- Lead a High-Impact Manufacturing Operation
- Shape and Scale a Growing Business
About Our Client
Our client is a growing company in the
beverage and dairy products industry, seeking an experienced and hands-on
General Manager to lead its manufacturing site and overall operations in Thailand.
Job Description
- Lead the overall manufacturing site and operations, ensuring safety, quality, productivity, and operational excellence.
- Drive production planning and control to ensure capacity and output consistently meet business and customer demand.
- Optimise factory performance through continuous improvement, process optimisation, capacity utilisation, and downtime reduction.
- Lead and develop the site leadership team and workforce, building a culture of accountability, collaboration, and high performance.
- Ensure operational compliance with food safety, quality, health and safety, and regulatory standards.
- Partner with senior management and cross-functional teams to support business growth, capacity expansion, and long-term operational strategy.
The Successful Applicant
A successful General Manager (Operation) should have:
- 10+ years of progressive experience in manufacturing, production, plant, or operations management, ideally within the FMCG, food, beverage, dairy, or related industries.
- Proven experience managing a manufacturing site or factory, with responsibility for production performance, operational efficiency, and people leadership.
- Strong track record in production control and capacity management, with the ability to ensure manufacturing output consistently meets business demand.
- Strong understanding of manufacturing processes, plant operations, maintenance, quality, safety, and continuous improvement.
- Demonstrated ability to lead and develop sizeable operational teams and build a strong performance culture.
- Highly hands-on and comfortable working closely with the factory and operational teams.
- Strong problem-solving and decision-making capabilities, with the ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced and changing environment.
- Strategic thinker with the ability to balance day-to-day operational execution with longer-term business growth.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence across functions and levels of the organisation.
- Experience in beverage, dairy, food, or other FMCG manufacturing environments will be highly advantageous.
- Fluency in Thai and English is preferred.
What's on Offer
- A competitive salary
- Additional allowances provided.
Contact:
Quote job ref: JN-082026-7088511
