Job description

Assistant Production Manager (Premier Foods plant) - Riyadh

The Company:

Founded in 1977, Almarai Company is the world’s largest vertically integrated dairy company and the largest food and beverage manufacturing and distribution company in MENA. Headquartered in Riyadh,  Almarai Company is ranked as the number one FMCG Brand in the MENA region and the market leader in all its categories across GCC, Egypt, and Jordan.

Over five decades of sustainable growth, Almarai has consistently provided nutritious and healthy products to consumers of all ages, driven by its core principle: “Quality you can trust.”

Almarai has expanded its product range to include, in addition to dairy products, juices and beverages, baked goods, poultry, infant formula, dates, fish and seafood, and bottled water, under more than 20 brands such as Almarai, L’usine, 7DAYS, ALYOUM, Nuralac, Farm’s Select, Ice Leaf, Almira, Seama, Oska, IVAL, Almara Pro, Premier Chef, Bakemart, and others.

Almarai currently employs over 43,000 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.

About the Role:

Purpose of this role in the production department is to help Achieve production targets by supporting the production operations within specified quality, safety and environmental standards within agreed budget and manage the support services to agreed service levels, analyze and monitor key performance indicators with adherence to good management principles and practices. 

Activities:

• Ensure production of "Premier Foods" plant products at the right specifications and within the quality standards
  
• Arrange regular meeting with other department which has direct impact in the production success to resolve issue and sustain productivity.
  
• Application of manufacturing best practice for the achievement of maximum utilization & efficiency.
  
• Play a lead role in implementing, updating and ensuring strict compliance of biosecurity standards.
  
• Achievement of agreed production yield target by minimizing wastage and application of lean management principles.
  

Requirement:

The Potential candidates must meet the requirements mentioned below:

• Bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing production, or a related field
• 5 years of experience in similar field (Preferably experienced in Meat production environment)
• Certificate ISO 9000 quality standards / ISO 22000:2005 Food Safety.
• Strong communication skills.
• Management skills of a production team members.

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

2+ years

Degree

Bachelor's degree / higher diploma