Establishment of a Whey Processing Plant (WPP) in Trabzon and a Whey Collection and Concentration Plant (CCP) in Erzurum

The main purpose of the contract is to provide technical assistance for the establishment and operation of a whey processing plant (WPP) in Trabzon, complemented with a collection and concentration plant (CCP) in Erzurum. The project will provide technical assistance services on:

  • Development and implementation of a business plan for the WPP and CCP;
  • Establishment of human resources base of the WPP and CCP;
  • Establishment of quality assurance systems for the production facilities, as well as the testing/analysislaboratory within the WPP and CPP;
  • Establishment of computerised enterprise resource planning system;
  • Launching of the WPP and CCP

The Team Leader will primarily be responsible for overall management of the Project. S/he will work full time for the Project.

The Team Leader will be responsible for the overall coordination and management of the technical assistance and inputs provided by the TAT (including the non-key experts). The main functions of the Team Leader will be as follows but are not limited to:

  • Maintain fulltime presence in Turkey, at the duty station, during the lifespan of the project,
  • Produce the technical parts of the contractual reports, such as the inception report, progress reports, and final report, by obtaining inputs from key and non-key experts,
  • Produce, in cooperation with the other member of the technical assistance team, the work plans and resource schedules, and identify the profiles of the non-key experts to be mobilised by the Contractor,
  • Review the technical reports and proposals to be produced by the key and non-key experts and assure quality and coherence of reports,
  • Represent the project at key project-relevant events and meetings,
  • Monitor on a daily basis the progress of the project. against the pre-determined and agreed upon time plans, and report possible deviations from the predetermined and agreed upon time plans and resource schedules to the beneficiary,
  • Report to the Senior Representative of End Recipient
Qualifications: 

Qualifications and skills

  • Bachelor's degree in Administrative Sciences, Business Administration, Economics, Marketing, Industrial Economics or Industrial Engineering in absence of mentioned degree, bachelor's degree in any other field will be accepted in event of minimum 10 years' experience on SME and/or Private Sector development projects/programs. Graduate degrees in one of these fields will be an asset;
  • Excellent command of English (speaking, reading and writing);
  • Full computer literacy;
  • Turkish will be an asset.

 

General professional experience

  • Minimum 15 years of general professional experience and more will be asset up to 20 years of professional experience

 

Specific professional experience

  • Minimum 5 years of experience in SME, enterprise or private sector development;
  • At least 1 year of working experience as a Team Leader/Project Manager under projects/programs/institutions. (References including 1 year or more experience under only one project/programme/institution will be accepted for this requirement.)
Start / Duration: 

The operational base for this project will be Trabzon and Erzurum, in Turkey.

The base of operations for all key experts is the Project area location, 5% home based work is possible upon prior approval from CA and this will be assessed on a case by case basis.

The intended start date is February 2016 and the period of implementation of the contract will be 24 months from this date.

If you are interested in a cooperation with AFC in Turkey, please send your most recent CV to:

Barbara.Braun [at] afci.de

Quoting "Turkmenistan 8050" in the header

 

Thanks!

 

 

Please note that only shortlisted canidates will be contacted