Location: Sango, Ogun
Employment Type: Full-time
Job Summary
- As the Factory Operations Manager, you will provide strategic and operational leadership across production, engineering, maintenance, utilities, facilities, quality, HSE, and continuous improvement to ensure efficient, safe, and cost-effective factory operations.
Responsibilities
- Lead production planning, scheduling, resource allocation, KPI monitoring, and continuous improvement to achieve output and efficiency targets.
- Manage preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance, equipment reliability, breakdowns, spare parts, budgets, installations, upgrades, and automation projects.
- Oversee factory facilities, utilities, infrastructure, contractors, vendors, maintenance, expansions, renovations, and workflow optimization.
- Ensure compliance with GMP, HACCP, food safety, quality, regulatory, audit, traceability, and documentation requirements.
- Drive HSE compliance, safety culture, accident investigations, PPE, machine safety, hygiene, environmental controls, and zero lost-time incidents.
- Manage budgets, manufacturing costs, CAPEX, investment proposals, operational reporting, and lead production, maintenance, engineering, utilities, and facilities teams through performance management, training, succession planning, and continuous improvement.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Food Engineering, Manufacturing, or a related discipline
- Minimum of 15 years manufacturing experience, preferably in FMCG or food processing, with at least 5 years in a senior Operations, Plant Management, or Manufacturing leadership role
- MBA or postgraduate qualification in Operations Management is an advantage
- Professional certifications in Maintenance, Project Management, Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, or HSE are desirable
- Strong expertise in factory operations, production planning, maintenance, facilities, food safety, budgeting, cost control, project management, KPI management, regulatory compliance, leadership, and decision-making.
Salary
Open to Negotiation.
Application Closing Date
30th September, 2026.
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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