Expression of Interest- Plant Manager

ofi; Bulacan; On-site; PHP 1,000,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food manufacturing company in Bulacan is searching for an experienced Plant Manager. The ideal candidate will lead operations, drive efficiency, and ensure food safety compliance. With 10-15 years of experience in food manufacturing, including 3-5 years in a managerial role, you will support a dynamic team committed to operational excellence. Join us to make a significant impact on our operations and product quality.

Qualifications

• 10 to 15 years of experience in food manufacturing with minimum 3-5 years as factory manager.
• Understanding & experience of food quality & safety in a manufacturing environment.
• Ability to handle complexity with multiple SKUs.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team to meet established targets.
• Ensure compliance with Quality & Food Safety System.
• Monitor plant performance against company standards.

Skills

Food manufacturing experience

Leadership skills

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Budgeting

Education

Degree in Food Science/ Production Technology / Engineering

Job description

We are looking for an experienced Plant Manager to lead operations, drive efficiency, and ensure excellence in the Food manufacturing sector. If you have a strong background in managing plant operations and are passionate about delivering results, we’d love to hear from you.

Interested candidates can apply directly via LinkedIn for consideration. Shortlisted profiles will be invited for a detailed discussion to better understand their interest and aspirations.

About Us

As a leading provider of high-quality food and beverage ingredients, we work with farming communities across the globe to grow, source and produce ingredients that are good for consumers, farmers, and the world around us. We supply household food brands and manufacturers worldwide with cocoa, coffee, dairy, nuts and spices ingredients which are often grown on our own farms and estates and sourced from hundreds of thousands of farmers across ~50 countries. Along with our diverse manufacturing and innovation capabilities, this means we can provide ingredients for a range of products, from a plant-based latte mix to an almond based snack bar or a dairy-free ice cream. Making a positive impact on people and planet is a core component of our Purpose, to be the change for good food and a healthy future. With a deep-rooted presence in the countries where our ingredients are grown, we are closer to farmers, enabling better quality, and more reliable, traceable, and transparent supply. And whoever we’re with, whatever we’re doing, we always make it real.

Food and Beverage solutions

We have launched a new platform called Food and Beverage solutions, part of our ingredients and solutions reporting unit. This platform consolidates our current category solutions capabilities and innovation infrastructure. We support customers in developing new consumer concepts and application solutions at our four customer solution centers in Amsterdam, Bangalore, Chicago, and Singapore. Food and Beverage solutions leverages the strengths of our five product platforms, including their global and sustainable supply chain capabilities, a complementary portfolio of high-quality food and ingredients, and extensive ingredient expertise. This enables us to address a diverse range of customer requirements in the rapidly evolving Food and Beverage industry. Built on deep consumer, category, and application understanding, we are enhancing our application and R&D capabilities to provide an end-to-end integrated customer experience. This opens up more on-trend and inspired product ideation opportunities. Together, we can co-create product innovations that delight consumers and make your ambitions a reality.

Key responsibilities

• Lead, direct, evaluate, and develop a team in production, engineering and operational to ensure that the plant meets its established targets and standards.
• Set and monitor the performance of the plant against ofi standards and targets in areas such as manufacturing and operating efficiency, quality, cost control, administration efficiency, legal compliance, inventory control, finished goods distribution, and human resource management.
• Responsible for meeting established operating budgets; monitor the cost and effectiveness of production activities to optimize resources, priorities spending, and achieve volume, quality, and manufacturing standards.
• Responsible for ensuring compliance to Quality & Food Safety System (QFS) in factory to ensure we adhere to customer and client expectations of our finished products.
• Drive all Health and Safety requirements and initiatives that the Health & Safety team requires.
• Implement strategies in alignment with strategic initiatives and provide a clear sense of direction and focus
• Focus on continuous improvement and operational excellence programs
• Lead Opex and Capex management for the facility
• Coordinate with operations & digital teams to implement various initiatives
• Coordinate with Sales & Support team to lead smooth & successful commercialization of new SKUs
• Research, evaluate, and recommend investments in technology, capital, equipment, systems, or other assets that will enhance the plant’s production capabilities.
• Support Business Manager to develop a variety of operating policies and procedures to ensure that the plant meets it current and future production targets and quality standards.

Qualification & other requirements

To be successful, the incumbent should have proven experience as a “self-starter” with a strong element of dynamism and the ability to move fast and get things done. He/she should take a keen interest in the personal development of team leaders at all levels and create a best practice culture that empowers the team leaders to manage their relevant departments with confidence.

• 10 to 15 years of experience in food manufacturing with minimum 3-5 years as factory manager leading the operations
• Degree in Food Science/ Production Technology / Engineering
• Have understanding & experience of food quality & safety in a manufacturing environment
• Experience to handle complexity to multiple SKUs with various processing & packaging lines
• Adequate knowledge of business and management principles (budgeting, strategic planning, resource allocation and human resources)
• Good leadership experience in people management, communication and interpersonal skills with an ability to collaborate.

ofi is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to racial or ethnic origin, color, age, religion or belief, sex, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.