About the role
Sanergy is fast expanding its operations and looking for a General Manager – Production to oversee manufacturing and maintenance operations across Sanergy’s production facilities in Kenya.
Duties and Responsibilities
Accountable for the performance of all production facilities in Kenya. Develop and implement systems to ensure that production volume, cost, quality and ESH targets are met.
Collaborate with the planning, quality, health, safety, environment, maintenance, financial analysis and continuous improvement teams to drive production process optimization.
Oversee the maintenance function to reduce the frequency and impact of breakdowns. Provide direction to implement best in class maintenance practices to improve MTTR and MTBF.
Own and be accountable for the operational budget. Coach Factory Managers and Maintenance Managers under you to conduct sound resource planning and deployment so as to maximize resource utilization.
Collaborate with the talent team to set up and implement systems for people management, performance management and learning and development.
Coach managers across production and maintenance on effective approaches to project management. Oversee implementation of projects by managers to achieve the required outcomes on time.
Coach managers across production on continuous improvement methodologies, preferably around Lean Thinking, Six Sigma or Total Productive Maintenance (TPM).
Qualifications
Master’s Degree in an Engineering related field.
At least 5 years experience in manufacturing operations.
At least 3 years experience in a management role manufacturing.
Demonstrable track record in implementing cost, quality and delivery improvement projects in operations.
Working knowledge of project management approaches.
Working knowledge of continuous improvement methodologies, preferably at least one of Lean Thinking, Six Sigma or Total Productive Maintenance (TPM).
Working knowledge of approaches to cost modelling and analysis.
A general understanding of statistical process control.
Coachable – a desire to learn, constantly improve, and act on feedback
Apply via :
portal.saner.gy
