A reputable company dealing in fruit pulps, concentrates, juices, and water is setting up a modern fruit dehydration plant for the European export market. We seek a competent Production Manager to oversee production, ensure efficiency, and maintain top-quality food-safety standards.

Job Purpose

To manage and coordinate all fruit dehydration production activities, ensuring efficiency, high-quality output, food-safety compliance, and achievement of production targets while optimizing raw materials, equipment, and manpower.

Key Responsibilities

Production Planning & Operations

• Prepare and execute production schedules.
• Oversee all dehydration stages: sorting, washing, slicing, drying, moisture testing, conditioning, packaging.
• Maintain continuous production flow with minimal downtime.
• Monitor yields, efficiency, wastage, and drive performance improvements.
• Ensure optimal equipment usage (dryers, slicers, conveyors, calibrators).

Quality Assurance & Food Safety

• Maintain strict adherence to HACCP, FSMS, GMPs, hygiene, and export requirements.
• Work with QA team to enforce quality checks at every stage.
• Monitor moisture content, colour, texture, and microbial limits.
• Act immediately on quality deviations to prevent waste or rejections.

Leadership & Resource Management

• Lead and supervise production teams.
• Ensure efficient use of mangoes, pineapples, coconuts, and other raw materials.
• Enforce waste management and accurate product traceability.

Maintenance & Safety

• Ensure all machines function optimally and plan preventive maintenance.
• Promote compliance with environmental, health, and safety regulations.

Reporting

• Prepare daily, weekly, and monthly reports for management.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Food Science, Food Technology, or related field.
• 5 years’ experience in food processing, including 3 years in fruit dehydration or fruit-processing.
• Knowledge of HACCP, GMP, FSMS/ISO22000.
• Strong technical knowledge of dehydration equipment.
• Proven team leadership experience.

• Prepare and execute production schedules.
• Oversee all dehydration stages: sorting, washing, slicing, drying, moisture testing, conditioning, packaging.
• Maintain continuous production flow with minimal downtime.
• Monitor yields, efficiency, wastage, and drive performance improvements.
• Ensure optimal equipment usage (dryers, slicers, conveyors, calibrators).
• Maintain strict adherence to HACCP, FSMS, GMPs, hygiene, and export requirements.
• Work with QA team to enforce quality checks at every stage.
• Monitor moisture content, colour, texture, and microbial limits.
• Act immediately on quality deviations to prevent waste or rejections.
• Lead and supervise production teams.
• Ensure efficient use of mangoes, pineapples, coconuts, and other raw materials.
• Enforce waste management and accurate product traceability.
• Ensure all machines function optimally and plan preventive maintenance.
• Promote compliance with environmental, health, and safety regulations.
• Prepare daily, weekly, and monthly reports for management.

• Strong technical knowledge of dehydration equipment.
• Proven team leadership experience.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Food Science, Food Technology, or related field.
• 5 years’ experience in food processing, including 3 years in fruit dehydration or fruit-processing.
• Knowledge of HACCP, GMP, FSMS/ISO22000.