Bribery and Corruption (ABC)

Minimum Requirements:

• Minimum: Diploma in Agriculture / Logistics / Transport Management
• Minimum experience: 3+ years in agriculture or logistics
• Preferred experience: + 2 years experience in sugar cane supply logistics
• Strong planning and organisation skills
• Strong interpersonal and relationship-management skills

Terms of Service: The successful candidate will be engaged on a permanent pensionable contract

All interested candidates, who meet the above requirements, please apply for the position on or before 27th May 2025. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Kilombero Sugar Company Limited is an equal opportunity employer. Women and people with disability are highly encouraged to apply.
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Job Purpose
The successful candidate will be responsible to effectively manage services and processes that support estate maintenance to achieve required standards.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop schedules for maintenance, cleaning, inspection and collection according to area of responsibility and agree these with the relevant parties
• Plan and supervise the daily work and performance of each employee / contractor and assign work or activity to achieve team and company objectives safely
• Monitor performance and support and advise teams in solving problems and/or taking corrective action
• Manage the performance of contractors against agreed SLAs to ensure completion of work to quality and safety standards
• Provide teams with necessary tools and equipment to perform work effectively, and manage the use and maintenance of such equipment
• Ensure Plant, Equipment and BOM information and WOs are captured accurately within SAP
• Identify and mitigate operational risks in area of responsibility, and develop contingency and communication plans in the event of a breakdown
• Identify and monitor KPIs to track performance and flag any issues
• Create and implement communication plan with estate residents regarding scheduled and unscheduled estate maintenance activities in area of responsibility
• Maintain records as required for reporting in area of responsibility
• Provide input into maintenance budgets, and manage costs to ensure adherence to budgets and cost saving where possible
• Identify areas where service and performance can be improved and manage the implementation of systems and processes to make improvements
• Oversee effective talent and performance management within estate maintenance
• Promote and adhere to Kilombero procedures, policies and guidelines, including, without limitation, those relating to SHERQ, Competition Law and Anti-Bribery and Corruption (ABC

Job Qualification and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in civil or construction engineering or any relevant qualification
• 3 years’ work experience in industrial/ domestic electrical maintenance firm
• Technical skills with the understanding of estate infrastructure and requirements.
• Experience in contractor management or facilities management is an added advantage.

Terms of Service: The successful candidate will be engaged on a One Year Fixed Term Contract.

All interested candidates who meet the above requirements, should apply for the position on or before 27th May 2025.

Kilombero Sugar Company Limited is an equal opportunity employer. Women and people with disability are highly encouraged to apply.
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Job Purpose
Duties and Responsibilities:

• Adopt and embed best practices, minimum standards, policies, processes, tools, technology and enablers through the relevant Kilombero Way and capability development strategy for Inbound Cane Supply Logistics.
• Coordinate a rateable supply of cane for throughput optimisation to the sugar mills aligned with mill requirements, ensuring delivery equity between Growers (including own Estate) and hauliers is maintained, and that “no cane stops”, other than those for rain, are minimised and plant crushing capacity & OTE are maximised.
• Identify and mitigate risks for cane supply chain & logistics management stakeholders including infrastructure and accessibility to the mills
• Establish working relationships and interact with all Inbound Logistics Contractors for both Estate and Growers as and when required to guide areas of improvement.
• Report and communicate cane supply performance metrics to Manufacturing, Estate and Grower Agriculture Optimisation Managers and interact closely with Optimisation Managers to advise on areas of improvement for cane supply.
• Demonstrate agility to respond to changing circumstances in delivery conditions and direct intervention decisions in a consultative manner between Manufacturing, Growers and Contractors
• Ensure each delivery complies with the provisions of the Sugar Act and Cane Supply Agreement related to traceability of cane supply through the CLMS (Cane Logistics Management System) Electronic Consignment Note (ECN) functionality.
• Responsible for presenting performance data to the Operations Board to guide decisions related to DRD, Contractor Performance and Cane Supply Agreement provisions.
• Responsible for the implementation and maintaining of the CLMS system, admin and user rights control and ensure established clear parameters/provisions that may require diversion of loads from CLMS automation.
• Construct and maintain cane supply information for the designated users and stakeholders
• Participate in local agricultural forums and foster a good relationship between Miller and Grower in the informal environment by attending farmers’ and AMCOS meetings as and when required.
• Oversee effective talent and performance management within cane supply through coaching, mentoring and on-the-job training.
• Drive rigorous performance management, biased towards rewarding strong performance and compliance with critical behaviors, including managing consequences where required.
• Promote and adhere to Kilombero’s procedures, policies and guidelines, including, without limitation, those relating to SHERQ, Competition Law and Anti-Bribery and Corruption (ABC).

Minimum Requirements:

• Degree in Agriculture or Transport Logistics.
• 5+ years’ experience in Sugar cane agriculture/milling, including 2+ years’ experience in Cane supply.
• Experience with cane haulage logistics management is crucial to the success of this role
• Strong relationship building and supplier engagement skills

Terms of Services: The successful candidates will be engaged on a permanent contract.

All interested candidates, who meet the above requirements, please apply for the position before 23rd May 2025. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Kilombero Sugar Company Limited is an equal opportunity employer. Women and people with disabilities are highly encouraged to apply.
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Job Purpose
To perform all Condition based monitoring tasks on the factory sites, analyze the CBM data, advise and report to the management on steps forward in improving the condition of equipment.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• To take Vibration measurements for site equipment, analyse and report on the condition to management
• To take Thermography measurements for site equipment, analyse and report on the condition to management
• To balance and align of site equipment such as (Fans, gearbox and pumps) to an acceptable standard
• To take thickness measurement of site vessels and piping, analyse and report on the condition to management
• Perform and report on oil analysis of gearboxes and Transformers
• Ensure all CBM equipment is calibrated and reading correctly
• Perform any other duty as assigned by your supervisor

Job Requirement:

• Degree or Diploma in mechanical engineering from a recognized institution.
• A minimum of three (3) years of experience in sugar industry or large manufacturing firm.
• Computer literacy.
• CBM certificate from a recognized institution will be an added advantage.
• Knowledge on using CBM equipment such as vibration analyzer, thermo-camera and oil analyzer.
• Fluent on MS office software especially MS excel.

Terms of Service: The successful candidate will be engaged on a Permanent contract.
All interested candidates, who meet the above requirements, please apply for the position on or before 04th June 2025. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Kilombero Sugar Company Limited is an equal opportunity employer. Women and people with disability are highly encouraged to apply.

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Job Purpose
The Cane Pro Clerk is responsible for supporting the achievement of the Estate Agriculture Department objectives through accurate and timely data capturing.
Duties and Responsibilities:

• Receives and checks source documents for data capture from Farm Clerks
• Captures data into CanePro against correct dates and fields
• Prepares daily activity and vehicle reports for authorization
• Jointly resolves discrepancies with Farm Clerks/Farm Managers
• Correctly files and can easily retrieve hard copies of source documents and reports
• Generates standard reports when required by users
• Carries out any other administrative or clerical tasks of a similar nature to those described above as required from time to time

Minimum Requirements:

• High School Certificate or higher
• Knowledge in basic computer software, Computer Literate with excellent command of MS Office
• Experience in Data analysis and report preparation
• Two years’ working experience in clerical duties using digital software
• Detail and Customer oriented
• Above average verbal and written communication skills

Terms of Service: The successful candidates will be engaged on a permanent contract.

All interested candidates, who meet the above requirements, please apply for the position before 23rd May 2025. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Kilombero Sugar Company Limited is an equal opportunity employer. Women and people with disabilities are highly encouraged to apply.

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Job Purpose
The Watchman is responsible for safeguarding company property from damage or theft within the assigned area of service. 

Duties and Accountabilities:

• Guards company properties from damage or theft within assigned territory.
• Ensures a proper handover of the assigned guard post before and after duty
• Ensures all safety and security procedures are adhered to by all employees and visitors entering the guard post
• Ensures the guard post does not remain unattended
• Reports any damage or theft of company property that has happened within the guard post to the supervisor immediately
• Performs any other duty as assigned by the supervisor
• Promote and adhere to Illovo’s procedures, policies and guidelines, including, without limitation, those relating to SHERQ, Competition Law and Anti-Bribery and Corruption (ABC).

Minimum Requirements:

• Primary Education as a minimum requirement
• Must have gone through JATZ/TPDF/JKT training
• 1-2 years of experience in a similar function
• Good knowledge of security practices
• Self-disciplined

Terms of Service: The successful candidates will be engaged on a permanent contract.

All interested candidates, who meet the above requirements, please apply for the position before 23rd May 2025. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Kilombero Sugar Company Limited is an equal opportunity employer. Women and people with disabilities are highly encouraged to apply.

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Job Purpose
Perform proper analysis and a timely report of the results.

Duties and Accountabilities:

• Prepares solution for analytical purposes.
• Controls stock of all laboratory requirements.
• Monitors movement of sample tags.
• Collects and dispatches weighbridge tickets to finance Department.
• Updates production data on the boards.
• Prepares data for daily and weekly Reports.
• Checks doubtful analysis done by analysts.

Job Qualification Requirements:

• Diploma /Certificate in laboratory technology or similar
• Minimum 1 year of experience in Sugar production or a similar job
• Experience in sugar laboratory procedures will be an added advantage.
• Computer literacy.

Terms of Service: The successful candidate will be engaged on a Permanent Contract.

All interested candidates, who meet the above requirements, please apply for the position on or before 04th June 2025. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Kilombero Sugar Company Limited is an equal opportunity employer. Women and people with disability are highly encouraged to apply.
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