Plant Manager – Mombasa at Bamburi Cement Ltd

Health and 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).
• Ensure Health and safety regulations are applied on site and monitor non compliance.

Plant management Cycle

• Conduct all necessary assessments and benchmarks in the framework of Advance.
• Formulate the vision and set the priorities of the plant with the manufacturing director.
• Define the Plant Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) with the relation manager’s support.
• 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 O&HR review including the Plant Team Assessment.
• Set the plant objectives and cascade them down to his subordinates in a stretch and coherent manner.

Quality and Customer Satisfaction

• Establish high quality standards on a contractual mode with the marketing
• 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 PIP
• Ensure that the production commitments in terms of volumes, deadlines and costs are respected.

People Management and Development

• Define and implement with the BU HR Director the relevant organizational changes.
• Elaborate the succession plan and training plan of people at all level 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 Relations

• Represent the company in front of the local authorities and the union representatives.
• Promote company image in the local social, economical and environmental community.
• Ensure that the laws and regulations pertaining to the activity are respected as well as protection of the environment in compliance with Group standards.

Plant

• Have a purposeful and practical organization for smooth working of the plant.
• Ensure that responsibilities are well-defined by flow charts and job descriptions.
• Have a precise, efficient and meaningful plant reporting/management information system for timely submission.
• Ensure that the subordinate employees have the accurate objectives and performance standards

Leadership

• Supervise directly the subordinates and to keep them motivated at all times in order to make them more productive, professional and capable of handling challenging works.
• Pursue a participative management style.Make timely decisions.
• Effectively delegate the responsibilities to the lowest possible level.
• Have the appraisals of the employees and to inform them and the HR department of their weaknesses.
• Develop a good working environment in the plant and to keep the personnel turn over low.
• Have the plant management and production meetings regularly.
• Always have the plant essential data available in hands in regard to plant operation and Cost.
• Be well informed of major plant events.
• Identify the deviations from budget and to issue necessary instructions to the concerned and to ensure appropriate counter measures have been taken.
• Keep the top management informed as to the results achieved and to major events within the plant.
• Adequately inform the employees regarding the company polices and future planning.

YOUR QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE & SKILLS

• B.Sc./ M.Sc. Engineering (preferably Mechanical/Electrical/Chemical)
• 15+ years experience in the process industry. Strong and experienced background in senior management including Technical, Process and Project management understanding