General Manager, Factory Management

Establishing annual operating plans, production targets, performance standards, budgets, and key performance indicators for the factory

Establishing systems to minimize process losses, wastage, rejection, rework, downtime, and production variances

Ensuring strict adherence to approved production procedures, SOPs, work instructions, process parameters, and operational standards

Establishing and maintain a strong food safety and quality culture throughout the factory

Ensuring effective implementation of applicable systems and standards, including GMP, HACCP, GHP, ISO 22000, FSSC 22000, and other relevant standards

Ensuring effective control of raw materials, packaging materials, production processes, finished products, storage conditions, hygiene, sanitation, allergens, traceability, and product integrity

Ensuring timely investigation and resolution of quality deviations, customer complaints, non-conformities, and product-related incidents

Ensuring maximum availability, reliability, and operational efficiency of all production equipment, machinery, utilities, and plant infrastructure

Establishing and monitor preventive and predictive maintenance programs

Minimizing equipment breakdowns, unplanned downtime, and production interruptions

Developing and manage the annual factory operating budget in accordance with approved corporate financial objectives

Monitoring manufacturing costs, conversion costs, labor costs, utility costs, maintenance expenses, material losses, and other operational expenditures

Coordinating with Supply Chain, Procurement, Planning, and Commercial functions to ensure uninterrupted availability of required materials

Ensuring proper receipt, storage, handling, issuance, and preservation of raw materials, packaging materials, work-in-process, and finished products

Ensuring appropriate application of FIFO/FEFO and inventory-control principles

Minimizing material losses, expiry, deterioration, damage, and obsolete inventory

Ensuring appropriate environmental and hygienic conditions for storage of food products and ingredients

Maintaining effective inventory accuracy and stock-control systems

Ensuring implementation and continuous improvement of occupational health, safety, fire prevention, emergency preparedness, and environmental management systems

Establishing a proactive safety culture across all factory operations

Promoting the application of Lean Manufacturing, TPM, Six Sigma, Kaizen, and other appropriate improvement methodologies

Providing manufacturing leadership for new product development, industrial trials, process validation, scale-up, and commercialization