General Manager

Job Description : General Manager – Production & operations for one of our production units in Mombasa, Kenya. The candidate will be directly responsible to ensure that all operations within the manufacturing plant are aligned with the overall company business strategy, ensuring that production efficiencies are maintained at the highest levels and that costs are contained within budgeted parameters whilst making certain of best ethical standards and practices. Furthermore, the candidate will be responsible to maintain health & safety standards within the facility at all times & must ensure that all the factory systems and processes are diligently and conscientiously practiced with a motivated and well-trained work force. It will be up to the candidate to spear head perpetual training and enhance talent at all levels of personnel within the manufacturing facility to ensure a seamless succession whenever required at any level of the work force. It will be the candidate’s responsibility to earn the best customer satisfaction standards possible whilst achieving the highest factory efficiency and Company profitability. The size of the operations constitutes 1500 Sewing Machines with 2700 personnel, which includes HR, Administration, Warehousing (Import and Export), Production Planning, Industrial Engineering, Production (Cutting, Sewing, Laundry and Finishing Departments) QAD, Machine and General Factory Maintenance. Application from hands-on Apparel General Managers with an exceptional track record of achievement in apparel production for clothing shipped to U.S and Europe retailers will be looked upon favourably. The candidate must have excellent communication skills, high competence in people management and must be figure savvy to understand, investigate and tackle production issues against targeted objectives on a daily basis. Ideally, the candidate should have experience in managing large factories in India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Vietnam, or Cambodia for successful consideration. The position offers a very good comprehensive salary and benefits package that could vary based on experience, achievements and laurels achieved by the candidate.

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