Plant Manager

Date: 11 Aug 2025

Country: Cote d'Ivoire

Function: MATS

Sub-Function: MATS-Common

Olam Agri ~ A differentiated, and market leading global agri-business focused on high-growth end consumption markets.
Our food, feed, fibre, agri-industrials & ag-services capabilities span 30+ countries, and we participate in global food and agri-trade flows, working with farmers and customers to connect local origins and global destinations. With a global origination footprint and processing capabilities, we transform food, feed and fibre to create value for customers and enable farming communities to prosper sustainably, to meet the changing consumption, food security and sustainability needs shaping the global food and agricultural landscape.

Job Description

The role encompasses the day to day management of the plant, handling all function from production, processing, quality, engineering & projects and QEHS. You will be directly responsible for quality production with class-leading production efficiencies. The incumbent will be a people leader who can multitask and manage efficiency, quality, speed and safety at the plants.

Key Deliverables

Strategic Effectiveness

Manage overall plant operations covering production, production planning, demand forecast, manpower planning and mobilization in a comprehensive manner.
Review shop floor operations daily for adherence to quality systems & norms. Build systems to capture any deviation from set standards.
Lead and support in process/system related issues, reduce incidences of such issues.
Manage and support preventive maintenance for plant & machinery and related engineering initiatives.
Optimize production costs, consolidate variances, analyse and find root causes for variances. Define action plans to manage/reduce such variances.
Manage line OEEs, wastages and conversion costs through effective monitoring, review & control.
Lead the QEHS initiatives and work with the central quality head in delivering defined goals.
To be a champion for the commissioning of sustainable systems to hold the gains.
Keep a tight control on maintenance & repairs cost within the budgeted levels.

Operational Effectiveness

Manage multiple projects simultaneously, ensure delivery of projects within the scope, cost & time.
Be a quality champion and lead cost efficiency and continual improvement programs.
Identify opportunities, baseline and execute projects amongst cross-functional teams.
Actively participate in & lead IR discussions, become a voice for the team.
Negotiate with various unions, ensure industrial discipline is maintained, and labour productivity is increased regularly.
Chalk out budgets for Labour, energy, materials, maintenance & other plant overheads effectively and implement.

Organizational Effectiveness

Train and guide the team to build efficiency and quality focus.
Manage and build a multi-generational diverse workforce.

Requirements

Ability to build strategic partnerships and build relationships internally and externally.
Seen as a champion of the business goals and employee development.
An understanding of how, and the willingness to go the extra mile, to bring added business value.
Collaborate across the organization to maximize outcomes.
An Engineering graduate with 20+ years of work experience with a leading FMCG organization.

Olam is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, nationality, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Applicants are requested to complete all required steps in the application process including providing a resume/CV in order to be considered for open roles.