Silo Manager - VKB Grain, Jan-Kempdorp

VKB Agriculture; Jan Kempdorp; On-site; ZAR 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

VKB Group in Barkly-West, Northern-Cape, seeks a Silo Manager to oversee storage, handling, quality control and grain movements in a busy silo facility. You will ensure safe operations, inventory accuracy and compliance with health, safety and environmental regs.

Candidates should have Grade 12/NQF4, 3–5 years in grain/ silo management, and relevant courses; proficiency in MS Office and leadership skills are essential to drive operational excellence and team performance.

Qualifications

• Grade 12 or NQF4 is required.
• Completion of the New Manager's Program (or relevant).
• 3–5 years of proven industry management experience is essential.
• Grain grading and silo operating courses are essential.
• Constantly adding value to achieving goals.
• MS Office literacy.

Responsibilities

• Monitor flow of grain continuously.
• Oversee fumigation for grain protection.
• Track grain tube temperature and report deviations.
• Measure grain tubes according to policy and safety rules.
• Input trade duties responsibility.
• Operate silo per VKB Group policy and regulations.
• Inventory management.
• Financial and administrative management.
• Infrastructure management.
• General management.
• Customer service.

Skills

Responsible

Punctual

Conflict management

Initiative

Teamwork

Decision making

Communication skills

Leadership

Time management

Education

Grade 12 or NQF4

New Manager's Program

Job description

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 are HUNGRY
• We are BOLD
• We are SMART
• 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.

Job Description

Responsible for the profitable management of the silo in Barkly-West, Northern-Cape. Further, aSilo Manager is responsible for overseeing the storage, handling, quality control, and movement of grain or other bulk agricultural products within a silo or grain storage facility. The role ensures safe operations, accurate inventory management, equipment maintenance, and compliance with health, safety, and environmental regulations.

Requirements

• Grade 12 or NQF4
• Successful completion of the New Manager's Program (or relevant)
• Proven industry management experience of 3-5 years is essential
• All appropriate grain grading and silo operating courses are essential
• Constantly adding value to the industry by reaching the organizational, operational and strategic goals
• Computer Literate in MS Office

Duties and Responsibilities

• Monitor flow of grain continuously
• Continuous grain protection through fumigation
• Monitor of grain tube temperature and report deviation to superior
• Measure grain tubes according to policy and safety regulations
• Responsible for input trade duties
• Operate silo according to the VKB Group policy and regulations
• Inventory management
• Financial and administrative management
• Infrastructure management
• General management
• Customer service

Skills

• Responsible
• Punctual
• Conflict management skills
• Initiative
• Teamwork
• Decision making
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Leadership skills
• Time management

Other Information

• The company can expire jobs at any time at their own discretion.
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• VKB Group is an equal opportunity employer. VKB Group’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process aligned to VKB Group’s Employment Equity & Transformation Strategy. VKB Group actively supports the recruitment of People with Disabilities