Senior Manager – Plant Operations

About the role

To lead and optimise end‑to‑end milling operations at a high‑capacity plant (1000 TPD) in a humid, coastal environment, ensuring production efficiency, cost control and compliance with HSE standards.

Key responsibilities

• Manage full‑scale operations of a high‑capacity single plant and drive throughput optimisation while minimising downtime.
• Implement robust preventive and predictive maintenance systems and address corrosion risks due to coastal humidity.
• Ensure availability of critical spare parts despite supply‑chain delays and maintain strict HSE compliance.
• Manage raw material sourcing, logistics into Calabar and mitigate port and transport variability.
• Track OEE, cost per ton and other efficiency metrics, champion lean manufacturing and continuous improvement.
• Build a strong leadership bench, develop automation, engineering and plant optimisation capabilities.

Required profile

• Minimum 12 years of relevant experience in feed‑mill or similar high‑capacity plant operations.
• Strong communication, leadership, negotiation and stakeholder‑management skills.
• Excellent analytical, problem‑solving and crisis‑management abilities with data‑driven decision making.
• HND/B.Sc. in Milling Operations, Agricultural Engineering or related discipline; MBA in Operations Management is an advantage.
• Membership in Feed Industry Practitioners Association (FIPAN) and Six Sigma Green Belt certification.

Required skills

• Preventive maintenance
• Predictive maintenance
• Lean manufacturing
• Continuous improvement
• OEE tracking
• Automation
• Six Sigma Green Belt