General Manager – Country Operations- Oman

Location: Oman (GCC)
Sector: Industrial / process manufacturing
Reports to: Chief Operating Officer (or regional Operations Director)
Type: Permanent full-time
Level: Senior leadership / Executive

STRAGO International has been retained by a multinational industrial manufacturer to appoint the operational leader who will run its entire in-country manufacturing and delivery operation. The successful candidate carries end-to-end accountability for turning the order book into delivered product and recognised revenue while holding the countrys profit-and-loss. Commercial matters pricing bids and contract terms stay with the central Commercial team; this role is about getting product out on time on cost and on quality.

The employers name is kept confidential at this stage and shared with candidates who reach shortlist.

• Full ownership of the country P&L: revenue as orders convert cost of goods manufacturing spend and local overheads.
• Capital-expenditure planning for each site built to Group engineering standards and approved within set limits.
• Control of conversion costs running overheads and working-capital efficiency across the operation.

Delivering the order book (Order-to-Cash)

• Take every confirmed order from Commercial handover through to shipment and revenue.
• Keep projects to schedule and clear quality sign-off gates on time.
• Clear blockers manage escalations and protect the delivery dates promised to customers.
• Act as the customers main operational contact once an order is live.
• Line up Project Management Planning Supply Chain and Manufacturing behind a single delivery plan for each order.

Manufacturing & plant performance

• Run all in-country plants output equipment effectiveness unit cost and use of people and assets.
• Hold production to agreed standards for quality efficiency and delivery.
• Keep equipment reliable through planned and reactive maintenance minimising downtime.
• Drive a get-it-right-first-time culture.
• Roll out improvement programmes and make 5S standard work and problem-solving part of the daily routine.

Planning & S&OP

• Lead the countrys sales-and-operations planning scheduling capacity and shopfloor sequencing aligned to the global framework.
• Keep a single plan driving manufacturing supply and delivery.
• Raise capacity or supply risks early with fixes proposed.

Supply chain & logistics

• Own local buying inbound material flow and warehousing to Group standards.
• Own outbound delivery and logistics results.
• Partner with the global Supply Chain team on supplier governance performance and stock control.

Financial performance

• Carry the country P&L conversion revenue manufacturing cost and local overheads.
• Meet budget and where results slip put recovery plans in place.
• Prepare capital plans for each site.
• Identify and deliver cost savings.
• Report numbers accurately and on time to the COO and Finance.

Leading the country team

• Line-manage every in-country function: Operations Supply Chain Planning QHSE Project Management Engineering support People & Culture and Finance.
• Keep functions pulling in the same direction.
• Direct local sales operationally with commercial authority remaining central.
• Be the senior operational face of the business with regulators customers contractors and labour bodies.

Quality

• Ensure everything shipped meets Group quality standards and customer specifications.
• Improve first-time quality and reduce non-conformances across sites.
• Build quality governance and problem-solving into everyday line management.
• Resolve complaints quickly with verified root-cause and corrective actions.
• Work alongside the Group Quality function which governs independently.

Continuous improvement

• Embed Lean daily management standard work and structured problem-solving across every site.
• Champion digital AI and automation locally in step with the wider operational-excellence agenda.
• Keep improvement activity clearly defined and tracked.

Health Safety & Environment (HSSE)

• Own HSSE outcomes personally and lead visibly on the floor and in every decision affecting people plant or environment.
• Keep every site compliant with Group HSSE rules local law and legal duties.
• Refuse to accept unsafe acts or conditions acting the moment they arise.
• Take part in toolbox talks risk assessments safety walks and audits.
• Ensure incidents and near-misses are reported investigated thoroughly and closed out.
• Make safety part of daily management working with the Group HSSE function which governs independently.

Essential

• Degree in Engineering Operations Supply Chain or a related field.
• At least 5 years successfully leading a large plant or a multi-site operation.
• Lean / Six Sigma background (Green Belt or above an advantage).
• Strong written and spoken English.

Preferred

• 10 years overall in operations supply chain or manufacturing leadership.
• Background in engineer-to-order or project-based manufacturing.
• Proven full P&L ownership in an industrial business.
• Comfortable operating in a global matrix with several reporting lines.
• Experience in chemical process or advanced-materials industries.

Skills & strengths

• Reads and acts on financial and management accounts with confidence.
• Analytical and methodical with genuine problem-solving ability.
• A real HSSE leader.
• Strong on operational excellence and Lean daily management.
• Uses ERP/MES systems fluently to run the operation.
• Owns delivery stewards the P&L aligns functions builds teams manages change and decides well under pressure.