Plant Operations Lead (FMCG)

Duties for the General Manager will include allocating budget resources, formulating policies, coordinating business operations, monitoring, and motivating staff, managing operational costs, ensuring good customer service, improving administration processes, engaging with vendors, hiring, and training employees, identifying business opportunities, and monitoring financial activities. Your entrepreneurial spirit and vision in directing business functions will assist the organization in maintaining relationships with clients, generating new business, increasing staff productivity, improving service, ensuring sustainability, and meeting business objectives.

The successful candidate for this role should possess excellent communication skills, superior knowledge of business functions, exceptional budgeting, and finance skills, and strong leadership qualities. The noteworthy general manager should account for all business activities, support staff development, enhance efficiency, drive sales, and improve revenue, maintain relationships with clients, enhance the organization's image, and meet overall growth objectives.

Duties (Key Areas of Responsibility):

• Overseeing daily business operations
• Developing and implementing growth strategies
• Training low-level managers and staff
• Creating and managing budgets
• Improving revenue
• Hiring employees
• Evaluating performance and productivity
• Analysing accounting and financial data
• Researching and identifying growth opportunities
• Generating reports and giving presentations

Minimum Requirements:

• Experience within the Litho/Flexo printing industry would be advantageous
• Educated in business management
• Good knowledge of different business functions
• Strong leadership qualities
• Excellent communication skills
• Highly organized
• Strong work ethic
• Good people skills
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Computer literate
• Proactive nature

To apply, please send your CV with your salary expectations to

Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Should you not receive feedback within 48 hours, please accept your application as unsuccessful.

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