Country Head Plant Operations

Job Description : COUNTRY HEAD PLANT OPERATIONS DRC Key Responsibilities : Shall be responsible for: - Understanding business and ensuring that the entire operation of the plant operates safely and efficiently to provide high quality work at all times. - Formulation and achievement of goals (vertical based) in line with corporate vision, mission and objectives of the company. - Ensuring strategy, structure, staffing, skills, style and processes are synergetic with the business objectives. - Analyzing and acting according to the business needs. - Scheduling and making regular visits to overseas centers; reviewing quality and services - for one month at least at each center. - Ensuring that employees are result oriented and able to operate as a team - Achieving operational and financial performance of all the overseas centers under charge. - Deriving business plan and get approval from the management. - Ensuring compliance with productivity, quality and service delivery metrices for all assigned points. - Develop and implement operational policies and procedures to maintain best practices. - To liaison with the Government authorities / local political leaders / nearby community centre heads. - Ensuring all safety parameters are complied with. - Annual resource planning - forecasting resource requirements and managing the source of availability. - Carrying out continuous analysis of production, recoveries, expenses and funds utilization to optimize revenues. - Making efforts to maximize procurement of raw material and minimize overheads. - Keeping daily update of activities of Foreign centers and discuss with Operations Head. - To set targets for the centers per month and pursue them. Focus Areas : Plant Operations (Manufacturing / Maintenance / Stores / Accounts) - Administration - Local Liaising - Local Procurement - Purchase - Shipping / Logistics - Manpower Management Other Responsibilities o Based on the business plan, to fix KRA's for the next level of managers / deputy managers / executives and other staff. - Requires frequent traveling to multiple overseas locations. Qualification : - BE / B Tech or equivalent - CA / ICWA or equivalent - MBA (Operations) or equivalent Experience : Minimum 15 - 20 years relevant experience (preferably in Africa) Additi - Excellent man-management skills - Excellent communication, interpersonal and team-development skills - Minimum 5 years' experience as business unit / profit center head of an SSI or engineering section head in a mid-sized company

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