Plant Manager

Role Purpose: The Plant Manager is responsible for providing strategic and operational leadership to ensure the safe, efficient, and profitable operation of the manufacturing plant. The role has end-to-end accountability for achieving production, financial, and operational performance targets by optimizing plant profitability, asset reliability, supply chain integration, quality, safety, and people performance. Key Duties and Responsibilities: Financial Accountability (Enhance Plant Operations) Own the overall profitability of the Plant by delivering agreed financial targets including operating profit, production cost, and Earning Before Income Tax (EBIT) contribution. Develop, manage, and control the Plant's annual operating (OPEX) and capital (CAPEX) budgets. Drive cost optimization initiatives across labour, raw materials, utilities, maintenance, logistics, and overheads without compromising safety or quality. Monitor production cost per metric ton and implement corrective actions to improve cost competitiveness. Lead financial performance reviews and implement actions to close budget variances. Supply Chain Integration Lead the Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process at Plant level to ensure alignment between production, procurement, inventory, and customer demand. Collaborate with Procurement to optimize supplier performance, raw material availability, and inventory costs. Partner with Commercial teams to ensure customer serv