Senior Production Manager
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Farmers Choice is hiring a Senior Production Manager in Nairobi to lead daily production, optimize costs and yields, and ensure food safety and quality compliance. The role requires a Bachelor's degree in Food Science or a related field and 15 years' experience, including 3 years in management. Applications are open with a stated closing date of 31 October 2026.
- Senior production leadership role in Nairobi
- 15 years' experience including 3 years in management required
- Bachelor's degree in Food Science or related field required
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Farmers Choice is hiring a Senior Production Manager in Nairobi to lead daily production, optimize costs and yields, and ensure food safety and quality compliance. The role requires a Bachelor's degree in Food Science or a related field and 15 years' experience, including 3 years in management. Applications are open with a stated closing date of 31 October 2026.
- Senior production leadership role in Nairobi
- 15 years' experience including 3 years in management required
- Bachelor's degree in Food Science or related field required
- Food safety, HACCP and GMP compliance focus
- Monthly salary listed in KES
- Application deadline: 31 October 2026
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Original source description
Senior Production Manager
2026-10-24T23:07:19+00:00
Farmers Choice
https://cdn.greatkenyanjobs.com/jsjobsdata/data/employer/comp_10884/logo/farmers.png
https://farmerschoice.co.ke/
FULL_TIME
Nairobi
Nairobi
00100
Kenya
Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources
Management, Manufacturing & Warehouse, Agribusiness, Food Processing & Sales, Production
KES
MONTH
2026-10-31T17:00:00+00:00
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Farmer’s Choice was founded in 1980, with the central purpose of selling fresh and processed pork products to all income groups in Kenya.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Plan, coordinate and monitor daily production activities to achieve production targets and customer demand requirements.
- Optimize labour productivity, raw material utilization, product yields and manufacturing costs.
- Monitor and control overtime, staffing levels and shift operations to improve operational efficiency.
- Ensure compliance with food safety, quality assurance, hygiene, HACCP, GMP and occupational health and safety standards.
- Coordinate equipment maintenance and minimize production downtime, wastage and rejects.
- Lead, coach and develop production teams, ensuring accountability and achievement of performance targets.
- Monitor production KPIs, prepare performance reports and implement continuous improvement intiiatives.
- Collaborate with Quality Assurance, Engineering, Planning, Stores and Dispatch to ensure seamless production operations.
- QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
- Bachelor's degree in Food Science or a related field.
- 15 years' experience, including 3 years in management.
- KEY COMPETENCIES
- Strategic, results-oriented leadership with a strong focus on accountability, execution and achievement of operational targets.
- Advanced production planning, capacity optimisation and operational excellence in high-volume food manufacturing.
- Commercial acumen and data-driven decision-making, with the ability to optimise costs, yields, labour productivity and resource utilisation.
- Influential communication and cross-functional collaboration, with a strong commitment to food safety, quality, people development and continuous improvement.
- Experience in meat processing, FMCG manufacturing or a similar high-volume food manufacturing environment will be a strong advantage.
- Knowledge of HACCP, GMP, food safety systems, production planning, cost control, yield management and labour productivity.
- Plan, coordinate and monitor daily production activities to achieve production targets and customer demand requirements.
- Optimize labour productivity, raw material utilization, product yields and manufacturing costs.
- Monitor and control overtime, staffing levels and shift operations to improve operational efficiency.
- Ensure compliance with food safety, quality assurance, hygiene, HACCP, GMP and occupational health and safety standards.
- Coordinate equipment maintenance and minimize production downtime, wastage and rejects.
- Lead, coach and develop production teams, ensuring accountability and achievement of performance targets.
- Monitor production KPIs, prepare performance reports and implement continuous improvement intiiatives.
- Collaborate with Quality Assurance, Engineering, Planning, Stores and Dispatch to ensure seamless production operations.
- Strategic, results-oriented leadership
- Accountability
- Execution
- Achievement of operational targets
- Advanced production planning
- Capacity optimisation
- Operational excellence in high-volume food manufacturing
- Commercial acumen
- Data-driven decision-making
- Optimise costs, yields, labour productivity and resource utilisation
- Influential communication
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Commitment to food safety, quality, people development and continuous improvement
- Experience in meat processing, FMCG manufacturing or a similar high-volume food manufacturing environment
- Knowledge of HACCP, GMP, food safety systems, production planning, cost control, yield management and labour productivity
- Bachelor's degree in Food Science or a related field.
- 15 years' experience, including 3 years in management.
- bachelor degree
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