Operations Manager

Position: Operations Manager
Location: Alberton, Gauteng
Salary: Highly Negotiable
About the Role
A well-established plastics packaging manufacturer based in Alberton, Gauteng is seeking an experienced Operations Manager to oversee and optimise all plant operations. This is a senior leadership role reporting directly to the Managing Director.
Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate, manage and oversee all plant operations, ensuring best practice across all levels
• Optimise Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) and minimise waste while maximising people performance
• Ensure delivery of consistent quality products to specification
• Formulate strategic and operational objectives
• Drive Lean continuous improvement in production (Lean and Six Sigma)
• Examine production plans and ensure alignment with sales plans
• Improve operational management systems, processes and best practice methods
• Develop operational systems and procedures to ensure productivity and continuous growth
• Monitor and report on OEE, performance and costs
• Achieve operations labour budget expectations
• Drive compliance with HSHE and BRC standards
• Mentor and develop a high-performing production team

• Degree in Operations Management or related field
• Minimum 8 to 10 years proven experience as an Operations or Plant Manager in a plastics manufacturing environment
• Production extrusion skills and experience - essential
• Sound technical knowledge of plastics manufacturing
• Extensive knowledge of organisational effectiveness and operations management
• Strong leadership and people management ability
• Lean and Six Sigma knowledge
• HSHE and BRC compliance experience
• Performance driven with strong attention to detail
• Customer and quality focused