General Manager
| Remuneration: | cost-to-company |
| Location: | Lusaka |
| Job level: | Senior |
| Type: | Permanent |
| Company: | Ad Talent Africa |
A fast-growing FMCG business, offering quality products that are accessible, affordable and trusted in the market. We are driven by a passion for growth, strong customer relationships and delivering excellence in execution.
Who are we looking for:
A seasoned technical leader to drive operations, innovation and performance excellence
What will you do:
- Lead and manage all aspects of technical operations of the corn wet milling facility, ensuring safe, efficient and cost-effective production of starch and derivative products
- Driving operational excellence, optimising process parameters, ensuring product quality, implementing continuous improvements and leading cross-functional teams
- Bachelor’s / master’s degree in chemical engineering, food technology, bioprocess engineering, or related discipline.
- 25+ years of technical and operational experience in wet milling, starch manufacturing, or food/chemical process industries, with at least 5–10 years in a senior leadership or plant head role.
- Proven track record in managing large-scale continuous process plants with high safety and quality standards.
- Strong analytical, leadership and decision-making skills.
- Experience in automation, utilities optimisation and energy management is advantageous
- Health and safety compliance
- Milling
- Process optimization
- Production planning
- Quality control
- Technical operations
Posted on 17 Nov 15:47, Closing date 17 Dec