About this role
Job Title: General Manager
Location: Lagos
Industry: Manufacturing (Plastics Packaging)
Job Summary
Take full accountability for daily operations of a plastics packaging manufacturing facility. Drive professional discipline, high-urgency performance, and adherence to process standards while managing the entire manufacturing lifecycle.
Responsibilities
- Oversee daily plastic packaging manufacturing: blown film extrusion, injection molding, blow molding, and converting.
- Optimize OEE by identifying bottlenecks and implementing downtime reduction strategies.
- Minimize material scrap and maximize raw material yields.
- Ensure facility compliance with environmental, health, safety, and regulatory mandates.
- Manage warehouse efficiency, inventory integrity, and finished goods logistics.
- Enforce QA/QC protocols for food-safe and industrial packaging.
- Conduct root cause analyses to reduce defects and customer rejections.
- Cultivate a performance-driven culture with accountability at all levels.
- Create, document, and enforce Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
- Manage factory OPEX and utility consumption within approved budgets.
- Partner with HR on workforce productivity and regulatory compliance.
Requirements
- Education: Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Chemical, Industrial), Polymer Science, or related field. MBA preferred.
- Experience: 10–15 years in manufacturing operations, with 5+ years in senior management within a plastics packaging environment in Nigeria/West Africa.
- Technical: Expert knowledge of extrusion, injection/blow molding, polymer characteristics, and packaging quality standards.
Core Competencies:
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Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, TPM, and 5S methodologies.
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Proven change leadership and cultural transformation.
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Strong communication and stakeholder influence.
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Performance Benchmarks
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KPI: OEE Target > 75–80%
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Scrap & Waste: 95% fulfillment
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Quality: Defect Rate
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Internal