Eastern Cape: Operations Manager (FMCG) posted by Staff Solutions
Job Description
Strategic & Financial Oversight:
Deliver profitability through economic cycles by:
- Ensuring production volumes align with sales targets.
- Growing higher-value product lines.
- Demonstrating cost savings through packaging and distribution initiatives.
- Managing maintenance Capex within budget.
Farm Operations:
Oversee flock health, biosecurity, and animal welfare.
Monitor and improve:
- LPI and FCR for completed flocks.
- Stock variance on depleted flocks.
- Biosecurity and welfare audit scores.
- Water treatment standards (i.e. pH, chlorine levels).
- Maintain product quality standards (cracks and dirties below benchmark).
Packstation Operations:
- Manage intake, planning, quality assurance, and sales coordination.
- Improve wrapping and grading efficiency.
- Control crack, dirty and liquid % of sales and returns.
- Manage and maintain stock variances.
- Ensure optimal utilisation of distribution fleet
Operational Excellence:
- Ensure compliance with SOPs, health and safety regulations, and housekeeping standards.
- Administer capital budgets and supplier/contractor relationships.
- Maintain good and healthy relationships with suppliers.
- Identify and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
- Compile and submit monthly operational reports.
Leadership & Culture:
- Lead a high-performance team across both farm and packstation.
- Review and maintain succession plans.
Job Requirements:
- Relevant Post Graduate Degree (MBA advantageous)
- 5–8 years of senior-level experience in poultry farming and/or packstation operations.
- Demonstrated experience in wage negotiations
- Skilled in constructive engagement with Worker Forums and Trade Unions.
- Strong knowledge of Health & Safety Regulations, Animal Welfare, Biosecurity, and vaccine administration.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office; SageX3 experience advantageous.
- Valid driver’s license and own vehicle.
- Willingness to perform night checks and weekend duties.
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