Factory Manager
Position Circumstances
- Career Category: Manufacturing Production, Operations Management, Engineering, Exec. / Management
- Schedule:Full-time
- Salary: Based on Experience
Location: Bousra
The Factory Manager is responsible for overall factory operations, production performance, quality, safety, people management and continuous improvement. The role ensures that production targets are achieved safely, efficiently, on time, within budget, and in compliance with company policies, customer requirements, and applicable ISO standards.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Lead and manage daily factory operations and production activities to achieve targets for volume, quality, productivity, delivery, and cost.
- Lead, coach, and develop a team of approximately 120 employees, including workforce planning, performance management, recruitment, promotion, and development.
- Plan and optimize the use of manpower, raw materials, machinery, facilities, and other resources to maximize efficiency and minimize waste.
- Ensure effective quality management and product conformity, including management of non-conforming products and customer complaints.
- Maintain compliance with ISO 14001:2015, ISO 45001:2018, QMS, EHS requirements, company policies, and applicable regulations.
- Monitor KPIs, production performance, downtime, productivity, wastage, quality, and costs, and take timely corrective actions.
- Drive continuous improvement, productivity enhancement, cost reduction, waste reduction, and process optimization.
- Ensure effective preventive/predictive maintenance and minimize equipment downtime and production interruptions.
- Coordinate closely with Quality Assurance, Maintenance, Plantation, Sustainability, Warehouse, Procurement, and senior management to ensure smooth end-to-end operations.
- Prepare and analyze operational reports and provide recommendations to management for informed decision-making.
- Serve as Management Representative for quality, environmental, and occupational health & safety systems, supporting certification audits, customer audits, internal audits, corrective actions, and management reviews.
- Make timely decisions on major production, quality, resource, and operational issues while ensuring compliance with company and customer requirements.
Benefits:
- Salary upon experience and qualifications + Bonus
- Plantation package (Housing, Electricity, Water, rice)
Expected Profile of Candidates
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations Management or a related field
Work History:
- Managerial position for 3 to 5 years as a minimum
Skills & Knowledge:
General & Technical Skills
- Minimum 8–10 years of experience in manufacturing
- Proven experience managing overall factory operations, including Production, Packing, QA,
- Engineering/Maintenance, Planning and Warehouse/Store
- Well aware about Management system: ISO9001:2015 / ISO14001:2015 / IS045001:2018 - Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, 5S, Kaizen and continuous improvement
- Experience in the rubber or glove manufacturing industry is an added advantage.
Soft Skills
- Excellent communication, collaboration and delegation skills.
- Strong leadership, problem-solving and decision-making skills
- Hands-on, proactive, and results-oriented approach with the ability to manage a large workforce.
