Production Manager
| Location | Kampala, Uganda |
| Date Posted | May 10, 2026 |
| Category | Management Production / Manufacturing |
| Job Type | Full-time |
| Currency | UGX |
Description

About Organisation:
Newrest Uganda Inflight Services is an industrial catering company specializing in the aviation sector (restaurants serving the airline and VIP flights and ground with signs Caffé Lindo, E-Café Sky Café), and in the rail, marine, communities (embassies, schools, private companies, hospitals), also associated services including aerial specialist managed services “in flight” (Inflight), the sales on board (Buy-on-board), the Off- taxes (duty free)) and remote support (remote sites).
Job Summary: You ensure and guarantee client satisfaction, food safety standards (HACCP) and company’s objectives through the application of the company’s standard operating procedures, the proper staff training, allocation, administrative and cost management.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Organize and supervise all production activities
- Create and follow up all recipes and cooking methods to be used
- Guarantee productivity ratios of the site by carrying out the following actions:
- Labor cost: Control daily schedules and rosters
Food cost:
- Set-up supply plan and quality standards for raw materials
- Control the orders, received foodstuffs and material outputs from our ERP
- Follow and optimize the daily trackers
- Elaborate purchasing forecasts based on the supply plan
- Implement and monitor KPI’s (ie: material loss, hours worked, occupational health and safety)
- Guarantee in collaboration with QHSE manager, the maintenance and upkeep plan for the site (HACCP, cleaning, maintenance of production and storage equipment, safety of installations, pest control, training in good practices, etc.)
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- 5+ years of experience at management level ideally in catering activities
- Master culinary production techniques, food legislation, the cold chain, and hygiene and safety rules
- Good knowledge of Word and Excel computer tools and will discover our production management ERP
- Fluent in English, second language is a plus
- Rigorous, organized, and have good interpersonal skills, good team spirit and good management of priorities and urgency.
