Senior Plant Manager

Job description / Role

Role Summary:
• Lead the Manufacturing/Supply Chain operations in Dammam, Saudi Arabia supporting the region to achieve the goals (OTD, Quality, Margin, Cash)
• Manage manufacturing activities to achieve on time delivery in a cost-effective manner while maintaining consistent standards of quality.
• Review and provide direction to all manufacturing related departments, working with all functions to implement continuous improvement initiatives in manufacturing processes.

Essential Responsibilities:
• Will demonstrate accountability for functional, business, and broad company objectives.
• This role will integrate and develop processes that meet business needs across the organization, manage complex issues within functional areas of expertise, be involved in long-term planning, and contribute to the overall business strategy.
• Responsible for meeting all established cost, quality, and delivery commitments
• Control manufacturing processes through plans that consider personnel requirements, materials, turnout, sub-contracting, facilities, tooling, and equipment
• Ensure assigned employees are aware / comply with all BHGE, government, customer and applicable policies, procedures, rules, and regulations
• Perform necessary activities associated with effective management of shop operations, including necessary interface activities with other functions and organizations required to accomplish all objectives
• Implement the Manufacturing plans, utilizing processes that will assure highest possible quality products at the lowest possible cost, delivered in accordance to schedule commitments
• Support proactive proposal and inquiry activity at all organizational levels]
• Develop necessary business plans to enhance the Master Manufacturing Plan which encompasses all program requirements, including throughput, labour hours, cycle, cost, producibility.
• Provide ongoing supervision and counselling for employees, guiding them in current positions, and assisting with career development and training
• Assure commitment in own and other’s actions to the pursuit of highest possible quality of services and delivered products to customers
• Lead the implementation of HSE and Quality programs at the site.

Requirements

Qualifications/Requirements:
• Bachelor's degree in mechanical or industrial engineering from an accredited university or college
• Fluent in English
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in a manufacturing or operations leadership position
• Proven track record of performance turn-around
• Must have experience in capital equipment/project type of manufacturing environment
• Knowledge of the disciplines of manufacturing management such as production and inventory control, standard cost systems
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills

Desired Characteristics:
• Master’s Degree & Business Management experience
• Able to work within a multi-discipline, cross-functional environment
• Ability to work in Matrix organization - influencing and gaining commitment at all levels of the organization.
• OMLP grad (for internal candidates)
• Experience with start-up of plants and/or performance turn-arounds

About the Company

GE is a diversified technology, media and financial services company, dedicated to creating products that make life better. From aircraft engines and power generation to financial services, medical imaging, television programming and oil and gas, GE operates in more than 100 countries and employs over 300,000 people worldwide.

GE's Oil & Gas business is a leader in the development and delivery of advanced product and service offerings for the global oil and gas industry. As a consequence of the rapid expansion of its technology base, GE's Oil & Gas is capable of addressing the largest and most complex engineering and application challenges entirely from its own worldwide resources. So whether it's the world's largest LNG compression trains, re-injection of high sulfur gas, enhancing the safety and productivity of the world's oil and gas pipelines, or equipment for the production of oil and gas from harsh environments, GE is leading the charge.