Factory Manager at Unilever

Main Job Purpose

The Factory Manager is responsible for operating the Nairobi factory (consisting of 3 separate factories: Homecare, BPC and Foods) as per agreed standards. S/he leads manufacturing activities in the factory to achieve desired service levels on time. The Factory manager delivers site targets following the supply chain and category strategies including targets on service, costs, productivity, quality, innovation and OSHE.

Job Summary

• Deploy and Deliver factory annual plan and financial results including targets on service, costs, productivity, quality, innovation and OSHE
• Recommend long term site strategic plans to the respective Category and Supply Chain teams and contribute CCBT objectives.
• Lead factory to develop and implement continuous improvement plans to deliver site targets – manufacturing performance management
• Manage and deliver the factory financial results: annual budgets, Sourcing Unit Result, conversion costs and create programmes to deliver financial results
• Engage and facilitate the implementation of innovations on site, for products, ways of working, service models and supply chain models
• Propose, agree with Category Product group and Technology, and implement the necessary capital investments to meet the planned production requirements, safety, environmental and cost targets
• Ensure that the technical standards of all manufacturing and non-manufacturing fixed assets are maintained. Enable the factory operation to achieve high level of Customer Service at optimal cost
• Drive WCM activities and teams by leading the WCM Steering Committee to develop, update and deliver site roadmap.
• Co-ordinate and direct the factory and associated co-packer operations to achieve the agreed production plans at the specified product quality with optimum labour, energy and materials utilization.
• Own factory quality management in line with QA system and ISO 9000 procedures.
• Own HR policy deployment and implementation on sites, including management of employee relations.
• Comply and ensure the application of all Unilever Policies and governance requirements.
• Lead on initiatives and projects aiming for sites integration and collaborative work along the extended supply chain.

Essential

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

• 8- 10 Years’ experience in Supply Chain (Make/Technology, SHE, Quality Assurance)
• Planning, Research & Development are an added advantage)

Preferred

• FMCG experience

Women and People living with a disability are encouraged to apply.

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