As Plant Manager for our Debre Birhan site, you will report to the General Manager and lead the plant to meet production, cost, quality, safety, hygiene and environmental standards—on time and within budget. You’ll build a high‑performing team culture through Operational Excellence, ensure full compliance (HSE, HACCP, Food Safety) and drive continuous improvement year after year.
Your main tasks
- Lead & develop the plant team using a structured Operational Excellence approach, fostering a positive, results‑oriented culture aligned with Boortmalt values.
- Deliver budgeted output on time and at the right total cost, in full compliance with safety, hygiene, environmental and operational standards.
- Keep the site “audit ready” at all times and recognized as best in class by customers and external auditors.
- Ensure reliable maintenance & asset care, operating all equipment per SOPs and steering CAPEX/maintenance projects to plan and budget.
- Own malt quality & customer satisfaction, meeting defined specs and continuously reducing complaints.
- Drive SMART KPI performance & continuous improvement, challenge the status quo and share best practices across plants while implementing Group initiatives and business systems.
- Champion compliance with statutory and legal obligations (SHE, HACCP, Food Safety, Employment legislation).
- Run reporting & administration rhythms (daily/weekly/monthly/annual/ExCom), ensuring timely, accurate data and proactive risk escalation.
We offer an attractive salary and benefits package and as part of a global organization can offer career opportunities internationally. As Masters of Malt we want to be a great employer, focusing on flexibility, inclusion, collaboration and health and wellbeing. We live our values, putting people at the heart of what we do.
“Strive” - our ambition is to be the best maltster that's why every day we commit to challenge ourselves to achieve the highest level.
“Care” - our strength is magnificent when we care for our earth, our colleagues and our business partners. We encourage trust, respect and treat each other with respect. We believe that Diversity makes us stronger.
“Inspire” - We adopt a long-term orientation delivering sustainable performance through innovation and digitization, becoming praised Masters of Malt.
“Explore” – thinking out of the box and embracing pioneer ideas to become a source of motivation, we like challenging the status quo to develop full potential.