Deputy General Manager – Manufacturing

About Meseret Steel Manufacturing PLC

Meseret Steel Manufacturing PLC is a manufacturing company operating in the steel industry. The company seeks to strengthen its organizational structure, improve operational efficiency, enhance governance, and establish sustainable systems that support its long-term growth and competitiveness.

The Deputy General Manager will play a critical role in translating the company’s strategic objectives into operational results, ensuring effective coordination across departments, and strengthening the company’s management systems and overall performance.

Job Summary

The Deputy General Manager will provide overall operational leadership and management oversight of the company’s steel manufacturing operations.

The position will support the General Manager in translating strategic priorities into operational results, strengthening management accountability, coordinating key business functions, and ensuring that approved plans, policies, decisions, and performance targets are effectively implemented.

The successful candidate will play a key role in improving operational performance, strengthening cross-functional coordination, developing a performance-oriented management culture, and reducing unnecessary dependence on the General Manager for routine operational decisions.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide overall leadership and management oversight of the company’s steel manufacturing GMoperations.
• Support implementation of the company’s strategic and annual business plans and translate priorities into measurable operational targets.
• Drive achievement of approved production, productivity, efficiency, revenue, and operational-performance targets.
• Ensure effective coordination among production, sales, marketing, procurement, logistics, stores, finance, HR, and other supporting functions.
• Review organizational and departmental performance and ensure timely corrective action where required.
• Hold managers and department heads accountable for agreed targets, responsibilities, deadlines, and management decisions.
• Strengthen delegation, management accountability, and systematic decision-making across the organization.
• Provide executive oversight of procurement, logistics, inventory, supply-chain continuity, and resource utilization.
• Review major operational, financial, commercial, quality, safety, and supply-chain risks and ensure appropriate management action.
• Ensure business activities are implemented within approved budgets, policies, procedures, internal controls, and delegated authority.
• Promote efficient utilization of production capacity, machinery, financial resources, and human resources.
• Ensure effective coordination between production and commercial functions to support customer requirements, delivery commitments, and market priorities.
• Provide oversight of workforce planning, management capability, performance management, and organizational development in coordination with HR.
• Lead regular management and operational performance reviews and follow up on agreed actions.
• Provide the General Manager with timely reports on business performance, major risks, unresolved issues, and matters requiring executive decisions.
• Support continuity of leadership and act on behalf of the General Manager when formally delegated.

Education

• Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, Operations Management, Business Administration, Management, or another closely related field.
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant engineering, manufacturing, operations, business, or management discipline.
• Additional professional training or certification in operations management, project management, quality management, supply-chain management or business leadership is an advantage.

Experience

• At least 8–10 years of relevant professional experience in manufacturing, industrial operations, engineering, operations management or related business management.
• At least 5 years in a managerial or senior leadership role with responsibility for operational performance and cross-functional coordination.
• Demonstrated experience overseeing manufacturing or industrial operations and coordinating multiple business functions.
• Strong experience in production planning, operational performance, cost management, supply chain, quality, and resource utilization.