Operations Manager

Job Description : OPERATIONS MANAGER QATAR The Operations Manager will report directly to the General Manager and directly manage the site production team and maintenance teams. The role will include planning, organising and controlling production in the plant to ensure that products are produced efficiently and to the highest global quality standards. Are you somebody who is passionate about leading a team from the front? Do you have experience operating within a fully automated facility? Have you got a minimum of 5 years’ experience in an Operations Manager role within the food manufacturing Industry? If you say yes and meet the criteria below, please apply today! KEY RESPONSIBILITIES · Oversee and ensure safe, efficient and timely production of all products in the manufacturing site · Develop and drive continuous improvement activities across the site improving safety, quality, efficiency and customer delivery performance · Liaise with sales and commercial teams in order to prepare the factory with the correct raw materials in order to meet forecast sales · Set, communicate, and maintain performance, quality and safety standards · Ensure the implementation of all processes, policies, procedures, and initiatives across the company · Support and have input to commercial decisions such as NPD (New Product Development) · Measure production output to meet agreed targets and plans/forecasts, customer orders and to develop analysis on how and where production losses are occurring · Ensure that site teams monitor material usage to reduce waste, store ingredients and packaging correctly, and maintain accurate inventories – work closely with onsite procurement teams so that material availability is at agreed levels · Improve and maintain the hygiene and safety standards of the production plants; where required exceeding standards set out by customers and audit bodies including BRC, Qatar Government and others; ensure GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) is always in place and ISO and HACCP records are maintained accurately to the required standards · Develop with site team Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) ensuring staff are trained and measured to ensure compliance to these standards · Monitor site cost and budgets including labour, engineering, and maintenance spend, miscellaneous purchases, fuel and others to ensure control within budgeted levels. Develop plans to reduce the overall cost base of the site · Build and justify capital expenditure budgets for the site, with detailed rationale for investments – co-ordinate with the capital projects manager for installation, commissioning, and handover, to agreed standards · Set clear targets and measures for each of the direct reports in the factory – use weekly and daily production meetings to monitor these KPI – giving live feedback on progress against targets. KEY INGREDIENTS · Degree in Production, Operations, Manufacturing, Engineering or a related field · Minimum 5 years’ experience in food Manufacturing operations · Proven work experience as a Production, Operations, Plant, Engineering or Factory Manager within the food manufacturing Industry · Excellent knowledge of and use Lean Manufacturing techniques and be conversant in OEE, and other basic manufacturing efficiency topics · Knowledgeable of safety, quality, productivity and inventory processes · Excellent leadership, people management and decision-making skills · Excellent problem-solving skills and planning skills.

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