# Operations Manager

The Sauce Plant Ops Manager is responsible for the end-to-end material flow of the Pedros Sauce Plant, from supplier to plant to the Pedros Distribution Centres. The role owns DC replenishment planning, procurement of raw materials and packaging, warehouse operations and distribution, ensuring that Production always has the materials it needs and that QA-released finished sauces reach every DC on time, in full and traceable by batch. The Sauce Plant Ops Manager leads the supply chain and warehouse team and upholds food-safety, traceability, safety and quality standards in line with HACCP, GMP and FSSC 22000 requirements. Duties and Responsibilities: Manage the end-to-end material flow of the Sauce Plant across DC replenishment planning, procurement, warehouse operations and distribution to the DCs. Translate DC demand and stock positions into weekly finished-goods requirements per SKU for the Production Manager. Set and review finished-goods cover targets per DC, allowing for longer lead times to the distant DCs. Maintain a rolling 12-week raw materials and packaging plan and represent DC demand and material supply in the weekly planning review with Production and Quality. Place pu

- **Id**: 3883327
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/pedros-chicken-operations-manager>
- **Role**: Management
- **Role family**: Management
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Cape Town, South Africa
- **Countries**: ZA
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 7
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-06T18:51:19Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-06
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-08T21:31:44Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 2
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4237
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Natural Resources, Meat & Poultry, Catering & Food Services

## Company

- **Id**: 4472363
- **Name**: Pedros Chicken
- **Domain**: pedroschicken.co.zm
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/pedros-chicken>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Simplify

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 75
- **Open postings**: 10
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 1
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 32
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Technologies

- **GMP** — Optional: no
- **Microsoft Excel** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 2

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 7
- **Management years min**: 3
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-06T18:51:19Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 60
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.602
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 1
- **Expected fill days**: 32
- **Reasons**: conf:0, stale_co, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

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