Manufacturing Manager- Operation Management

Job Description Summary

Lead the daily operations of the Gas Turbines Repair Cell at the Jebel Ali Service Center to ensure safe, reliable, efficient, and high-quality execution. This role oversees production planning, cross-functional coordination, and operational excellence within the service shop. While primarily execution focused, the role has autonomy in decision-making and plays a critical part in driving continuous improvement and team development covered by standard functional practices and procedures with guidance.

Job Description

What you’ll do;

• In-depth understanding of key business drivers; uses this understanding to accomplish own work. In-depth understanding of how work of own team integrates with other teams and contributes to the area.
• Own and deliver on fulfillment metrics (SQDCC) through effective leadership of the cell’s daily operations.
• Lead a cross-functional team of operations leaders, method & quality engineers.
• Lead the cells expansion and transformation roadmap.
• Onboard, and develop talent by providing clear direction, coaching, and continuous leadership to ensure team capability, engagement, and alignment with business goals.
• Mentor and coach teams on Lean principles, problem solving, and continuous improvement culture.
• Maintain and optimize cell capacity, manpower planning, and scheduling to meet customer demands.
• Own and drive the cell roadmap, in alignment with the Plant Leader.
• Govern variable cost expenditure to ensure financial metrics are met and follow business objectives.
• Partner to deliver the yearly budget planning and preparation for the plant’s roadmap.
• Manage customers’ relationships and technical queries in partnership with engineering, services and project management teams.
• Facilitate and lead Kaizen events focused on cost-out, lead time reduction, safety, and process flow improvements.
• Lead daily management system (DMS) implementation across functions and monitor adherence and effectiveness.
• Support NPI and CAPEX planning related to the gas capitals cell.
• Maintain CI ideas pipeline, track progress, and report savings (PCO, CoPQ reduction, etc.).
• Act as the interface with the fulfilment & materials team to ensure the cell’s production loading and material availability are meeting customer requirements.
  
  

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or relevant qualifications.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in gas turbine repairs or manufacturing operations.
• Proven experience managing frontline teams and delivering on operational KPIs.
• Strong command of Lean tools (Kaizen, DMS, VSM, standard work, etc.) with a track record of implementation.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills across functions and levels.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
  
  

• Technical understanding of gas turbine component repair processes and equipment
• Experience leading teams in various Kaizen events.
• Ability to influence and lead change in dynamic, fast-paced environments