Chief Technical Officer

Key Responsibilities

• Technical Strategy & Leadership: Develop and implement the technical strategy in alignment with business objectives and growth plans.
• Manufacturing Excellence: Oversee manufacturing performance, production efficiency, capacity utilization, and continuous improvement initiatives across factories.
• Engineering & Maintenance: Lead engineering, utilities, maintenance, and capital investment projects to ensure equipment reliability and operational continuity.
• Quality Assurance & Food Safety: Ensure compliance with applicable food safety standards, quality systems, regulatory requirements, and customer specifications.
• Research & Development: Drive product development, formulation improvement, process innovation, and technology upgrades.
• Operational Excellence: Implement Lean Manufacturing, TPM, and continuous improvement methodologies to reduce waste, improve productivity, and optimize costs.
• Capital Projects: Oversee technical feasibility studies, factory expansions, equipment installation, and commissioning.
• Cost Optimization: Improve manufacturing costs, energy consumption, yield, waste reduction, and overall equipment effectiveness (OEE).
• People Leadership: Build and develop strong technical teams, establish performance standards, and strengthen technical capabilities across the organization.
• Strategic Collaboration: Work closely with executive leadership, General Managers, Operations, Supply Chain, Quality, Finance, and R&D teams to achieve business objectives.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering.
• A postgraduate degree or MBA is an advantage.
• Extensive senior leadership experience in food manufacturing, FMCG, or a related industrial environment.
• Proven experience leading technical, engineering, maintenance, manufacturing, and quality functions.
• Strong knowledge of food safety management systems, manufacturing technologies, and operational excellence methodologies.
• Demonstrated success in improving factory performance, reducing costs, managing capital projects, and leading organizational change.
• Strong strategic thinking, financial awareness, leadership, and stakeholder management capabilities.

Work Location: In person