About this role
- Provide and align operational strategies as well as evaluating all plants’ capabilities in order to meet business goals and objectives.
- Evaluate operational performance of all plants by ensuring production process, standards, output and cost.
- Ensure synergy and compliance of operational maintenance, safety and quality systems or standards among all plants.
- Identify and replicate best practices among sites; opportunities for efficiencies for all plants while still maintaining different customer needs, regulatory requirements, and brand identities of each product.
- Lead program related to Continuous Improvement (Lean Manufacturing/ Kaizen/ etc) to identify opportunity of cost optimization, waste and loss reduction, energy efficiency, manpower/ overtime optimization
- Oversee investigation and resolution of quality issues
- Oversee and review plant CAPEX & OPEX budgets proposed by respective Plant Manager and evaluate resource allocation in plants.
- Prepare and deliver regular performance reports to Management, including operational KPIs, cost performance, safety metrics, and strategic project updates. Provide insights, risk assessments, and action plans to ensure alignment with business objectives.
- Build leadership capability within the plants through coaching, development, and succession planning.
- Ensure technical capabilities for all levels.
- Review and evaluate the implementation of 5R and Safety to ensure safety and hygiene at all plants.
Other facts
About Golden Agri-Resources (GAR)
Golden Agri-Resources (GAR) is one of the largest palm oil plantation companies in the world. Our plantations are located in Indonesia and we manage more than 500,000 hectares of palm oil plantations (including smallholder farmers). We are a leading seed-to-shelf agribusiness—from growing oil palms with farmers to producing food for the present and future.
Sustainability is an essential part of our business and we are guided by our GAR Social and Environmental Policy (GSEP). The GSEP is the roadmap we share with our employees, smallholders, suppliers, and customers as we work together to realise GAR’s vision of a sustainable palm oil industry.
GAR believes that farming palm oil is an effective way to create jobs and alleviate poverty, and provides opportunities for communities to secure a better livelihood for themselves. As one of the largest plantation companies in Indonesia, operating largely in rural and remote areas, we not only play an active role in the well-being of our employees, but also in the wider communities where we operate.
Founded in 1996, GAR was listed on the Singapore Exchange in 1999 and the corporate office is located in Singapore. GAR has several subsidiaries which include PT SMART Tbk, our business operating in Indonesia; our distribution business in Europe and the US; PT Dami Mas Sejahtera, our certified DxP seed producer and supplier; and our various businesses in China.
What you'll do
- The Group Plant Manager is responsible for aligning operational strategies and evaluating plant capabilities to meet business goals. This includes overseeing performance, ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards, and leading continuous improvement initiatives.
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