Operations Manager - Food Manufacturing

Role Overview:
We are looking for someone with hands on experience in food products manufacturing, especially snacks, responsible for streamlining third party operations, executing business plans efficiently, and driving targets.
Responsibilities:
- Managing third party operations including developing new third parties as per business requirements.
- Planning production at third party to ensure stock availability at the same time maintaining freshness of stocks.
- Controlling the cost of production in third party operations to ensure profitability of business.
- Ensuring quality of production in third party manufacturing locations.
- Managing team of production and quality personnel involved in third party manufacturing.
- Identifying bottlenecks and taking proactive actions to tackle them.
- Perform time to time capacity planning to ensure there is always enough manufacturing capacity available.
Qualifications:
- Master's or Bachelor degree in engineering, science or any related degree.
- Hands on experience in food manufacturing with in depth knowledge of efficient plant layout, machinery etc.
- Capable to work in fast growing environment.
- Additional knowledge of demand planning is an advantage.
- Should have good communication and interpersonal skills.