General Manager - Manufacturing Operations - Steel

We have an opportunity for GM Manufacturing Operations with one of the steel manufacturing company in Nigeria.

Location: Ogun State, Nigeria

Age - 40-45

Qualification: B.E (mechanical/Electrical/Metallurgy preferable),MBA/PGDBM

Reporting to CEO

Experience: 15-20 years (at least 5-10 years in Steel industry : TMT, nails, mesh, sections)

Some working experience in Nigeria preferred.

Its senior position: leading team for building operations with culture of continuous improvement. Reporting to CEO/Board and should have competency of building s strategic plans backed up by execution skills.

ROLE -

- To formulate short-term and long-range objectives, plans and programs for the business area at plant and to ensure that corporate plans are materialized. To operate and run the existing Steel manufacturing plant.

- Working on vision to work on making the facility world class, incorporating best layout and manufacturing practices. (Application of Tools like 5S,TPM,to build culture to build cost competitiveness).

- Head end to end operations: from Product Development, to delivery to customers. with defined business outcomes, with culture of continual improvement.

- Production Planning in line with sales plan

- Regular interactions with sales/customer to develop product of required specifications and cost. Ensuring deliveries and quality meeting customer expectations.

- Production with desired level of productivity, Quality, cost, etc.

- Building culture of continual improvement with implementation of Tools like TPM and 5 S.

- Ensure cost down initiatives to build competitiveness

- To rationally do raw material procurement and monitor the yield

- To oversee the general administration function and co-ordinate activities of Quality control, NPD, Admin/Personnel/Human Resource, Maintenance, Dispatch, Stores, Electrical Department.

- Managing stores, procurement, logistics and warehouses operations.

- Legal compliance and safety in the plant with cordial industrial relations.

- Variance referring to Budget, analysis and drawing monitoring corrective actions

- Preparation of capex and operations budget, monthly monitoring and efforts to maintain as per budget/better .performance.

- Keep up moral of Team up by building competencies and engagement

- Ensuring Delivery of Products to customers with desired quality and schedule.

- Ensure all elements of manufacturing costs as per set target..

- To assist the CEO in establishing the performance for the location and developing of Key Result Areas as a measure for development of people, operating efficiency, innovation, physical and financial resource utilization, social and environmental responsibility and profitability.

- Review biz parameters and take appropriate actions on time to avoid any deviations.

- Safety of machines, material and employees. To keep the machine down time to the least to match best industry practices

- Develop systems and processes for smooth running of operations.

- Ensure legal compliances to ensure smooth running of biz operations and avoiding any legal issues.

- Develop clear time bound succession plan as agreed.

KEY SKILLS:

- Manufacturing process.

- Experience in Melting (Multiple furnaces)

- Knowledge of steel manufacturing : TMT, nails, mesh

- Mind set of setting right processes

- Understanding of end to end cost .

- Use of IT tools to run operations efficiently.

- Interactions sales /customers.(listening)