OPERATIONS MANAGER at Lafarge Cement

The Operations Manager will oversee batching plant operations, also ensuring that the key resources required in operations (material e.g. cement & aggregates) are available and optimized.

Main Activities/Responsibilities

- Ensures that all equipment and processes meet the Lafarge Safety road map and guidelines.
- Actively engages with the workforce to reinforce safety behavior on all Ready-mix plants and job sites and to assess H&S        compliance, with documented visit report
- Select and champion important safety action items, in consultation with Safety Manager and the GM. 

OPERATIONS 

Main Activities/Responsibilities

• Accountable for overall performance of the batching plant operations (production, equipment utilization, HR, fleet management, material supplies esp. cement, ... )
• With the support of the technical manager and performance analyst, ensure proper internal controls are in place (especially stock reconciliations, loss investigation, ... )
• Maintain adequate levels of all supplies and products (i.e. fuel, cement, admixtures, fiber mesh, etc.); maintain accurate and current reports as required and general administrative oversight of plant activities
• Ensure all vehicles and equipment continually remains in safe and efficient operating condition; monitor all preventative and regular maintenance on vehicles and equipment.
• Develop processes to ensure concrete sales dispatch as needed; coordinate all scheduling with dispatch; monitor all driver activity to ensure customer needs are being met in an efficient manner; address specific problems; provide advice and implementation of processes to provide assistance to customers as needed, and respond to all complaints in a timely manner. 

PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT 

Main Activities/Responsibilities

• Develops plans for efficient use of materials, plant, and employees
• Raw material management monitoring, from sale to consumption
• Follow up on all plant benchmark and take actions
• Statistical studies of produced and delivered ready mix concrete
• Develop proper reporting templates and ensure effective report management 

PEOPLE MANAGEMENT

• Ensure necessary level of competency for direct reports
• Develop and agree training & Development plan for Operational staff