Technical / Operations Director

CANDIDATES MUST HAVE RECENT EMPLOYENT WITHIN THE CORRUGATED PACKAGING MANUFACTURING SECTOR.

This is a rare opportunity for an industry expert to join one of Africa’s leading packaging companies. We are looking for candidates who are used to the expat way of life, or have been thinking about this lifestyle, to embark on a new adventure in Nigeria. A substantial off shore salary in dollars is on offer, along with a package that includes fully furnished accommodation, car, driver’s salary, house helper, home security, travel safe support, children’s private education if required, and family healthcare.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Overall responsibility for resource planning, production planning, productivity maximisation and waste control.

• Implementing quality improvement programs including spot audits, root-cause analysis, and implementation of remedial actions via the QMS and CI functions

• Direct and coordinate plant operations within company policies and procedures

• Develop efficient strategies to ensure the plant meets production goals and standards at minimal manufacturing costs.

• Continuous improvement implementation.

• Analyse Production and Corrective Action Reports. Identify opportunities and build teams to solve problems and improve efficiencies and processes in the plant.

• Review schedules for Preventive maintenance and develop best practices for Preventive maintenance to ensure optimal use of machines, assets and resources.

• Implement new projects, create project teams and communicate the vision of the organisation with senior management.

• Develop and comply with factory budget to ensure that all financial and business goals are met.

• Negotiate with contractors and suppliers for machine commissioning, installations or AMC.

• Establish and direct plant policies and procedures.

• Foster the culture of training and development to have well-trained and motivated staff with HR.

• Confer with department heads to ensure efficient purchasing, planning and production.

• Conducting performance reviews and motivating staff to meet production goals. Advise training plan for all Production staff and recommend promotion, career and succession planning.

• Develop and implement operational improvement systems such as the Customer Complaint and Corrective Action Reports to collect data, identify problem areas and build teams to improve the process.

• Plan, organise, direct, control, evaluate, and make recommendations, as well as associated plans to improve the plant functions.

• Ensure that Health and Safety requirements are being met as per standards in the plant.

• Coordinate QMS functions to achieve ISO, BRC and other customer and industry compliance audits.

Success will require a dynamic, result oriented leader with strong communication and presentation skills.

We are looking for someone with extensive experience in the corrugated packaging industry, managing a workforce of at least 300 employees. Experience managing ISO 9001 & ISO 22000 (or equivalent quality standards) would be an advantage.

If you are interested in taking your industry knowledge to a country that boats colourful diversity and fabulous landscapes then this could be the opportunity for you!