Plant General Manager (Nakasongola) job at Dalilang Foods & Beverages

Background

Dalilang Foods & Beverages is a Ugandan FMCG manufacturer producing packaged snacks, including potato crisps, gonja chips, coated peanuts and peanut butter, alongside spring water, fruit nectars and energy drinks.

Job Description

Oversee total plant manufacturing, utility infrastructure, security, community engagement, and full P&L accountability in Nakasongola. Translate strategic organizational objectives into practical operational plans, capital requirements, and reliable production schedules. Provide executive leadership to maintain strict occupational safety, food hygiene, regulatory compliance, and cross functional performance.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

Oversee total manufacturing operations, utility infrastructure, security, community relations, and overall plant P&L performance. Translate business strategy into measurable daily, medium term, and long term operating plans and resource allocations. Manage facility budgets, capital expenditures, forecasts, and contracts to safeguard financial stewardship and cost efficiency. Establish governance frameworks and leadership accountability to identify, report, and mitigate operational, safety, and legal risks. Direct organizational capability through structured workforce planning, talent development, and cross departmental coordination. Enforce complete adherence to occupational safety, food safety, environmental standards, and emergency response procedures without compromise. Lead continuous improvement and root cause analysis initiatives to minimize downtime, product defects, process waste, and avoidable costs. Ensure accurate, traceable, and audit ready plant records, shift logs, incident investigations, and management reports are maintained.

Skills

High volume production oversight and full plant leadership. Financial stewardship, P&L administration, and budget control. Strategic judgement and leadership influence across multidisciplinary teams. Occupational safety, food safety, hygiene, and environmental compliance. Root cause analysis, operational problem solving, and quality continuous improvement. Digital literacy across enterprise systems, production interfaces, and technical records.

Education Qualifications & Experience

Education Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Food Technology, Business Administration, Commerce, Economics, Finance, Accounting, Industrial Engineering, Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, Food Science, or a related functional discipline. Master's degree, MBA, MSc, MA, MEng, or relevant postgraduate diploma in executive leadership or specialized technical fields. Professional qualifications and certifications such as CPA, ACCA, CIPS, CIM, CIPD/HR, project management, quality, or safety credentials. Equivalent foreign academic qualifications recognized in Uganda, satisfying any mandatory professional registrations.

Experience

8+ years leading a large scale manufacturing plant.

• Oversee total manufacturing operations, utility infrastructure, security, community relations, and overall plant P&L performance.
• Translate business strategy into measurable daily, medium term, and long term operating plans and resource allocations.
• Manage facility budgets, capital expenditures, forecasts, and contracts to safeguard financial stewardship and cost efficiency.
• Establish governance frameworks and leadership accountability to identify, report, and mitigate operational, safety, and legal risks.
• Direct organizational capability through structured workforce planning, talent development, and cross departmental coordination.
• Enforce complete adherence to occupational safety, food safety, environmental standards, and emergency response procedures without compromise.
• Lead continuous improvement and root cause analysis initiatives to minimize downtime, product defects, process waste, and avoidable costs.
• Ensure accurate, traceable, and audit ready plant records, shift logs, incident investigations, and management reports are maintained.

• High volume production oversight and full plant leadership
• Financial stewardship, P&L administration, and budget control
• Strategic judgement and leadership influence across multidisciplinary teams
• Occupational safety, food safety, hygiene, and environmental compliance
• Root cause analysis, operational problem solving, and quality continuous improvement
• Digital literacy across enterprise systems, production interfaces, and technical records

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Food Technology, Business Administration, Commerce, Economics, Finance, Accounting, Industrial Engineering, Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, Food Science, or a related functional discipline
• Master's degree, MBA, MSc, MA, MEng, or relevant postgraduate diploma in executive leadership or specialized technical fields
• Professional qualifications and certifications such as CPA, ACCA, CIPS, CIM, CIPD/HR, project management, quality, or safety credentials
• Equivalent foreign academic qualifications recognized in Uganda, satisfying any mandatory professional registrations