Job Description
Reporting directly to the Owner, the Managing Director will lead the sales, people and growth strategy. The ideal candidate combines a strong production engineering background with a commercial mindset. You understand the factory floor and know how to sell, and you can build teams and make decisions with confidence.
Responsibilities
Strategy & Growth
- Partner with the Owner to set the business strategy, annual targets and scaling plan
- Identify growth opportunities: new products, new markets, new customer segments and export potential
- Prepare and manage annual budgets, P&L and capital investment plans (machines, capacity expansion)
- Take operational and commercial decisions independently within agreed authority, escalating strategic matters to the Owner
Production & Operations (Alexandria)
- Oversee factory operations, ensuring production plans meet sales demand, quality standards and cost targets
- Drive productivity, reduce waste and downtime, and improve efficiency across production lines
- Ensure compliance with quality, health, safety and environmental standards
- Lead decisions on capacity, machinery and raw material sourcing
Sales & Commercial
- Lead the sales strategy and personally manage key accounts and major deals
- Grow revenue and market share, building relationships with distributors, factories and large clients
- Set pricing strategies in light of raw material costs and market conditions
- Align sales forecasts with production planning to avoid gaps between the two sites
People & Team Building
- Lead and connect the teams in Alexandria and Heliopolis into one aligned organization
- Build the organizational structure needed for growth and hire key roles (sales, production, quality, supply chain, finance)
- Set KPIs, run performance reviews and develop the next layer of managers
- Create a culture of accountability, communication and results across both locations
Reporting
- Provide the Owner with regular reports on production, sales, financials and progress toward targets
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Production, Mechanical, Industrial or Chemical); MBA is a strong plus
- 12–15+ years of experience, including at least 5 years in a senior leadership role (Plant Manager, Operations Director, GM or similar)
- Proven experience in plastics manufacturing (injection molding, extrusion, blow molding) or a closely related industry such as packaging or FMCG manufacturing
- Strong commercial track record, with direct experience growing sales and managing key clients
- Experience managing multi-site teams and building teams from the ground up
- Solid financial understanding: P&L, budgeting, costing and pricing
- Decisive, hands-on and comfortable working closely with a business owner
- Willing to split time between Alexandria and Cairo
- Excellent Arabic and strong English
