ReelFruit is the largest dried fruit processing, marketing, and distribution company based in Nigeria. ReelFruit converts Nigeria’s abundant supply of tropical fruits that would have gone to waste into delicious snacks. We are on a mission to delight our customers with healthy snacks, and launching innovative processed fruit products. We retail a range of dried fruit snacks across over 400 locations in Nigeria and have exported our products to Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, and Belgium. We also retail on Amazon.com. ReelFruit is headquartered in Lagos with regional offices in Abuja and Port Harcourt.

As we increase our processing capacity as well as our global distribution, we are recruiting a dynamic and experienced individual to fill the position below:

Job Title: Factory Manager

Location: Yaba, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Purpose

• The Factory Manager is responsible for overseeing all daily operations of the factory, supervising factory workers to ensure factory production targets are met.
• Reinforcing compliance with health & safety regulations to prevent accidents and injury and as well developing processes that will maximize stewardship, safety, quality and productivity.

Responsibilities

• Developing and implementing innovative strategies to streamline factory operations.
• Plan, organize, direct and run optimum day-to-day factory operations.
• Screening, recruiting and training new factory workers.
• Collaborating with quality control managers to establish and execute quality control processes.
• Create and implement machine maintenance Standard Operating Procedures
• Analyze factory production data and devising improvement strategies as necessary
• Preparing production reports and submitting them to key decision-makers.
• Regularly inspecting finished products to determine whether they meet established quality standards.
• Develop systems and processes that track and optimize productivity and standards, metrics and performance targets to ensure effective return on assets
• Ensure appropriate health and safety procedures are in place and rigorously applied.
• Analyze data to identify and resolve any issues.
• Schedule maintenance of the factory building and equipment’s
• Stay updated with latest factory management best practices and concepts
• Create and enforce quality control Standard Operating Procedures
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Educational Qualifications & Experience

• Minimum of 8 years’ proven managerial experience in dried fruits or food processing
• Working knowledge of factory & production processes and operations.
• Certifications in production, inventory management & quality control
• Working knowledge of industry-specific factory equipment and functionality
• Excellent analytical & problem-solving skills
• Strong managerial & leadership skills
• Proficient in all Microsoft office application.

Skills:
As the Factory Manager, you’ll need to show:

• Ability to enforce compliance with health and safety regulations.
• Exceptional communication, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong management and leadership skills
• Ability to multitask and organize work/activities
• Self-motivated, and result- oriented.
• Resilience under pressure and against deadlines
• A keen eye for detail and desire to probe further into data.

Application Closing Date
25th April, 2022.