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Job Description
- Oversee daily production operations for dates and healthy snack lines to meet volume, quality, and cost targets.
- Plan, schedule, and optimize production workflow, ensuring on-time delivery and efficient resource use.
Lead, coach, and develop production team (operators, supervisors); foster a safety-first and performance-driven culture. - Implement and maintain food safety and quality systems (HACCP, ISO, BRC, or equivalent) and ensure regulatory compliance.
- Troubleshoot production issues, reduce downtime, and implement corrective/preventive actions.
- Maintain production KPIs: yield, OEE, rejects, throughput, labor productivity, and cost per unit.
- Coordinate with procurement, maintenance, quality assurance, and R&D for new product introductions and process improvement.
- Manage inventory of packaging and raw materials at production level and ensure proper storage of perishable ingredients.
- Prepare production reports, forecasts, and budgets; recommend capital investments for process improvements.
Job Requirements
- Minimum 8 years’ experience in food production or processing, with at least 3 years in a supervisory/managerial role. Experience with dates and/or healthy snack products is strongly preferred.
- Strong leadership and people-management skills; experience building high-performing teams.
- Solid technical knowledge of food safety systems (HACCP mandatory; familiarity with ISO/BRC preferred).
- Demonstrated experience in process optimization, root-cause analysis, and continuous improvement (Lean, Six Sigma experience is a plus).
- Proven track record of meeting production targets while maintaining quality and safety standards.
- Strong organizational, planning, and communication skills.
- Degree in Food Science, Food Technology, Agricultural Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related field preferred. Equivalent practical experience accepted.
- Resident of 6th of October City preferred (candidates from nearby Cairo areas considered).
- Willingness to work on rotating shifts and handle occasional overtime as production demands.