Factory Director
Job Description
Essential Roles and Responsibilities:
Operational Support:
Assists in the daily operations of the department, ensuring smooth functioning and achievement of goals.
Oversees workflow and staff schedules to ensure optimal productivity
Maintains regular communication with team members to ensure adherence to company’s policies and procedures.
Ensures effective communication with concerned staff to smoothly maintain pillars of financial management (securing, efficient use, monitoring and reporting of companies resources)
Team Management:
Helps departments to organize the necessary information in a systematic way so that the production, planning, monitoring, and control system are contained and strengthened
Supervises and mentors staff, offering guidance and support. Conducts performance reviews and provides feedback for employee development.
Identifies knowledge, skill and behavior gaps of the factory staff and organizes development programs to enhance team capabilities.
Guides staff on timely recording of machine history, spare parts, etc. and conducts close follow up on preventive and curative maintenances
Conducts product pricing in collaboration with concerned departments
Organizes staff and meeting and shares updates to concerned
Leadership:
Provides robust leadership to the team
Aligns employees behind the company’s goal by creating team sprit
Influence staff on cost leadership via employing leadership framework
Represents the factory and markets its branding, diplomatically negotiates with strategic stakeholders and maintains companies interest
Strategic Planning:
Prepares workmanship, activity, procurement, spending plans with relevant department heads
Contributes input to concerned department on marketing strategies ( targeting, positioning and segmentation)
Collaborates with the managers to plan, execute, and evaluate departments’ strategies and initiatives.
Contributes to setting department goals and targets, and ensuring alignment with overall company objectives.
Prepares regular reports on performance, operational metrics, and departmental achievements.
Analyzes data to identify trends, issues, and areas for improvement.
Addresses operational issues and challenges promptly and effectively.
Makes critical decisions when the manager is unavailable and raise critical issues when necessary.
Ensures compliance with relevant laws, regulations, and company policies.
Assists in identifying and mitigating operational risks.
Supports customer service and client relationship management, ensuring satisfaction and addressing concerns when necessary.
Ensures stakeholders management and creates smooth working relationship with local communities and government organs,
Assures compliance to food safety, statutory, regulatory, mutually agreed customer requirements and other obligations.
Fulfills and exceed the needs and expectations of customers and ensure the highest possible satisfaction of the customers.
Ensures the production and supply of safe products across the supply chain
Contributes for the demand and supply chain managements
Prevents cross-contamination and controls hazards by developing or innovating systems/methods
Manages threats and vulnerabilities by establishing food defense and food fraud mitigation measures
Minimizes and effectively manages risks and use opportunities to improve performance,
Ensures preparedness and response to emergency situations and accidents.
Develops matured food safety culture within the management, employees and relevant parties,
Periodically monitor, measures, analyzes and evaluates the food safety management systems in compliance with the standards.
Continually validates, verifies, reviews, improves and updates the food safety management system for the continuing suitability, adequacy and effectiveness of the system.
Establishes, implements, documents, maintains and continually improves the food safety management system (ISO 22000) in the operations.
Introduces ERP to concerned staff and makes it fully operational.
Ensures spot check and inventory management plans are in place, implemented and reported on regular and impromptu bases
Performs other duties as required.
Benefits Package:
1) Competitive salary and benefits package,
2) Opportunities for career growth/development and bank loan for house and car (this one under negotiation with the banks), and
3) A dynamic and collaborative work environment,
About You
Educational Background:
MSC/BSC degree in in food science and related field
Experience:
Respectively, MSC/BSC 5/7 years of experience in in food production management
Ability to troubleshoot production issues and implement solutions in an efficacy
Excellent organizational and time-management skills
Experience working with ERP systems and food science software,
Excellent negotiation, communication, and interpersonal skills,
Strong problem-solving abilities and a data-driven approach to decision-making,
Ability to work under pressure, to manage multiple priorities, and meet tight deadlines
Knowledge and understanding of Ethiopian production seasons is preferred,
Knowledge of food safety regulations and standards (e.g., ISO 22000, HACCP).
Fluent in English, Afaan Oromoo and Amharic
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