Factory/Production Manager at Best Search Recruitment

Job Purpose

• The production manager will be involved with the planning, coordination and control of Manufacturing processes.
• Ensure that goods and services are produced efficiently and that the correct amount is produced at the right cost and level of quality is of international standard.
• The Production Manager will be involved in the pre-production (planning) stage as well as the production (control and supervision) stage. A large part of production management will involve dealing with people, particularly those who work in your team.
• The production manager will have a broad scope as being the top manager on the plant, involving not only production, production planning, machine maintenance etc., but also finance and HR related functions.

Responsibilities
The successful candidate will be able to:

• Be part of the planning team that initial will make the plant layout;
• Overseeing the production process, drawing up production schedules;
• Ensuring that the production is cost effective;
• Making sure that products are produced on time and are of good quality;
• Working out the human and material resource needed
• Drafting a timescale for the job
• Estimating costs and setting the quality standards;
• Monitoring the production processes and adjusting schedules as needed;
• Being responsible for the selection and maintenance of equipment;
• Monitoring product standards and implementing quality-control programs;
• Liaising among different stakeholders, e.g. customers, suppliers, local authorities, unions etc.
• Drafting up policies and goals;
• Working with managers to implement the company's policies and goals
• Ensuring that health and safety guidelines written, implemented and followed;
• Supervising and motivating a team of workers;
• Reviewing worker performance;
• Identifying training needs.

Requirements
In respect of the ideal candidate profile:

• Strong factory/production experience from Nigeria
• Preferred experience from a Food and beverages company
• Must be a Male
• Educational background can vary but the candidate will likely be within the
• Engineering field;
• Minimum of 5 years management experience as operations manager, Factory Manager, Production Manager or similar;
• High attention to details;
• Structured and mature;
• With excellent presentation skills, the person should have the ability to present for a group of executives;
• Strong problem solving abilities with focus on innovative and insightful solutions

Interested and qualified candidates should forward their applications (Resume) to: onyinye@bestsearchrecruitment.com