Operations Manager job at Royal Mabati Factory
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Operations Manager
2026-07-08T11:15:19+00:00
Royal Mabati Factory
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FULL_TIME
Nairobi
Nairobi
00100
Kenya
Manufacturing
Management
KES
MONTH
2026-07-07T17:00:00+00:00
8

To lead and coordinate all operational functions of the business, ensuring strategic execution, process compliance, system utilization, quality, safety, and stakeholder satisfaction.

  • Serve as a strategic advisor to the Managing Director, aligning operational plans with companywide transformation goals and ensure frontline management.
  • Lead implementation of cross-functional projects under the Strategic Execution & Transformation, ensuring milestones, timelines, and deliverables are tracked across all business units.
  • Establish formal escalation paths for stalled actions and unresolved cross-departmental issues. Submit weekly and monthly operational summary reports to the MD and provide inputs into board-level strategic updates.
  • Lead Weekly Operations Review (WOR) HODs meetings and ensure Daily Operations Review (DOR) cascading meetings are done and minutes recorded, filed and dashboards to track tasks to completion.
  • Provide Leadership in marketing and brand management to successfully execute and manage marketing budget, maximize the ROI of all initiatives and maintain high accountability of budget.
  • Departmental Team Management: Lead, mentor, and motivate a team of Sales Representatives to achieve individual and collective sales goals. Foster a collaborative and results-driven team environment.
  • Oversee daily and weekly production planning in line with the Production SOP, coordinating shift schedules, material readiness, and preventive maintenance.
  • Ensure 100% adherence to KEBS and ISO quality standards, executing quality protocols and non-conformance reporting as outlined in the Production SOP.
  • Lead monthly performance check-ins and quarterly appraisals in line with the HR Manual and the Commission & KPI SOP.
  • Dispatch, Routing & Delivery - Oversee routing plans, fuel calculations, and delivery sequencing in line with the Routing SOP and Dispatch SOP.
  • Lead operational response under the Crisis Management Policy, ensuring all incidents are assessed, escalated, and closed with documented resolutions.
  • Proficiency in ERP/CRM systems, data analytics, and project management.
  • Six Sigma/Kaizen/DMAIC certified.
  • Lean Management (added advantage).
  • Strong analytical, communication, and change management skills.
  • Education: Master's in Business Administration (Strategic management, Operations Management, Supply chain management) or Engineering.
  • Minimum 10 years' experience in operations within manufacturing or logistics roles.
  • Proven leadership in managing cross-functional teams.
postgraduate degree
60
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Vacancy title:
Operations Manager

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Manufacturing, Category: Management]

Jobs at:
Royal Mabati Factory

Deadline of this Job:
Tuesday, July 7 2026

Duty Station:
Nairobi | Nairobi

Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, July 8 2026, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

To lead and coordinate all operational functions of the business, ensuring strategic execution, process compliance, system utilization, quality, safety, and stakeholder satisfaction.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: postgraduate degree

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Job Info
Job Category: Management jobs in Kenya
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: Tuesday, July 7 2026
Duty Station: Nairobi | Nairobi
Posted: 08-07-2026
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 08-07-2026
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 10-10-2076
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