NATIONAL OPERATIONS MANAGER
Salary
≈ $26k – $51k per year (Estimated)
Location
In office (South Africa)
Seniority
Staff · 8+ years exp
Employment
Full-Time
Removed from the employer's board on Nov 2, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 28, 2026.
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Job Mail is a South African online job board offering a large selection of vacancies across the country and some positions abroad. Job seekers can search and apply for jobs online, upload a CV and receive job alerts, while employers and recruitment agencies can advertise positions to a broad national audience. The brand is one of the longer-established names in South African job advertising and is operated from South Africa.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide strategic leadership and operational oversight across four manufacturing facilities.
- Lead, mentor and manage a team of Operations Managers to achieve operational objectives.
- Drive operational excellence, productivity and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Ensure optimal production output and consistent product quality standards.
- Oversee production planning and supply to meet customer requirements.
- Optimise plant machinery, equipment performance and operational efficiencies.
- Manage operational budgets, distribution costs, profitability and financial performance.
- Oversee raw material, finished goods and packaging stock management.
- Manage suppliers, service providers and service level agreements.
- Oversee capital expenditure budgets, projects and plant improvements.
- Ensure compliance with health, safety, environmental and quality legislation.
- Implement strategies to improve operational performance, reduce costs and maximise profitability.
- Relevant 3-year tertiary qualification in Engineering, Operations Management, Agriculture or a related field.
- 8-12 years' experience within a manufacturing environment, preferably animal feed manufacturing or a related industry.
- Proven experience managing multi-site manufacturing operations - ESSENTIAL.
- Demonstrated ability to lead and manage operational management teams.
- Strong financial and commercial expertise, including budgeting, cost control and profitability management.
- Sound understanding of manufacturing processes, plant performance and operational efficiency.
- Experience implementing continuous improvement and productivity initiatives.
- Strong leadership, communication, problem-solving and relationship-building skills.
- Highly motivated, proactive and capable of working independently.
- Willingness to travel nationally between operational facilities.
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