COMPANY
Pannonia Ethanol
POSITION
Director of Operations
LOCATION
Dunaföldvár, Hungary
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Pannonia Ethanol
Director of Operations
Parent Company
More Information:
www.eerl.com
Ethanol Europe Renewables Ltd.
Ethanol Europe Renewables Ltd (EERL), a European bioethanol group
based in Ireland, is an innovative renewable energy company pioneering
biorefinery concepts in Europe.
Mission
Their mission is to advance the bioeconomy in ways that benefit the
global climate and rural communities at the same time.
They are dedicated to supplying verified sustainable bio-products into
European markets. The energy and material products that they sell
displace oil-derived fuels and plastics.
The nutrition products that they bring to market displace feed that is
GMO, laced with antibiotics or otherwise poses risks to the human food
chain.
Nano Oils: Alternative to
curbing antibiotic use
in animal feed.
Ethanol Europe bringing new
products and investments
in 2016 and 2017.
Vision
Ethanol Europe hopes that by 2020, Europe:
•
displaces close to 10% of its transport sector energy with sustainable
biofuels, made from feedstock originating from European farms;
•
begins the process of replacing fossil plastics and chemicals with
bio-based alternatives, made from value chains that start and end in
Europe; and
•
starts to facilitate incentives for European farmers to invest in
sustainable intensification of their farms and rural communities
in order to reverse the rural decline that has typified much of the
European landscape over the past two decades.
Every drop of fossil fuel
kept in the ground counts
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Company Information
More Information:
www.
pannoniaethanol.com
Pannonia Ethanol Zrt.
Pannonia Ethanol Zrt. (PEZ) is the leading renewable ethanol producer
in Central and Eastern Europe, adding nearly €500 million to Hungary’s
GDP and supporting 2000 jobs, mostly in rural areas. Pannonia Ethanol
produces bioethanol and animal feed of superb quality at its plant
located in Dunaföldvár, Tolna County, Hungary. The company is part of
Ethanol Europe Renewables Limited.
Pannonia's ethanol and DDGS are premium products that are exported
from Hungary to 20 countries. Pannonia's ethanol produces 70% lower
lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions than fossil fuels used in the European
Union.
Mission
Pannonia's mission is to mitigate climate change caused by fuels with
high carbon content by replacing significant quantities with bioethanol
production. Pannonia Ethanol contributes to Hungary's agricultural
economy and provides new jobs needed for growth and competitiveness.
Bioethanol reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 65 percent, and
supports their goal to create social change in a profit-oriented
environment.
Vision
Pannonia Ethanol proactively makes environmentally friendly fuel and
high-quality feed by leading the way in bio-ethanol and animal feed
production made from corn locally grown by the farming community.
Panonia Ethanol corporate video
Click to learn more about Panonnia Ethanol.
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Products
Pannonia Ethanol Products
Renewable Ethanol
Ethanol is a clean-burning, highoctane motor fuel that is produced
from renewable sources. European
produced bioethanol is a socially and
environmentally friendly way to reduce
the amount of oil that Europe burns.
Bioethanol made from
Pannonia Ethanol exceeds the minimum
corn starch
GHG reduction threshold for biofuels set
out in the EU Renewable Energy Directive.
Pannonia Ethanol produces equal quantities of ethanol and high protein
animal feed. Pannonia Ethanol’s Dunaföldvár plant purchases roughly
1,000,000 tons of corn annually, producing up to 450 million litres of
renewable ethanol . Pannonia Ethanol’s technology turns corn starch
into ethanol. Ethanol feedstock is an entirely sustainable biomass. During
ethanol production no waste or sewage is generated. The ethanol
industry aims to displace high carbon oil with low carbon renewable
liquid fuel in engine combustion.
Animal Feed
Pannonia Gold is produced at a single
source, Pannonia Ethanol factory at
Dunaföldvár, Hungary. It is a superior feed
ingredient produced from Hungarian maize.
For every ton of ethanol produced by
Pannonia, one ton of Pannonia Gold DDGS
is also produced. This GMO free, antibiotic
free high protein feed is essential for reducing Europe’s chronic protein
deficit.
Pannonia Gold®
Biomass feedstock for Pannonia is produced locally and enables farmers
to have a direct relationship with the end user of their product. Pannonia
Ethanol offers farmers a ready local market for their produce, adds
substantial value to the materials at a local level, supports thousands of
jobs and contributes to global food security by producing high protein,
GMO free and antibiotic free animal feed to reduce Europe's current
heavy dependence on imports from South America.
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Pannonia Ethanol Sustainability
Pannonia Ethanol contributes to environmental sustainability with high
levels of process efficiency in renewable ethanol refining, eliminates
waste and optimizes the output of food, feed and energy, thus creating a
virtuous economic and environmental circle that benefits the climate.
THE ACTIVITIES OF PANNONIA ETHANOL CONTRIBUTE TO:
•
•
Reducing emissions with
good quality control
•
reducing the greenhouse gas emissions of transport, thus mitigating
the danger of climate change
maintaining and creating jobs, revitalizing rural communities, and
helping farm families
achieving the renewable energy targets of the European Union and
Hungary
Environment
Pannonia Ethanol produces some of the most environmentally friendly
ethanol in Europe. The company achieves 65% reduction in greenhouse
gas, compared to fossil fuels, well beyond the threshold set out in the
Renewable Energy Directive of the EU for biofuels.
Currently, bioethanol is the only economic alternative to petrol.
Bioethanol is produced entirely from sustainable biomass.
Acquisition of maize
from local community
Local Development
Almost all of the feed corn processed by Pannonia Ethanol comes from
Hungarian family farms. The company’s business model ensures that
renewable ethanol production is integrated with local agricultural
communities. Pannonia Ethanol plays an important part in realizing
Hungary’s potential in agriculture and in creating and sustaining new
jobs, thus contributing to growth and competitiveness.
The Energy Future
Both Pannonia and its parent company, Ethanol Europe, strongly believe
in responsible European bioethanol production and have a long term
commitment to the CEE region.
The Energy Future
Pannonia Ethanol’s efforts in biotechnology and biochemistry contribute
to the spread of advanced biofuels in the region and elsewhere in Europe.
The innovation and development of new technologies can also generate
highly skilled green jobs and economic growth.
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Pannonia Ethanol
Director of Operations
Hiring Team
Sergey Kolesnikov
Sergey Kolesnikov, Managing Director
Sergey Kolesnikov began his career as an assistant purchasing manager
with Procter & Gamble and he has been subsequently involved in
different managerial roles with international top line Food & Beverage
and Consumer goods businesses in Russia since 2001. With his industry
experience and expertise, he recently moved to Dunaföldvár, Hungary
to drive the continued growth and success of Pannonia Ethanol, one
of Europe's largest producers of bioethanol and high quality GMO free
animal feed products.
Mr. Kolesnikov holds an MBA from Manchester Business School and a
Bachelor's degree in engineering, specializing in Process Automation,
from the Russian Chemical Technology University.
Brian Milstead, Director at Saleslynx
Brian Milstead is a savvy commercial process and management
consultant, providing sales training and business coaching to companies
around the globe.
Brian Milstead
In 2013, Brian was contacted by the CEO of Pannonia Ethanol to help
the company to employ, train and coach a dedicated team of Area
Representatives (AR’s) to source corn supply for the bioethanol plant
directly from farmers in the field. Over a 24 month period a Team Leader
was recruited to head up the team along with a 10 Area Representatives
who cover the entire country. In the same period Brian helped the team
to implement a full Microsoft Dynamics CRM, a marketing strategy,
full KPI’s, and installed full job descriptions, pay plans and recruitment
processes to best structure the team. Additional projects with Pannonia
have included management recruitment, the psychometric profiling of
key personnel and HR support.
Brian is a world traveler who has lived in the UK, Israel, Egypt, Oman,
Dubai, Italy, Sardinia, Holland, Spain, Ireland, India, Morocco, and the U.S.
In his spare time, he enjoys travelling, power boating, eating, gardening,
reading, and writing.
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Director of Operations
Position Information
Director of Operations
Role
To organize and deliver the transfer of the operational knowledge of running a world class bioethanol plant operating ICM/Maguin technology to
a local Hungarian workforce by developing, supporting and training the
team to be self-sufficient in running the plant. Responsible for safe and
regulatory compliant operation of the plant to ensure maximum production quantity, quality, and profitability by directly supervising Production
Manager, Lab Manager, Maintenance Manager, and EH&S Manager while
supporting the policies, goals and objectives of the company.
Responsibilities
ƒƒ Responsible for the knowledge transfer, education, coaching, and
training of operational team leaders within the bioethanol facility.
ƒƒ Identify performance benchmarks, recognize performance gaps and
implement appropriate solutions in a timely manner while keeping
the operations team closely involved and motivated.
ƒƒ Communicate and review plant objectives regularly with all
managers, both individually and as a group, to ensure plant
objectives are accomplished.
ƒƒ Develop monitoring metrics and review plant performance. Metrics
shall include production, yield, energy efficiencies, labor utilization,
financial results, chemical usage, etc.
ƒƒ Responsible for executing and participating in establishing safety,
production, and efficiency objectives with PEZ.
ƒƒ Design and implement programs that ensure personnel are
adequately trained, equipped and motivated, so that plant objectives
can be accomplished in a safe, timely and cost-effective manner.
ƒƒ Conduct employee performance reviews based on job descriptions to
determine competency, knowledge and contribution to the overall
team.
ƒƒ Initiate and carry out projects that improve efficiency and/or reduce
operating costs.
ƒƒ Ensure city and state regulations relating to process operations are
met at all times.
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Director of Operations
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ƒƒ Direct, maintain, and enforce the safety program for operations
personnel; review safety records to uphold standards of maximum
safety.
ƒƒ Communicate directly with Maintenance Manager to ensure
consistent preventative maintenance is performed and unforeseen
repairs are made in a timely manner to reduce plant downtime.
ƒƒ Communicate directly with Lab Manager to ensure effective
implementation of QA/QC policies and procedures.
ƒƒ Communicate directly with Lab Manager to continually review
chemical usage and evaluate new products and processes to reduce
chemical costs.
ƒƒ Implement programs and procedures required to ensure plant
cleanliness.
ƒƒ Communicate with Commodity Manager to determine logistic
movements of corn, DDGS, and ethanol to manage inventories,
improve labor efficiencies, etc.
ƒƒ Maintain consistent communications are maintained with ethanol,
DDGS, and corn oil marketers to ensure inventories, logistics, and any
plant disruptions are managed.
ƒƒ Ensure consistent communications are maintained with energy
providers regarding anticipated energy needs, disruptions, and plant
downtimes.
ƒƒ Assist with interviewing, hiring, and training plant employees;
planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance;
rewarding and disciplining employees; and addressing complaints
and resolving problems.
Qualifications
ƒƒ Experienced bioethanol operations/production manager with ICM or
Maguin technology; a proven track record of successful operations
assignments with reputable businesses, including ethanol, coproducts, front end and back end.
ƒƒ Strong practical knowledge of the ethanol production process and
technology required.
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Director of Operations
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ƒƒ Desire and ability to share knowledge with others, enabling them to
be effective in delivering business results.
ƒƒ Personality to establish trust and respect with the local team and
effectively managing resistance to change is a prerequisite.
ƒƒ Understanding of how workforce competencies can be managed and
developed, including motivation, capability frameworks, competency
requirements, training solutions, capability management resources,
etc.
ƒƒ Ability to deliver practical training to the workforce on “how to run
and maintain” the plant is minimum requirement; ability to provide
training on the theory of processes, “why this is happening”, is an
advantage.
ƒƒ Capable of organizing knowledge transfer and training the local
team to be self-sufficient in running the plant, in a multicultural
environment in Hungary, working with the local team members, who
have good command of English language.
ƒƒ Ability to maintain courteous, professional and effective working
relationships with employees at all levels of the organization.
ƒƒ Ability to communicate information and state problems or challenges
to be resolved in a clear, concise, courteous, nondiscriminatory and
professional manner and be able to provide clarification as necessary.
ƒƒ Capable of adapting, with minimal or no advance notice, to changes
in how business is conducted and work is accomplished, with no
diminishment in work performance.
ƒƒ Must be able to climb ladders and work at elevations of 175 feet.
ƒƒ May require lifting of up to 25 Kilograms or 55 pounds.
ƒƒ Ready to relocate to Hungary, Budapest or plant area, for the period
of the assignment; individual work schedule arrangements are
possible and will be discussed with each candidate.
ƒƒ Bachelor's degree in chemical engineering or mechanical engineering
preferred.
ƒƒ Six Sigma certification is highly preferred.
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Area Information
Dunaföldvár, Tolna County and Budapest
Tolna, south-central Hungary. It lies in the southern part of Transdanubia
and borders the counties of Fejér to the north, Bács-Kiskun to the east,
Baranya to the south, and Somogy to the west. Szekszárd has been the
county seat since 1779.
Tolna County
The landscape is flat in the eastern territories occupied by the Mezoföld
(a loess tableland) and the riverine lowlands that meet the Danube River
on the county’s eastern border. It rises gently in the west, in the KaposKoppány hills and the Tolna highlands, and in the southern outliers of
the Mecsek Mountains. Its rivers—the Kapos, Koppány, Sárvíz, Lajvér, and
Donáét—flow into the Danube via the Sió River.
The county is rich in fertile soils. Its economy is agriculture-based: grains,
sunflowers, and fodder plants are the major crops. Cattle and pigs are
raised. Viticulture in the Szekszárd area has been a tradition for nearly
2,000 years.
Dunaföldvár, Hungary
Dunaföldvár
Dunaföldvár is a town situated in the northern part of Tolna County,
Hungary, along the right bank of the Danube River. The city has 9,272
inhabitants with the first bridge over the Danube, 48 miles south of
Budapest.
Budapest
Budapest is the capital and the largest city of Hungary, and one of the
largest cities in the European Union. It is the country's principal political,
cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre, sometimes
described as the primate city of Hungary.
Budapest, Hungary
St. Stephen's Basilica
Its two sides, Buda and Pest, were separate cities until 1873, and they
retain their own distinct identities, the former run through with ancient
history, the latter noisier, earthier and more cosmopolitan. In Buda you’ll
find royal palaces, Ottoman-era spas and wooded hills, while over in
Pest you can pore over a clutch of fine museums, fantastic art nouveau
buildings and a resurgent Jewish quarter.
Budapest is packed with museums and galleries, and there are plenty
of temporary exhibitions in the most unlikely of settings, particularly in
summer. The city glories in 223 museums and galleries, which presents
several memories, not only the Hungarian historical, art and science
ones, but also the memories of universal and European culture and
science. In Budapest there are currently 837 different monuments, which
represent the most of the European artistic style. The classical and unique
Hungarian Art Nouveau buildings are prominent.
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Area Information
Gellert Bath
Budapest’s reputation as a spa city is well-deserved, its many thermalspring-fed baths playing an essential part in the locals’ social life since
Roman times. Some baths, such as Gellért and Széchenyi, combine
magnificent 19th century settings and steam rooms with a proliferation
of indoor and outdoor pools, the latter being particularly appealing in
springtime. The layout of most of Budapest’s baths is similar: a series of
indoor thermal pools, where temperatures range from warm to hot, with
steam rooms, saunas, ice-cold plunge pool and rooms for massage. Some
have outdoor pools with fountains, sprays and whirlpools. Being thermal,
some are open year-round.
Budapest restaurants reflect diversity, with menus carrying traditional
regional cuisine, fusions of various culinary influences, or innovating in
the leading edge of new techniques. Budapest's food shops also have
a solid reputation for supplying quality specialised culinary products
and supplies, reputations that are often built up over generations. These
include many shops, such as Café Gerbeaud, one of the greatest and most
traditional coffeehouses in Europe, or the Gundel restaurant and gastro
shop in the City Park.
Great Market Hall
Budapest University of
Technology and Economics
Budapest is home to over 35 higher education institutions, of which a
large number are universities. Under the Bologna Process, many offered
qualifications are recognized in countries across Europe. Medicine,
dentistry, pharmaceuticals, veterinary programs, and engineering are
among the most popular fields for foreigners to undertake in Budapest.
Most universities in Budapest offer courses in English, as well as in
other languages like German, French, and Dutch, aimed specifically at
foreigners. Many students from other European countries spend one or
two semesters in Budapest through the Erasmus Programme.
Expedia: One Day in Budapest
Click to see an overview of Budapest, Hungary.
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Weekend Destinations near Budapest
Budapest, Hungary is central to all the great iconic locations in Europe.
Grand Canal, Venice
Acropolis at night, Athens
Vienna Skyline
Venice , Italy (3 hrs from Budapest by air)
Venice is enchanting. Yes, that may be cliché to say, but once you see the
city on the water for yourself, you'll surely agree. Step off of the Santa
Lucia train station and the breathtaking Grand Canal will soon greet
you. You'll see water taxis coast along, passing underneath the Ponte
degli Scalzi (Bridge of the Barefoot) and might hear the faintest hint of
a serenading violin, or is that your imagination? It might not be all in
your head. Romantic gondolas carrying smitten couples glide through
the web of the city's many waterways, and gondola drivers are known to
sing when the moment feels right. On land, narrow passageways twist
past Old World storefronts and residences, and over bridges. You should
note that maps aren't all that helpful here and getting lost is the norm —
embrace the disorientation.
Athens, Greece (2 hrs from Budapest by air)
Few cities rival Athens when it comes to historical importance. As the sun
rises over the smooth marble monuments of the Acropolis and fills the
cobblestone streets along its base, the people of Athens emerge from
their homes and head to local markets or sidewalk games of chess. Life
moves more slowly, as if the entire city is reveling in blissful retirement
from its glory days as a political and cultural powerhouse. But as the sun
sets, Athens' contradictions come to light: The air thickens with the aroma
of spiced lamb and music from a nearby taverna, dance clubs blast rock
music amidst ancient columns, and the bright lights of Omonia Square
mirror the glistening columns of the Parthenon, illuminated for all to see.
Vienna, Austria (3 hrs from Budapest by car)
History is at the heart of Vienna both literally and figuratively. The
narrow streets of the Innere Stadt (Inner City) snake through antiquated
buildings, providing an atmosphere so authentic that you almost expect
a Vienna native like composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart or psychologist
Sigmund Freud to round a cobblestone corner and greet you with "guten
tag." Extravagant baroque palaces from the Habsburg Monarchy loom
over the city, just as Mozart's classical arias pour from contemporary
cafes. If it's culture you seek, you'll find it here.
Beautiful Vienna is full of historic churches, insightful museums and
colorful markets.
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Location Links
Dunaföldvár, Tolna County and Budapest
General Area Links
Historical Sites
City of Dunaföldvár
http://www.datourinfo.eu/
node/287
World Heritage Site-Budapest
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/400
Budapest City Guide
http://www.budapest.com/city_
guide.en.html
International Schools in Budapest
http://hungary.usembassy.gov/
schools.html
Shopping
Corvin Plaza
http://shopgenevacommons.com/
Education
Study Hungary
http://www.studyhungary.hu/l
Real Estate
WestEnd City Center
http://www.westend.hu/
Tower Real Estate-Budapest
http://www.towerbudapest.com/
en/sales
Music and Entertainment
News
TripAdvisor - Dunaföldvár
https://www.tripadvisor.com/
Tourism-g4881343-Dunafoldvar_
Tolna_County_Southern_
Transdanubia-Vacations.html
The Budapest Times
http://budapesttimes.hu/
XpatLoop
http://www.xpatloop.com/
Budapest City Tours
https://www.cityrama.hu/
budapest-tours
Visit Budapest
http://visitbudapest.travel/explorebudapest/
Budapest Spas
http://www.spasbudapest.com/
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