Central Laundry Operations Manager

Pie Group; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 240,000 - 360,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Job summary

Pie Group is seeking a Central Laundry Operations Manager to oversee the entire central laundry operation in Riyadh. You will drive production, maintenance, chemicals, and textiles management, ensuring peak productivity, premium service quality, and cost optimization while minimizing waste and downtime.

You will lead a multi-disciplinary team, manage budgets, and implement Lean practices to sustain high equipment availability and safety standards in a large-scale facility.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a related field.
• Several years of leadership in industrial laundry or manufacturing.
• Strong knowledge of machinery, chemicals, utilities, and budgets.

Responsibilities

• Lead production activities and achieve daily throughput targets.
• Plan production schedules and optimize workflow.
• Ensure on-time delivery and SLA compliance.
• Monitor wash, finishing, and packing quality standards.
• Reduce waste, rewash, textile damage, and bottlenecks.
• Implement Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement.
• Manage preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance programs.
• Maximize equipment uptime and reduce breakdowns.
• Supervise maintenance of washers, dryers, ironers, conveyors, and related systems.
• Maintain spare parts inventory and maintenance documentation.
• Perform root-cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Plan equipment upgrades and capital replacement.
• Select cost-effective detergents and chemicals.
• Develop wash formulas for different textiles.
• Manage supplier evaluations and procurement recommendations.
• Lead multiple teams including supervisors, engineers, technicians.
• Recruit, train, coach, and develop staff; conduct evaluations.
• Plan workforce and promote safety, accountability, and improvement.

Skills

Leadership

Lean Manufacturing

Maintenance management

Budget management

Safety culture

Quality systems

Supplier evaluations

People management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering

Bachelor's degree in Textile Engineering

Bachelor's degree in Operations Management

Job description

The Central Laundry Operations Manager is responsible for managing the entire central laundry operation including production maintenance engineering quality chemicals textiles utilities inventory budgets and people The role ensures maximum productivity premium service quality high equipment availability and continuous cost optimization while minimizing waste and downtime

Operational Responsibilities

• Lead all production activities and achieve daily throughput targets
• Plan production schedules and optimize workflow
• Ensure on-time delivery and customer SLA compliance
• Monitor wash quality finishing quality and packing standards
• Reduce waste rewash textile damage and production bottlenecks
• Implement Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement initiatives

Maintenance amp Engineering Responsibilities

• Manage preventive predictive and corrective maintenance programs
• Maximize equipment uptime and reduce breakdowns
• Supervise maintenance of tunnel washers washer extractors dryers ironers folders boilers steam systems compressors RO systems water softeners conveyors chemical dosing systems and packing equipment
• Maintain spare parts inventory and maintenance documentation
• Perform root-cause analysis and implement permanent corrective actions
• Plan equipment upgrades refurbishments and capital replacement

Chemical Textile amp Materials Management

• Select premium or cost-effective detergents bleaches enzymes disinfectants softeners and specialty chemicals
• Optimize chemical consumption without compromising quality
• Develop wash formulas for different textile types
• Manage supplier evaluations and procurement recommendations

People Leadership Responsibilities

• Lead production supervisors maintenance supervisors engineers technicians warehouse teams quality inspectors and shift leaders
• Recruit train coach and develop employees
• Conduct performance evaluations and succession planning
• Manage workforce planning and productivity
• Promote a culture of safety accountability and continuous improvement

Financial Responsibilities

• Prepare and manage annual operating and maintenance budgets
• Control labor utilities maintenance chemical and textile replacement costs
• Monitor cost per kilogram processed and identify savings opportunities

Key Performance Indicators

• Production outputEquipment uptimeOverall Equipment Effectiveness OEE Rewash rateCustomer complaintsCost per kgWater energy and chemical consumptionPreventive maintenance complianceSafety performanceBudget adherence

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Textile Engineering, Operations Management, Manufacturing Engineering, or related field.
• Minimum 8 years of industrial/commercial laundry experience.
• Minimum 5 years in a leadership role managing a central laundry facility.
• Strong knowledge of industrial laundry machinery, maintenance, textile care, chemicals, utilities, quality systems, and budget management.