Our client is a leading international FMCG company
Main responsibilities:
To produce budgets and investment proposals and carry them out. (Production, Engineering, Maintenance, Organisation and methods, quality control), with the consensus of the Industrial director, in function of the forecasted levels of production, investments, general costs, reserves
To control the production costs, engineering, maintenance, organisation and quality control, minimizing losses and adjusting the programmings to the end so that the biggest profitability in the manufacturing costs favours the benefit without prejudicing the quality.
To define stock levels of raw materials (coordinating with purchases and logistics) and completed products, as well as the rotation policy to cover the requirements in time and method minimizing the working capital.
To supervise the preparation and adjust the machinery type, as well as elaborating and implanting the preventive maintenance plan, according to availability , to achieve the maximum reliability and availability that allows the execution of the production plans avoiding production stoppages due to bad operation.
To coordinate resources, teams and production personnel, engineering, maintenance, organisation and quality control to service the logistic and planning demands, taking maximum advantage of these according to the requirements.
To control agreed production plans with the operatives and maintenance with the purpose of adjusting at every moment employee activity to the requirements of plant production.
To represent the company in diverse meetings with workers representatives, union groups and labour unions, and directly intervene with the head of personnel in order to keep them informed of company activity and avoid possible labour and social conflicts, to achieve a climate of social and labour staff stability.
To supervise and check the implementation of health and safety, sanity, quality of factory environment, as for facilities, civil work, buildings with the purpose that all the installations are maintained in the best conditions to the required health and safety standards.
To define the service policy to the client in the warehouse, to ensure that their expectations are met (in those factories that apply).
University degree or engineering degree.
Minimum 8 years' experience in similar positions of factory manager in the food sector.
Experience in Africa would be a great asset