Sub-Function:
1 Objective: Purpose of the job (specify overall purpose of the role (why it exists) and its primary output):
The Plant Manager leads end-to-end plant operations to deliver strong business results across safety, quality, service, cost, people, and continuous improvement. This role is accountable for building a high-performing plant organization, ensuring operational discipline, and translating business priorities into clear actions that drive performance in a food manufacturing environment.
The Plant Manager is expected to lead with ownership, develop strong teams, and create an environment where people can perform at their best while meeting the highest standards in compliance, food safety, and operational excellence.
2 Key Accountabilities: (specify required outputs from the role)
- Lead overall plant performance and ensure delivery of plant performance to be in line with annual business and supply chain targets across safety, quality, food safety, service, cost, productivity, waste and People.
- Ensuring stable and reliable operations that protect customer service, supply continuity, and business reputation.
- Build and sustain a strong safety culture, ensuring full compliance with company standards, legal requirements, and site procedures
- Drive high standards in quality and food safety, ensuring products consistently meet internal and external requirements
- Translate business and supply chain priorities into clear plant goals, execution plans, and performance routines
- Ensure production plans are delivered efficiently and reliably, balancing customer service, operational capability, and cost discipline
- Monitor and improve plant KHMS maturity level and KPIs, including productivity, waste, labor efficiency, downtime, conversion cost, and service performance
- Lead problem-solving and root-cause analysis to address losses, operational risks, and recurring performance gaps
- Champion continuous improvement and embed operational excellence mindsets and routines across the site
- Partner closely with Engineering, Quality, HR, Finance, Procurement, and Supply Chain HQ teams to remove barriers and improve plant performance
- Build organizational capability by developing leaders, strengthening succession pipelines, and improving team effectiveness
- Lead employee engagement and communication efforts to create clarity, trust, and accountability across the plant
- Ensure effective labor and employee relations practices, working closely with HR to address people issues in a timely and constructive way
- Own plant budget performance and resource allocation, with strong focus on efficiency and disciplined decision-making
- Lead plant readiness for internal and external audits, incidents, business continuity, and major operational changes
People Leadership
- Lead, coach, and develop the plant leadership team
- Set clear expectations and hold teams accountable for results and behaviors
- Build a culture of collaboration, ownership, and continuous improvement
- Develop talent and strengthen bench strength for critical roles
- Ensure communication is consistent, practical, and aligned across employee populations
3 KPIs/ Dimensions of this role:
KPIs:
• Gross Saving
• Total Cost
• Employee Engagement
• Total Turnover
• KHMS Maturity
• OEE
• SIFR/TRIR
• FRCC
Success Measures
• Safety performance
• Food safety and quality compliance
• Service and production attainment
• Cost control and productivity delivery
• Waste and loss reduction
• Employee engagement and retention
• Leadership capability and succession strength
