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General Manager
About this role
The General Manager role is to take full accountability for the daily operations of a plastics packaging manufacturing facility, overseeing the entire manufacturing lifecycle and ensuring process discipline. It targets an experienced operations leader with senior management experience in plastics packaging, ideally in Nigeria/West Africa. The position is in Lagos and listed by Ascentech Services Limited.
What you would do
- Oversee daily plastic packaging production across extrusion, moulding and converting
- Improve overall equipment effectiveness by addressing bottlenecks and reducing downtime
- Reduce scrap and maximise raw material utilisation
- Ensure compliance with environmental, health, safety and regulatory requirements
- Manage warehouse operations, inventory accuracy and finished goods logistics
- Enforce QA/QC for food-safe and industrial packaging
What they are asking for
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Chemical, Industrial) or Polymer Science or related field; MBA preferred
- 10–15 years manufacturing operations experience, with at least 5 years in senior management in a plastics packaging environment in Nigeria/West Africa
- Technical expertise in extrusion, injection moulding, polymer characteristics, and packaging quality standards
- Proficiency in Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, TPM and 5S methodologies
- Proven change leadership and ability to drive cultural transformation
- Strong communication and stakeholder influence skills
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