Production Manager; F​/M

As innovators in nutrition, health, and beauty, our client reinvents, manufactures, and combines vital nutrients, flavors, and fragrances to help the world’s growing population thrive. With its comprehensive range of solutions, based on natural and renewable ingredients and supported by renowned scientific and technological capabilities, our client creates what is essential for life, desirable for consumers, and more sustainable for the planet.

With a diverse, global team of nearly 30,000 employees, operations in almost 60 countries, and revenues of more than €12 billion, our client brings progress to life™ every day, everywhere, for billions of people.

As a member of the production and logistic department, our client is seeking an experienced and dedicated leader, team-oriented personality with confirmed experience in production to drive performance and develop 50 talents across several operational production activities in a complex industrial environment.

• Provide leadership to deliver products on time, in quality and quantity according to the highest HSE standards
• Motivate and develop Production team. Ensure team alignment with company objectives and policies
• Raise HSE standards: observe and provide feedback, make sure lessons are learnt from incidents, communicate on HSE, monitor performance. Develop the skills of the team in HSE.
• Establish and execute a long-term plan for the sector to develop team, processes, HSE and assets
• Communicate efficiently: cascade information from the site management, share feedbacks from shop floor to management, circulate information between sectors and departments
• Foster a culture of sustainable change through continuous improvements, monitor and improve the performance of the sector (work processes and production processes)
• Contribute to overall site efficiency: standardization, development of best practices, optimization of workflows, and alignment of communication
• Drive for the success of new products and processes transfer with Research and Development team
• Promote group values and policies among the Production team

• Master Degree in chemical engineering or organic chemistry.
• A minimum of 5-year experience in managing batch or continuous production in fine chemicals, industrial chemicals, petrochemicals or pharmaceuticals industry.
• Proven track record in managing and developing teams.
• Outstanding leadership: exemplarity, emotional intelligence, integrity, passion, drive for results.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills, demonstrated ability to influence and motivate with multiple stakeholders and collaborators at all levels.
• Experience on Factory of the future with Six Sigma / lean manufacturing / continuous improvement techniques is a plus.

• A motivating work environment with qualified and passionate employees in a competitive and inspiring industry.
• The most complex ingredient development and chemical production site of the Group with a wide variety of processes and a strong innovation activity.
• Opportunity to carry out improvement initiatives.
• Opportunity to work for a company that cares about people & environment and sets and achieves ambitious sustainability objectives with opportunities to take larger responsibilities.