About the role:

The Food Factory Director is a leadership position responsible for overseeing the entire operations of a food manufacturing facility. The Director will play a crucial role in ensuring the production of high-quality food products in compliance with industry standards, safety regulations, and company policies. This role requires a strategic mindset, strong managerial skills, and a comprehensive understanding of food production processes

Job responsibilities:

• Develop and implement day to day processes for effective and smooth operation.

• Responsible to ensure the factory is operating under highest food safety management standards
• Responsible for the P&L of the factory, monitor the COGS, fixed overheads, variable overheads, CAPEX.
• Oversee the financial information for the factory and revise budgets that can promote profitability of the factory.
• Lead the production & maintenance divisions, budget the requirement of manpower, CAPEX, spare parts and monitor the budget deviation.
• Supervise the machine productivity and staff productivity. Set targets for efficiency by ensuring limited downtime in the factory.
• Liaise with finance for product pricing and providing inputs on product yields, manhour, utility requirements.
• Liaise with demand planning team to ensure all products are forecasted, to plan the material requirements and manpower requirement.
• Work closely with HR business team to review the manpower requirement basis of forecast, formulate team structures for effective operation.
• Ensure autonomous and preventive maintenance plans are adhered and the health of the equipment are maintained.
• Closely monitor the Raw material & packaging material performance to feed inputs to the procurement team to ensure the right quality of material is consistently supplied across the factories and thereby optimize costs.
• Review the material planning report for timely delivery of materials.
• Discuss with marketing department on strategies on product innovations, packaging innovations

Key skills we would require of the ideal candidate:

• Leadership
• Strategic Planning
• Operations Management
• Regulatory Compliance
• Financial Management
• Quality Assurance
• Supply Chain Management
• Communication Skills
• Problem-Solving
• Innovation and Technology Awareness
• Customer Focus
• Team Building and Development
• Adaptability
• Time Management
• Interpersonal Skills

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