Business Factory Manager at Ruff 'n' Tumble

Ruff 'n' Tumble is an indigenous premium brand for quality children’s clothing, shoes and accessories. The brand was founded by Adenike Ogunlesi in 1996 as a solution to the unavailability of quality kids’ clothing and to showcase the possibilities that abound in Nigeria.

We are thought leaders in retail fashion and in the kids’ fashion space, creating well-tailored garments that are fun, on trend and colorful; giving children extreme confidence when worn.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Business Factory Manager

Location: Lagos Mainland, Lagos

Job Summary

• This role is responsible for the daily management and coordination of the factory operations including costing, production, pre-production, operations and ensure production runs reliably and efficiently.
• This role manages the production staff and ensure increased productivity, assure quality, and mitigate production problems.

Job Responsibilities

• Responsible for the development and preparation of the strategy and general business planning of Production
• Ensure to drive outcomes, profitability and disseminate feedback to the appropriate internal entities
• Directly responsible for the factory operations including production, pre-production, operations, and logistics to achieve targets
• Develop plans for the factory’s progress, production improvement and general growth
• Plan and organize production schedules and work targets
• Assessment of production projects and plan all resource requirements for production
• Estimate, negotiate and agree production costing and timescales
• Ensure health and safety regulations are met in the factory
• Determine and execute quality control standards
• Drive and ensure compliance of all production standard operating procedures
• Ensure routine maintenance and repair of production equipment, tools and machines
• Liaise and collaborate with the Buying/Procurement, Sales, Brands & Marketing Teams
• Drive, manage, direct and monitor the overall performance of the factory
• Maintain employee productivity records
• Evaluate machine resources to ensure continued production and minimal downtime
• Establishing a balance between increased productivity and reduced costs of manufacturing operations
• Setting productivity goals for each team
• Developing workflow policies and procedures that improve efficiency without compromising safety or quality
• Drive performance development, coaching and general support of all team members to ensure targets are met
• Supervise and manage the work the factory employees
• Ensuring adequate scheduling of staff

Required Skills & Qualifications

• First Degree from a reputable higher institution
• Minimum of 8 years’ hands-on experience on similar role
• Strong Microsoft Office applications skill
• Commercial mindedness
• Strong people management skill
• Strong technical skills
• Excellent project management skills
• Strong planning and organizational skills
• Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills
• Strong mediating and negotiating skills
• Ability to coach and mentor team
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Problem solving skills
• Strong cost management and material efficiency skill

Application Closing Date
30th October, 2021.