Plant Manager

About the role

The Plant Manager leads the entire chemical production facility in Kempton Park, driving operational excellence, safety culture, and asset reliability. This senior position is responsible for aligning plant performance with corporate strategy, ensuring regulatory compliance, and delivering financial results.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and execute plant operational strategy to meet production, cost, quality, and safety targets.
• Translate corporate and regional goals into plant‑level plans, KPIs and continuous‑improvement initiatives (Lean, reliability, cost optimisation).
• Own full financial performance, including operating costs, maintenance budgets and inventory optimisation.
• Lead capital planning, ROI‑driven investments and asset improvement projects.
• Oversee preventive, predictive and corrective maintenance, monitoring MTBF, MTTR and OEE.
• Provide strategic oversight of engineering stores, spare‑parts optimisation and procurement planning.
• Align production planning with demand forecasts, manage working capital and ensure material availability.
• Act as the primary interface between plant operations and senior leadership.

Required profile

• Extensive experience leading chemical or industrial production facilities.
• Proven ability to drive financial performance and cost‑control initiatives.
• Strong track record in operational excellence, safety leadership and asset reliability.
• Strategic mindset with capability to align cross‑functional teams (operations, maintenance, supply chain, finance).

Required skills

• Lean manufacturing principles
• Asset reliability metrics (MTBF, MTTR, OEE)
• Predictive and preventive maintenance strategies
• Capital planning and ROI analysis
• Inventory and procurement optimisation