Carry out commercial and product management in milling
Overview
This standard is about the skills and knowledge needed for you to carry out commercial and product management in milling. You will need the skills and knowledge to determine the optimum method for achieving operational objectives and total costs for the product or service. You will also need the skills and knowledge to assess the direct and indirect requirements for resources and materials and calculate the total costs to the food business. You will need to understand the principles of commercial performance management and product management in the UK milling industry. You will also need to understand the process, product and overall company costing, and regulatory and technical management. This standard is for you if you work in food and drink manufacture and/or supply operations and you require a broad knowledge and understanding of commercial performance management and product management in milling.
Performance criteria
You must be able to:
Determine operational requirements
confirm the objective and specification of the operational
requirements
determine a method for achieving the required operational
objective
identify innovative alternatives to achieving the objective when
problems arise
liaise with colleagues to confirm the preferred method of achieving
the operational objective
check the availability of direct and indirect resources and their
capacity to achieve the required objective to the required
specification
Assess operational requirements
determine the specific requirements for materials and resources
consult information sources to establish and confirm current and
future availability of materials and resources to check continuity
source materials and resources in accordance with organisational
procedures
source quotations for the procurement of materials and resources
in accordance with organisational procedures
liaise with colleagues to determine the key measures and most
suitable material or resource accounting for cost, quality,
availability and other factors important to your food business
Establish costs
calculate the direct cost of carrying out the operational objective to
the required specification
determine and calculate any indirect costs relating to the material
or production process
report costs to relevant people in the food business
provide support and feedback to those responsible for evaluation
and management of costs
Knowledge and Understanding
You need to know and understand:
what the business aims of a milling operation are
what performance management is and how it is applied in milling
how gristing can be costed at stages of the process including,
screenings content, moisture content and extraction rate
the aim of gristing and alternatives to specification control
how costs are calculated for blending flours for protein, gluten
addition and Hagberg falling number
- what other company costs are which contribute to product cost
and how these are taken into account
- how to calculate costs for production, sales, distribution and
administration
how profitability can be controlled in milling operations
the contribution made by wheatfeed to overall costs
how cost control is used within milling operations
how costing information can be used commercially in milling
the control of cash flow in a milling business including, capital
costs, stocks, debtors, creditors, planning and information control
- the requirements of current regulations and enforcement
arrangements
- the purpose and key requirements of a quality management
system for milling
- what HACCP based food safety management systems are and
how they operate
- what the role of a typical technical milling department is and how it
operates