Plant Manager (FMCG) at Ascentech Services Limited

Job Responsibilities

• Ensure that the factory staff are well educated on the importance of safety standards, and therefore work towards a risk free and zero accident environment. Through the plant managers, ensure that the safety culture improves and adherence to safety guidelines/ rules and procedures occurs
• Work with the plants to ensure that they have the right balance of skills/ structure/ people capability in place that will progress the performance of our factories. Furthermore, ensure that the plant managers drive defined continuous development initiatives of their people within the plants
• Ensure adherence to Quality, Environmental Health and Safety requirements of the Organization
• Accountable for the meeting and exceeding of operational performance and financial targets as set by the Managing Director/Business Development Manager
• Continually monitor and review manufacturing performance against agreed objectives and take necessary actions where appropriate
• Ensure that there is a clear set of action plans for each departmental target with clear resources and budgets to achieve.
• Be aware of and where appropriate contribute to business plans
• Develop plans to improve the sites manufacturing and technical performance
• Liaise with the other departments to ensure that finance targets, delivery schedules, quality and market needs are achieved
• The person in this role needs to be known, first and foremost, for leading with integrity and helping to build an open and engaging culture based on trust, a sense of ownership and responsibility and respect.
• With a deep commitment to collaborative working, s/he will work in partnership across the organisation to set ambitious goals and deliver sustainable business success.
• Whilst demanding compliance and rigour in our management processes and control systems, s/he will have a risk-balanced approach to trying new things, promoting the ability to fail and learn quickly
• S/he will be solution oriented with a deep commitment to continuous improvement aligned with the needs of both our internal and external customers.
• Finally, with a strong sense of respect for others and the value that different perspectives can bring to an organisation, s/he will be deeply committed to diversity and inclusion to drive innovation.

Requirements

• Degree in Production / Engineering discipline
• 7 - 10 years’ Demonstrable experience, ideally but not limited, experience within manufacturing environment.
• Environmental Qualification or Experience
• Budgeting
• Proactive Management Activities
• Experience in a continuous manufacturing, process or production environment
• Experience of operating with formal quality systems
• Thorough knowledge of business process (forecasting, sales reports, presentation skills, supply chain)
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Good planning and organisational skills
• Analytical thinking and problem-solving logic.