Vacancies: Managing Director, Production Manager, Marketing Manager
Our client is a New Noodle Manufacturing Company currently seeking to fill the following key management positions.
Position: Managing Director
Description for proposed noodles factory
The successful candidate shall be responsible for directing and managing all company operations with overall responsibilities for production, finance, quality control, compliances, marketing and other performance-related functions. The Managing Director will report to the Board of Directors of the company and will:-
- Develop and implement short, medium and long term strategies, action plans and targets in line with defined vision, mission and strategic objectives approved by the Board.
- Direct and manage plant operations for production, packaging, maintenance, safety, quality and regulatory compliances.
- Conduct regular review of the company’s competitive environment and take appropriate measures to jump start and continuously increase the company’s market share.
- Define and sustain appropriate work ethics and production culture for the company and institutionalize quality and growth values across all processes.
- Coordinate plant activities through planning with departmental managers to ensure total manufacturing objectives are accomplished in a timely and cost effective manner.
- Establish and monitor overall plant performance for production and quality standards.
- Implement cost effective systems of control over all operating expenditures
- Recognize, anticipate and respond to all issues and opportunities that affect the company’s financial and operational stability and effectively safeguard the company’s interest and conditions at all times.
- Ensure efficient day- to- day management of the company.
Qualifications and Attributes:
- A first degree in Food Technology, Engineering, Applied or Social Sciences or related discipline from a reputable institution.
- A Master’s degree in relevant field and experience with advanced planning systems will be an added advantage.
- Minimum of 15 years work experience at managerial level of which at least 7 years must be in food or beverage manufacturing environment
- Cross functional experience, strategic and commercial track record and knowledge of competitors and market dynamics
- Computer Literate (MS Office) with project management, leadership and coaching skills and techniques, strategic thinking ability and decision- making skills
- Good team player result driven and sound commercial and business awareness
Position: Production Manager
The successful candidate shall be responsible specifically for the following:-
- Define, develop and monitor the implementation of designed factory production plans and objectives in accordance with the developed factory policy and key production activities
- Set up daily, monthly and yearly production plan based on sales actual plan.
- Develop and control the Factory Production budget as well as the factory’s capital investment plans and related capital expenditures.
- Develop and monitor factory production in accordance with the key performance indicators.
- Manage all production stages within defined quality and safety standards
- Effectively manage human and other resources to achieve production targets & continuously motivate the workforce.
- Handle R&D operations and work on new formulations for developing and improving the product line.
- Develop, implement and monitor various control systems where applicable while training on an ongoing basis the production staff on identified needs.
- Monitor plant and machinery problems, breakdowns and liaise with maintenance department to resolve all issues.
- Ensuring that production process is according to plan.
Qualifications and Attributes:
- A good degree in Food Science and Technology, Microbiology, Biochemistry, Engineering or related discipline from a reputable institution.
- Relevant and adequate professional qualification in the manufacturing/food industry would be an added advantage
- Have a persuasive evidence of successful management track record as Factory Manager in a reputable company in the manufacturing industry, at least 7 years of which must be in the food industry
- Experience in research and development of new products based on market demands.
- Working knowledge of GMR, QMS and ISO systems would be an added advantage.
- Strong leadership quality plus analytical, interpersonal and communication skills.
- Food manufacturing and regulatory compliances.
- Excellent Production related IT skills.
Position: Marketing Manager
The successful candidate shall be responsible specifically for the following:-
- Development, implementation and management of overall marketing and sales strategies to continuously increase the company’s market share and profitability
- Managing the entire product line life cycle from strategic planning to tactical activities.
- Develop annual marketing plan and manage company’s brand to achieve targeted turnover.
- Develop and manage product prices, promotion and market network.
- Manage the marketing budget and delivery of all marketing activities within agreed budget.
- Manage frequent, timely and positive media coverage for sales, and its programs across all available media.
Qualifications and Attributes:
- A first degree in Marketing, Applied or Social Sciences or related discipline from a reputable institution.
- A master’s degree in relevant field and experience developing strategic marketing campaigns for FMCGs will be an added advantage.
- Minimum of 15 years work experience of which at least 7 years must be in food or beverage manufacturing environment.
- Strategic and commercial track record, knowledge of competition and market dynamics and sound commercial and business awareness and innovative market penetration capabilities
- Good team player, result driven and good communication and presentation skills
Method of Application:
Interested candidates who meet the qualities and qualifications above should apply stating the desired job position and forward comprehensive curriculum vitae (prepared as a word/pdf document) to: info@quickprojectsng.com on or before 30th November 2012.
All applicants are guaranteed that their applications will be treated with the highest level of confidentiality. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
