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- Responsible to overview the whole factory's operations - people, planning, systems, finances, production, equipment, machinery.
- Achieve plant operation targets, including business unit output and KPIs, operational cost, quality, safety, hygiene & sanitation, team well-being, maintenance, manpower planning to deliver the required production output and other company goals
- Your key deliverables will be production output increase, process efficiency metrics across operations as well as total and unit cost reduction
- Resolve production issues and delays effectively and pragmatically to avoid delays.
- Coordinate, manage and monitor all production aspects, including Quality Assurance, Procurement, Supply Chain of raw materials, Inventory & Distribution, Finance, HR to ensure coherence and good team work to deliver results.
- Advance data-driven operations and ensure data across operations is relevant and up-to-date to reflect performance across processes. Communicate results and process quality clearly in reports and real-time dashboards. Define & refine measurable and impactful metrics across all operational aspects
- Use all levels of data to analyse and improve operations, take decisions, inform our engineering and technology roadmap and communicate at management team.
- Develop a top-notch operations team - enable the team to run an excellent production system through performance dialogues, actionable feedback and effective team management.
- Ensure all staff are trained and equipped with company policies, procedures, and safety protocols are complied with.
- Lead the process on certification & meeting standards (HACCP, GMP, ISO, etc.).
- Complete additional assignments, including performing any task assigned by the management from time to time.
Job Requirements
- You should have an interest in sustainable food systems & innovation.
- At least 2 years of relevant experience
- Bonus if you have experience in the food value chain (food manufacturing, feed, farming especially livestock or aquaculture; biomass).
- Minimum Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Science or other related discipline
- MBA or business qualification preferred.
- You should have a track record of reaching and exceeding operational performance targets, achieve efficiencies, create safe and stable operations, manage budgets and costs and develop high-performance teams.
- You should have worked with multiple interdisciplinary teams successfully in previous roles and delivered demonstrated results.
- Candidates must be strong and confident communicators both for technical discussions as well as team leadership
- Excellent written and spoken English is a preferred
- While you are technically and analytically strong, you have the 'people-sense' and care about the well-being of all our workers and team members.
- We are looking for an entrepreneurial mindset - people who understand that while different teams have different responsibilities the company only succeeds together or all fail. This also means that you think like an owner and don't wait for someone else to design your daily job scope.
- You're a well-rounded operations leader, you bring:
- Strong attention to detail and high work standards;
- Ability to organize Proteinea’s people, products, and plans efficiently;
- Pro-active and independent thinking and problem-solving competence;
- Emphasis on data- and evidence-based communication and decision-making;
- Strong bias for action and continuous improvement;
- Strong IT and computer skills preferred;
- Experience with continuous improvement and operational excellence frameworks is a plus.
- Technical knowledge in Food Hygiene standards, HACCP, GMP+ preferred.
Note:
- This is a demanding role within a high-growth startup environment.
- To succeed, you'll need to be willing to "go all-in" requiring significant time and bandwidth investment.
- Your work will be at the farm, factory, lab, office and field site visits and full of variety - We promise it won't be boring with us.
