Operations Manager - Export Manufacturing

About the role

JamKam Traders is a Sialkot-based manufacturer and exporter of forged hardware, with production outsourced to vendors and contract workers while finishing, quality control and packing are done in house. The Operations Manager owns the full cycle from vendor order to shipment, reporting directly to the Cofounder and working without being chased.

Key responsibilities

• Build and run the production plan and a live order tracker with written due dates for every vendor and internal stage
• Plan capacity against order load and commit realistic ship dates
• Place purchase orders, follow up until delivery and control stock
• Create and maintain the BOM and spec sheet for every product
• Agree vendor rates and keep a record of all purchase prices
• Set QC checkpoints from inbound batch to final pack and run root cause analysis on every rework and complaint
• Write, train and audit SOPs for every floor process
• Lead the Export Manager, floor supervisors, QC and office team and set and review their KPIs
• Report on time delivery, vendor performance, rework and capacity to the Cofounder
• Evaluate, recommend and implement an ERP, and automate reports using AI and advanced Google Sheets

Required profile

• Degree in Engineering, Business or Supply Chain
• 3 years in export manufacturing across production planning, BOM and costing, vendor management and team management
• Analytical and decisive, a strong negotiator, comfortable on the factory floor, wanting to own a function end to end
• Fluent spoken and written English; interview and practical exercise in English

Required skills

• Production planning, BOM and costing, vendor management
• Preferred: strong hands-on AI skills, demonstrated by building trackers or automating reports
• Preferred: Six Sigma Green

To apply, send a CV with a short note on one production delay traced to its root cause and how it was fixed. Shortlisted candidates complete a practical planning exercise before the final interview. A performance-based path to Head of Operations is mentioned.