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Chief Operating Officer - Egypt - Industrial

International Permanent £90,388 - £106,822 per year View Job Description
This role offers a rare opportunity to lead one of the country's most advanced manufacturing operations, combining scale, technical complexity, export exposure, and transformation. The COO will play a central role in elevating operational standards to international benchmarks while preparing the business for its next phase of growth.
  • Leadership of core industrial operations in a large-scale environment
  • Operational excellence and transformation mandate

About Our Client

Our client is a leading industrial manufacturing platform in Egypt, operating at large scale with complex processes and international reach.

Job Description

Reporting directly to Group leadership, the COO will have full accountability for plant operations and will act as the architect of operational excellence across the organisation. Key challenges and priorities include:

  • Leading a large industrial site with a workforce of +1100 employees, with further headcount growth planned
  • Driving world-class manufacturing standards across production, quality, maintenance, supply chain, and HSE
  • Elevating export-grade quality, consistency, and compliance to meet demanding international markets
  • Introducing stronger operational governance, KPIs, and performance discipline
  • Optimising complex industrial processes and improving productivity at scale
  • Preparing the platform for capacity expansion and long-term industrial scalability
  • Acting as a trusted operational partner to shareholders and senior stakeholders



This role is suited to a leader who enjoys being close to the plant, visible on the floor, and hands-on in driving change.

The Successful Applicant

You are a senior operations leader with 15+ years' experience in complex, asset-heavy industrial manufacturing, ideally as COO, Operations Director, Plant Director, or VP Operations. You have exposure to export-oriented manufacturing and sectors such as heavy electrical, power equipment, cables, or metals. You excel in production, quality, supply chain, maintenance, HSE, and technically complex processes, leading large blue-collar teams (500+). Structured, disciplined, execution-driven, credible with shopfloor and senior stakeholders, and a proven change leader. Personal or professional exposure to Egypt is a plus.

What's on Offer

Competitive compensation and benefits

Contact
Patrice Kombot-Naguemon
Quote job ref
JN-022026-6936924
Phone number
+33 1 41 92 44 88

Job summary

Job function
Engineering & Manufacturing
Subsector
General Management
Sector
Industrial / Manufacturing
Location
International
Contract type
Permanent
Consultant name
Patrice Kombot-Naguemon
Consultant phone
+33 1 41 92 44 88
Job reference
JN-022026-6936924