Chief Operating Officer - Manufacturing

Our client is a leading manufacturing and processing of edible oil and laundry soap in Kenya.

Job Responsibilities :

- Directs, manages, and optimizes the overall operations of one or more plants or other production facilities. Sets policies and makes decisions guiding productivity, quality, and cost efficiency of plant operations. Establish systems to collect metrics, analyze productivity and set performance targets that will meet revenue and cost goals. Leads the development and deployment of manufacturing practices focused on quality and continuous improvement.

- Ensures robust plant safety and security procedures and training are in place and that operations are in compliance with all required regulations. Leads any labour relations activities involving the plant. Directs plant level support functions including finance, engineering, materials, quality assurance, and human resources to ensure alignment with overall plant operations. Requires a bachelors degree in engineering or related field.

- Typically reports to top management. Manages a departmental sub-function within a broader departmental function. Creates functional strategies and specific objectives for the sub-function and develops budgets/policies/procedures to support the functional infrastructure.

- Typically requires 5+ years of managerial experience. Deep knowledge of the managed sub-function and solid knowledge of the overall departmental function.

Summary/Objective :

The general manager directs and coordinates activities of one or more departments, such as engineering, operations or sales, or a major division of the business organization and aids chief administrative officers in formulating and administering organization policies by performing the following duties personally or through subordinate managers.

Essential Functions :

- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

- Participates in formulating and administering company policies, directing and coordinating all divisional department activities to develop and implement long-range goals and objectives to meet business and profitability growth objectives.

- Reviews analyses of activities, costs, operations and forecast data to determine department or division progress toward stated goals and objectives.

- Confers with the chief administrative officer and other administrative personnel to review achievements and discuss required changes in goals or objectives resulting from current status and conditions.

- Develops, reviews, updates and implements business strategic planning, including sales, financial performance and new product development.

- Oversees manufacturing and materials departments to review production and operating reports and resolve operational, manufacturing and facility problems to ensure minimum costs and prevent operational delays and to meet future growth.

- Oversees key projects, processes and performance reports, data and analysis.

- Reviews and supports engineering and sales to oversee design concepts with fundamental or new technology used for new or existing products or improvement to provide cost reduction, safety, customer requirements and market growth.

- Reviews operations and plans to meet requirements for sales planning and to ascertain manufacturing or outsourcing requirements to develop new markets.

- Reviews and approves preparation of accounting analysis for budgetary planning and implementation, production efficiency, financial reporting, budgetary planning and submittal for capital expenditures.

Competencies :

- Business Acumen

- Communication Proficiency

- Problem Solving/Analysis

- Project Management

- Strategic Thinking