Global Plant & Operations Leader

prado; West-Vlaanderen; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

prado is building invisible home technology for the world’s best architects. Lead day-to-day production and warehousing operations, taking full ownership of execution, output and quality on the shop floor in a fast-scaling international environment.

You will translate supply-chain plans into robust schedules, drive efficiency, monitor KPIs and collaborate with planning, supply chain and quality to ensure end-to-end alignment.

Qualifications

• Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in Industrial/Commercial Engineering or related field.
• 7–10 years of operations/production leadership experience in industrial setting.
• Strong people leadership with hands-on mentality and ownership.
• Solid understanding of production flows, capacity management and trade-offs.
• Proven ability to improve processes and drive performance.
• Experience with ERP systems (Odoo or similar) in production.
• Comfortable in fast-moving, international contexts with multiple stakeholders.
• Fluent in Dutch and English.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day production and warehousing operations, taking full ownership of execution, output, quality and flow on the shop floor.
• Translate supply-chain plans into robust operational schedules, ensuring smooth execution across production, assembly and logistics.
• Drive operational excellence initiatives focused on efficiency, lead-time reduction, capacity utilisation and cost control.
• Manage and develop production and warehouse teams, setting clear priorities, standards and ways of working.
• Monitor and improve operational KPIs (service level, productivity, scrap, rework, OTIF), ensuring visibility and accountability.
• Strengthen collaboration with planning, supply chain and quality to ensure end-to-end alignment.
• Support and embed operational processes and tools (e.g. Odoo) on the floor, ensuring data accuracy and disciplined usage.
• Step in where needed to keep operations running smoothly, always with customer delivery and product quality as the ultimate goal.

Skills

People leadership

Lean manufacturing

Operations planning

Cross-functional collaboration

Fluent Dutch & English

Education

Master’s or Bachelor’s in Industrial/Commercial Engineering

Tools

Odoo

ERP systems

Job description

prado is building invisible home technology for the world’s best architects. Lead day-to-day production and warehousing operations, taking full ownership of execution, output and quality on the shop floor in a fast-scaling international environment.

You will translate supply-chain plans into robust schedules, drive efficiency, monitor KPIs and collaborate with planning, supply chain and quality to ensure end-to-end alignment.