Operations Director

Job Code: 154/001/417
Industry: Packaging

Job Objective:
Implement strategies to reduce costs and improve operational performance in the organization.

Job Purpose:
Lead the manufacturing function within budget and output targets to meet customer requirements and standards. Full accountability for ensuring safety, customer quality, cost, and delivery requirements.

Job Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the creation and implementation of best practices, strategies, policies, processes, and procedures to aid and improve operational performance.
• Oversee company operations and employee productivity, building a highly inclusive culture that ensures team members can thrive and that organization goals are met.
• Ensure compliance with local business regulations, and take appropriate action when necessary.
• Build and maintain trusting relationships with key customers, clients, partners, and stakeholders.
• Identify business improvement opportunities within the organization and monitor the target productivity level.
• Communicate and liaise with other departments regarding the throughput of stock to ensure production targets are met.
• Ensure production reports and presentations are shared with the management on daily/weekly/monthly basis.
• Perform root cause analysis and resolve problems.
• Work as part of the Management team to share ideas and improve operations, recommending, supporting, and implementing continuous improvement activities and process and procedure improvements to optimize results and improve the quality of delivery, in line with quality standards requirements delivery in line with Company and Customer requirements.
• Stay current and up to date on any changes that may affect the supply and demand of needed products and materials and advise others of any impact.
• Lead and facilitate monthly safety meetings and ensure that appropriate risk assessments are undertaken which cover the activity of the team and that staff are trained on them and comply with their requirements.
• Design and implement an inventory tracking system to optimize inventory control procedures.
• Evaluating company performance and recommend strategies to improve results.
• Collaborating with management and other stakeholders to raise capital and carry out other business-expanding strategies.