Manufacturing Operations Manager

• Formulate and execute commercial strategies that drive sustainable market share and revenue growth.
• Identify, implement and drive business and customer-centric process improvements in partnership with the country leadership teams to streamline manufacturing, distribution and supply chain operations, to enhance productivity and optimize quality, costs and resources.
• Identify risks and implement action plans to mitigate them, ensuring business continuity and long-term sustainability.
• Develop and implement SOPs and SLAs to drive business and employee performance.
• Work with local market leaders on expansion, new product manufacturing and cost reduction initiatives.
• Drive long-term, systematic process and people continuous improvement capabilities to optimize costs competitiveness, zero defects and on-time delivery.
• Design and implement integrated risk management frameworks; coordinate policy and compliance audits ensuring audits are conducted and recommendations are fully implemented.
• Work with regional leadership to develop, implement and track clear performance metrics and KPIs to make data-driven decisions to achieve continuous improvement and business objectives.
• Contribute to the organization’s global expansion by exploring new markets and opportunities for growth.
• Forecast future operational needs and contributing to revenue forecasts, budgets and CAPEX and resource investments.
• Develop and drive eco-friendly and sustainability initiatives company wide.

Mandatory Skills & Experience

• 10 years’ deep expertise in best-in-class manufacturing finance, manufacturing, supply chain, procurement and quality preferably in the textile, garment or apparel industry.
• Demonstrable experience in driving technology optimization - process simplification, standardization, controls, governance and self-service automation.
• Strong commercial and financial acumen to promote a culture of lean manufacturing and quality consciousness to effectively deliver manage costs and resources; identify and mitigate risks and challenges; financial analysis and reporting.
• Demonstrable experience in developing and embedding practical operational transformation for employees to work smarter and achieving and delivering their best.
• Strong value driven coaching, leadership and collaboration capabilities to work at multilevel within different geographical teams and drive a culture of accountability and results through motivating, performance management to develop high-performing teams.