DEPUTY FACTORY MANAGER (MK)

JOB PURPOSE

The Deputy Factory Manager supports the Factory Manager in overseeing daily operations and ensuring that factory goals are met efficiently and safely. This role involves managing staff, optimizing processes, and maintaining quality standards to drive productivity and performance within the factory.


KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Strategy:

  • Establish and commit to strategic direction by top management to accomplish long term goals or objectives by analysing factual data and/or reasonable assumptions, taking into considerations resources, constraints, and organizational value.
  • Breaking down factory strategies or business initiatives into key tasks and identifying accountabilities by aligning communication, people, culture, processes, resources, and system to ensure effective implementation and delivery required results.
  • Understanding and utilizing economic, financial and industry data to accurately diagnose production strength and weakness, identifying key issues, developing strategies and plan.

Operational:
  • To fulfil internal and external customer satisfaction and to achieve Key Performance Indicators (KPI) set by the superiors.
  • To direct and coordinate the activities of the total factory by maximizing output within the defined quality levels and forecast requirements at minimum cost through the effective utilization of resources.
  • Control and manage budget, plan and program to ensure the optimum utilization of available equipment, resources and labour force to attain production objective/targets
  • Continuously to improve methods, effectiveness and resource utilization and critically review and monitor factory results
  • Any other related jobs/tasks as deemed suitable from the management related to the department/factory KPI achievements.

People:
  • Passionately selling factory/strategy by creating clear view of the future state by helping others understand and feel how things will be different when the future vision is achieved.
  • Using appropriate delegation to create sense of ownership of higher-level organizational issue and encouraging individuals to stretch beyond their current capabilities.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

  • Bachelor’s degree in food science, Engineering, Business Management, or a related field.
  • Previous experience in managerial role within the food manufacturing industry.
  • Strong knowledge of food safety regulations and quality assurance processes.
  • Excellent leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills.
  • Proficient in data analysis and performance metrics relevant to food production.
  • Have experience working in food manufacturing or related field