Job description

Senior Production Manager (Seafood Processing) – KAEC, Rabigh, Saudi Arabia

The Company:

Almarai is the world’s largest vertically integrated dairy and the region’s largest food and beverage manufacturing and distribution company. Headquartered in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Almarai Company is ranked as the #1 FMCG Brand in the MENA region and is a market leader in all its categories across the GCC. Almarai currently employs over 46,000 Quality Makers, across the GCC, Egypt & Jordan. In 2025, Almarai reported net income of SAR 2.4 billion on sales of SAR 22 billion. For more details, please visit our website –www.almarai.com.

An aggressive expansion program together with acquisitions in new vertical markets have created an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic multinational team dedicated to furthering growth plans for the group.

About the Role:

The successful candidate will lead and manage end-to-end seafood production operations across Shrimp, Salmon, and Multi-Purpose processing lines. The role is responsible for ensuring production efficiency, product quality, food safety compliance, yield optimization, and continuous improvement initiatives while meeting business objectives and customer requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead daily production operations across seafood processing and packing lines.
• Ensure compliance with HACCP, SFDA regulations, ISO standards, and food safety requirements.
• Drive production efficiency, maximize yield, and minimize waste and processing losses.
• Manage manpower, equipment, and resources to achieve production targets.
• Monitor seafood processing activities including filleting, trimming, grading, portioning, glazing, freezing, and packaging.
• Develop and implement SOPs to enhance operational excellence and product consistency.
• Lead, coach, and develop production teams to improve performance and technical capability.
• Collaborate closely with Quality, Maintenance, Planning, and HSE teams to ensure smooth operations.
• Identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities across manufacturing processes.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Food Science, Food Technology, Production Management, Seafood Processing Technology, or a related field.
• 10-15 years of experience in seafood processing and food manufacturing operations.
• Proven experience in a leadership role within seafood production.
• Strong knowledge of seafood processing technologies, yield management, and cold-chain operations.
• HACCP certification and knowledge of ISO 22000 are highly desirable.
• Experience in plant commissioning, SOP development, and continuous improvement initiatives are an advantage.

This is a great opportunity to join a successful and expanding global business, offering an excellent remuneration and benefits package.

Almarai offers a competitive package, generous leave, medical coverage, discretionary bonus, training, and development etc.

This is a great opportunity to join a successful and expanding global business, offering an excellent remuneration and benefits package.

Preferred candidate

Years of experience

5+ years

Degree

Bachelor's degree / higher diploma