Foreground, a leading regional executive recruitment firm, is partnering with a market-leading frozen food manufacturer in Dammam, Saudi Arabia to appoint a results-oriented, analytically sharp, and operationally experienced Production Manager. This is a critical senior leadership role within a high-throughput frozen food facility — requiring deep functional expertise in food manufacturing, strong team leadership capability, and the operational foresight to lead a complex, fast-paced production organization across multiple lines and shifts while driving performance excellence, quality compliance, and manufacturing innovation.
About This Opportunity — Frozen Food Plant Leadership, Dammam KSA
Employer: Market-leading frozen food manufacturer — an industry-dominant production organization in Dammam, Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province
Facility: High-throughput frozen food manufacturing plant — multiple production lines, multi-shift operations, and significant commercial scale
Recruiter: Foreground — a respected regional executive search firm placing senior leadership talent across Saudi Arabia and the GCC
Scope: Full accountability for manufacturing performance, production governance, quality compliance, team leadership, and operational optimization
Cross-Functional: Key enabler of operational stability and growth — interfacing with planning, supply chain, maintenance, QA, and commercial functions
Key Role Objectives — What This Production Manager Must Deliver
Manufacturing Performance: Full accountability for plant manufacturing KPIs — output, efficiency, quality, safety, and cost across all production lines and shifts
Uninterrupted Output: Ensure aligned production against demand plans, quality standards, and safety protocols without operational disruption
Performance Culture: Build frontline ownership, leadership depth, and a robust performance and safety culture across the entire production organization
Process Excellence: Champion waste reduction, automation, and manufacturing excellence tools — driving measurable efficiency and yield improvements
S&OP Integration: Provide data-driven capacity, constraint, and readiness inputs at Sales & Operations Planning meetings
Position Overview
The Production Manager at this market-leading frozen food manufacturer in Dammam is one of the most strategically important operational leadership roles in Saudi Arabia’s active and growing frozen food manufacturing sector. With full accountability for manufacturing performance across a high-throughput multi-line facility, this professional translates demand plans into optimized production schedules, leads a structured multi-level production organization, drives HACCP and ISO 22000 compliance, manages S&OP contribution, leads continuous improvement initiatives, and champions the operational stability and growth that defines manufacturing excellence in KSA’s increasingly competitive frozen food market. If you are a food manufacturing leader with 7+ years of FMCG experience — including strong cold chain, frozen food, or meat and poultry manufacturing background — actively searching for Production Manager jobs in Dammam or Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province in 2026, this Foreground-recruited opportunity represents one of the most significant and professionally rewarding plant leadership roles currently available in the Kingdom.
Why This Role Matters: As Production Manager at this Dammam frozen food manufacturer, you hold full operational accountability for a complex, commercial-scale manufacturing facility — a role with genuine authority, direct executive visibility, and real organizational impact from day one, apply your frozen food or cold chain manufacturing expertise, HACCP and ISO 22000 mastery, and ERP system command in a high-throughput plant environment where your operational decisions directly determine the company’s production performance, quality outcomes, and commercial competitiveness, lead a multi-level production organization — from supervisors through team leaders to frontline operators — developing the leadership depth, performance culture, and food safety accountability that distinguishes world-class manufacturing from average plant operations, drive process optimization, automation projects, and NPD commercialization readiness — contributing not just to today’s operational output but to the longer-term manufacturing capability and innovation pipeline of a market-leading Saudi frozen food company, and build a prestigious senior plant leadership credential in Dammam, Saudi Arabia — one of the GCC’s most commercially active manufacturing hubs — with direct career advancement potential toward Plant Director and VP Manufacturing roles.
Key Responsibilities
Production Oversight & Performance Governance
- Translate demand and production plans into fully optimized daily and weekly production schedules — ensuring maximum utilization of manpower, equipment, and materials across all production lines and shifts at the Dammam facility
- Submit comprehensive daily production performance reports with analytical insights and targeted corrective actions directly to executive leadership — maintaining full transparency of plant performance against commercial and operational targets
- Lead all incident management, root cause analysis, and escalation routines for production downtime events, quality deviations, and critical operational risks — ensuring rapid and effective resolution with robust preventive measures
- Own full accountability for manufacturing KPIs — including output volumes, line efficiency, product yield, wastage rates, and quality adherence — driving structured performance governance across every shift and production line
Leadership, Culture & Team Development
- Manage a multi-level production organization comprising supervisors, team leaders, and line operators — providing clear operational direction, structured performance feedback, and active development coaching that builds leadership depth at every level
- Conduct regular performance appraisals and structured learning interventions — ensuring every member of the production team is growing in capability, accountability, and alignment with the company’s operational excellence standards
- Foster a rigorous safety, hygiene, and GMP culture with zero tolerance for non-compliance — establishing and consistently reinforcing the behavioral standards and accountability frameworks that protect people, products, and the plant’s operational license
- Build a robust frontline performance culture where team members exercise genuine operational ownership — reducing escalation dependency and enabling faster, more effective decision-making at every level of the production organization
Quality, Compliance & Food Safety
- Guarantee strict compliance with HACCP plans, ISO 22000 food safety management requirements, GMP standards, and all applicable Saudi food safety regulatory requirements across all production lines and operational activities
- Partner closely with QA and QC teams to close quality gaps, implement preventive controls, manage allergen programs, and uphold product integrity standards across all frozen food product lines manufactured at the Dammam facility
- Oversee comprehensive sanitation programs, allergen management protocols, and production readiness audit activities — ensuring the plant is permanently audit-ready and fully compliant with regulatory and customer quality standards
- Participate in regulatory inspections and customer audits — representing the production function with competence, transparency, and full knowledge of the plant’s food safety management system and compliance performance
Optimization, Innovation & Cross-Functional Alignment
- Identify process inefficiencies systematically — leading targeted improvement initiatives to enhance product yield, reduce waste and scrap, improve line balance, and elevate overall equipment effectiveness across the frozen food production facility
- Support automation projects, production layout reengineering, and equipment upgrade programs in close coordination with engineering and maintenance functions — contributing operational expertise to investments that build long-term manufacturing capability
- Lead production readiness activities for new product launches and commercialization trials — ensuring new frozen food SKUs are introduced to full production without disruption to existing line performance or quality standards
- Interface actively with planning, supply chain, maintenance, quality, and commercial functions — participating in S&OP meetings with data-driven capacity, constraint, and production readiness inputs that enable informed business decision-making
Candidate Profile & Requirements
Educational Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Food Technology, Industrial Engineering, Food Science, Manufacturing Engineering, or a closely related field — required as the minimum educational qualification for this senior Production Manager role
- Certification in or deep practical familiarity with HACCP, ISO 22000, GMP, and Saudi/international food safety regulatory inspection standards — demonstrated through career experience and verifiable program implementation
Experience Requirements
- Minimum 7 years of progressive manufacturing experience in food or FMCG — including at least 3 years in a plant leadership role with direct accountability for multi-line production performance and team management
- Strong understanding of cold chain, frozen food, or meat/poultry manufacturing environments — the specific operational knowledge of frozen food production, cold chain management, and product integrity requirements essential to this Dammam role
- Operational command of ERP systems and real-time production management systems — enabling data-driven scheduling, performance monitoring, and continuous operational improvement at plant management level
Key Competencies
- Proven ability to lead teams effectively in complex, fast-paced production environments — demonstrated through track record of building high-performance production organizations with measurable improvements in KPIs, safety, and quality
- Strong analytical and data interpretation skills — the ability to translate production data, KPI trends, and S&OP inputs into clear operational decisions, performance reports, and improvement initiatives
- Excellent communication and executive stakeholder management capability — with the confidence and clarity to represent production performance directly to senior leadership and external auditors
Dammam Frozen Food Manufacturing & Saudi FMCG Market — A Career-Defining Opportunity
Market Position: The Saudi frozen food manufacturing sector is one of the Kingdom’s fastest-growing food categories — driven by changing consumer lifestyles, rapid retail expansion, and significant Vision 2030 food security investment
Eastern Province: Dammam is Saudi Arabia’s industrial and commercial powerhouse — one of the GCC’s most strategically important manufacturing and logistics hubs with an active and growing food production sector
Career Path: Production Manager roles at market-leading Saudi food manufacturers provide a clear and supported advancement pathway to Plant Director, VP Manufacturing, and COO positions across the GCC’s growing FMCG food sector
Foreground Network: Being placed by Foreground — one of the GCC’s most respected executive search firms — provides this Production Manager with both an outstanding role and professional network access that accelerates long-term career advancement
About Foreground Recruitment
Foreground is a leading regional executive recruitment firm operating across Saudi Arabia and the broader GCC — specializing in connecting market-leading organizations with exceptional leadership talent across manufacturing, FMCG, food and beverage, industrial, and commercial functions. With a deep network of senior professionals across the Kingdom’s most important industries, Foreground’s approach combines industry knowledge, candidate quality, and recruitment integrity to deliver placements that genuinely advance both organizations and careers. For the Production Manager role at this Dammam frozen food manufacturer, Foreground is seeking a results-oriented, technically credentialed, and culturally aligned manufacturing leader ready to make a tangible and immediate operational impact in Saudi Arabia’s most commercially dynamic food production market.
Apply Now: Submit your updated CV highlighting your frozen food or cold chain manufacturing leadership experience, HACCP/ISO 22000 credentials, and ERP system expertise to be considered for this outstanding Production Manager opportunity in Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Who Should Apply?
- Frozen Food Production Managers: With 7+ years of food or FMCG manufacturing experience — including 3+ years in plant leadership — and strong cold chain, frozen food, or meat/poultry manufacturing operational expertise
- HACCP and ISO 22000 Certified Plant Leaders: With proven experience managing multi-line, multi-shift food production organizations and driving measurable manufacturing performance improvements in Saudi Arabia or the GCC
- ERP-Proficient Production Leaders: With operational command of ERP and real-time production systems and strong data-driven decision-making capability applicable to a high-throughput frozen food manufacturing environment
- S&OP and Cross-Functional Manufacturing Professionals: With experience contributing capacity and constraint analysis to Sales & Operations Planning processes in fast-paced FMCG food production environments
- Saudi Arabia or GCC Manufacturing Leaders: Currently based in the Eastern Province or KSA with frozen food, cold chain, or FMCG plant management experience ready to take full accountability for a high-profile production leadership role in Dammam
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