The Operations Manager is responsible for overseeing end-to-end poultry operations, ensuring high standards of productivity, bird health, biosecurity, operational efficiency, and profitability. The role requires a strong combination of technical poultry expertise and managerial capability.
➤Key Responsibilities
- Oversee daily poultry operations, including rearing, feed, hatchery, slaughtering/processing, and production performance.
- Manage operations within cage-based poultry systems and ensure proper feeding, watering, ventilation, lighting, and environmental controls.
- Monitor bird health, mortality, growth rates, FCR, production efficiency, and biosecurity.
- Coordinate vaccination, medication, disease prevention, and veterinary programs.
- ▪ Supervise farm managers, supervisors, and operational teams while ensuring compliance with SOPs, safety, animal welfare, and food safety standards.
- Oversee feed usage, inventory, equipment, facilities, maintenance, and operational resources.
- Analyze production data, control costs, prepare performance reports, and implement operational improvements.
➤Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Animal Science, Poultry Science, Agriculture, Veterinary Science, or a related field.
- Minimum 15+ years of relevant poultry operations experience, preferably within large-scale poultry companies.
- GCC experience is highly preferred.
- Strong hands-on experience in commercial poultry operations and cage systems.
- Experience supervising multiple areas of the poultry value chain, particularly rearing, feed, hatchery, and slaughtering/processing.
- Preference for candidates with substantial experience working within large, established poultry organizations, rather than primarily in consulting or small-scale operations.
➤Key Skills
- Strong technical knowledge of poultry production, health, nutrition, biosecurity, and operational best practices.
- Proven leadership, team management, and decision-making skills.
- Strong ability to analyze operational and production KPIs.
- Commercial awareness with a focus on efficiency, cost control, and profitability.
