The posting
Job Description
The Operations Manager is responsible for overseeing the overall day-to-day operations of a food manufacturing facility, ensuring production efficiency, manpower optimisation, food safety compliance, cost control and timely fulfilment of customer requirements.
The role requires the ability to manage a fast-paced, multi-B2B food manufacturing environment, overseeing multiple customer accounts with different products, specifications, order volumes and delivery requirements.
Key Responsibilities
- Oversee daily food manufacturing and production operations across multiple departments.
- Ensure production targets, order quantities and delivery timelines are achieved.
- Manage and coordinate production schedules based on customer orders and business requirements.
- Oversee operational requirements for multiple B2B customers simultaneously.
- Ensure different B2B customer specifications, packaging, labelling, quantity and delivery requirements are correctly fulfilled.
- Manage changing customer demands, urgent orders, promotional volumes and peak production periods.
- Plan manpower requirements and ensure efficient deployment of employees across production areas and shifts.
- Monitor manpower productivity, attendance, overtime and operational efficiency.
- Coordinate closely with Production, QA, Warehouse, Logistics, Procurement, Maintenance, R&D, Sales/Business Development and HR.
- Ensure sufficient raw materials, packaging materials, manpower and production capacity are available to support operations.
- Monitor production output, productivity, wastage, yield, downtime and operational costs.
- Identify production bottlenecks and implement improvements to enhance productivity and workflow.
- Reduce unnecessary overtime, wastage, rework and production losses.
- Support the onboarding and operational setup of new B2B customers.
- Assess production capacity and operational feasibility for new customer accounts.
- Coordinate new product trials and commercial production launches.
- Ensure operations comply with company SOPs, GMP, food hygiene and food safety requirements.
- Work closely with QA to support HACCP, SFA, BRCGS, ISO or other applicable food safety requirements.
- Support customer, regulatory and certification audits.
- Investigate operational issues, production errors, customer complaints and non-conformities.
- Conduct root-cause analysis and implement corrective and preventive actions.
- Coordinate with Maintenance on equipment breakdowns and preventive maintenance.
- Identify opportunities for automation, process improvement and operational cost savings.
- Monitor operational KPIs and provide regular reports to Management.
- Highlight manpower shortages, production capacity constraints, customer fulfilment risks and other operational concerns.
- Lead and guide supervisors, team leaders and operational employees.
- Perform other operational duties and projects assigned by Management.
Requirements
- Diploma or Degree in Food Science, Food Technology, Manufacturing, Operations Management, Engineering, Business Management or a related discipline.
- Preferably 5 years or more of experience in food manufacturing, production or operations.
- Prior supervisory or managerial experience in a food manufacturing environment is preferred.
- Experience managing multiple B2B customer accounts and operational requirements is highly preferred.
- Able to manage multiple customer orders, production schedules and competing deadlines simultaneously.
- Strong understanding of food manufacturing and production processes.
- Knowledge of GMP, HACCP, food hygiene and food safety requirements.
- Familiarity with SFA requirements and food safety management systems such as BRCGS or ISO will be an advantage.
- Strong production planning and manpower planning skills.
- Good understanding of production productivity, yield, wastage and cost control.
- Able to manage a sizeable operational workforce across different departments or shifts.
- Strong leadership and people-management skills.
- Good problem-solving, analytical and decision-making abilities.
- Able to handle operational issues independently and work effectively under pressure.
- Strong cross-functional coordination and communication skills.
- Good customer and commercial awareness, particularly within a B2B manufacturing environment.
- Able to adapt quickly to changing production volumes and customer requirements.
- Experience with continuous improvement, automation or process optimisation will be an advantage.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office and comfortable using ERP, production, inventory or workforce management systems.



