Plant Manager
Industry: Industry: Construction / Engineering / Cement / Metals
Report to: Operations Director
Location: Nigeria
Role Description:
Be the “champion” of the Business Unit/Country/Group priorities in the plant.
Develop and maintain high plant performance standards: safety, sustainable industrial excellence, people development & mobilization and customer orientation.
Develop the value of the plant assets: equipment, reserves, skills and organization, Plant Image (stakeholders’ relationships).
Person Specifications:
Qualifications Skills & Experience
Engineering degree
10 years’ experience in a process industry. Strong and experienced background in senior management including Technical, Process and Project management understanding
English: upper intermediate level. Must be able to express him/herself during meetings with native or foreign English speakers.
Working knowledge of Excel, Word and Lotus Notes
Based on the global objectives and guidelines given by the Business Unit Manager:
Safety
Behave in accordance with the eleven safety rules set up by the Group and must be an example for the employees.
Create safe work conditions and mobilize all plant employees and on-site contractors on safety at work (behaviours and skills).
Plant Management Cycle
Conduct all necessary assessments and benchmarks in the framework of Group tools.
Formulate the vision and set the priorities of the plant with the Business Unit Manager.
Define the Plant Progress Plan (PPP) with the support of the Industrial Performance Manager.
Prepare the annual plant budgets and ensure the constant follow up along the year.
Define investment needs, CAPEX budgets and ensure execution of related projects.
Prepare the Plant Organization & Human Resources review including the Plant Team Assessment.
Set the plant objectives and cascade them down to his subordinates in a stretch and coherent manner
Quality & Customer satisfaction
Establish high quality standards on a contractual mode with the marketing department.
Ensure that the products meet the quality specifications and decide to stop the deliveries in case of non-conformities.
Develop a customer orientation culture for all plant personnel.
Industrial Excellence
Optimize and adapt the production process and equipment in line with PPP
Ensure that the production commitments in terms of volumes, deadlines and costs are respected.
Fully implement the Group Plant Operating Model
Human Resource Management & Development
Define and implement with the BU HR Director the relevant organizational changes.
Elaborate the succession plan and training plan of people at all levels to preserve or develop the key competencies.
Decide on the allocation of the personnel, their sanctions and rewards.
Ensure the communication and negotiation with local representatives of the personnel of the local work agreements under the HR Director’s guidance.
Preserve the social climate.
Stakeholder Relation
Represent the company in front of the local authorities and the union representatives.
Promote company image in the local social, economic and environmental community.
Ensure that the laws and regulations pertaining to the activity are respected as well as protection of environment in compliance with Group standards.