EMEA Head of Manufacturing and Operational Projects

Michael Page; Comunidad Valenciana; Presencial; EUR 70.000 - 90.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

An established industry player seeks a Regional Operational Excellence Expert to lead automation projects and enhance manufacturing efficiency across multiple plants in EMEA. This role involves collaborating with Plant Heads and Managers to ensure compliance with product specifications, manage production KPIs, and drive continuous improvement initiatives. Join a dynamic team in a challenging environment where your expertise will contribute significantly to operational excellence and productivity. If you are passionate about optimizing processes and leading teams, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Formación

• Experience in managing production processes and teams in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong knowledge of quality management and process control standards.

Responsabilidades

• Lead automation and capacity expansion projects across multiple plants.
• Ensure compliance with product specifications and manage production KPIs.

Conocimientos

Project Management

Process Control

Team Leadership

Quality Management

Data Analysis

Educación

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or related field

Herramientas

SAP

Descripción del empleo

Regional Operational Excellence Expert - Food Industry

Multinational leader in its sector, established worldwide, with more than 70 production plants.

Working closely with Plant Heads of Manufacturing, Production Managers, and Shift Managers, primarily based in the manufacturing area across all plants (10) in EMEA (UK, Spain, Russia), your main responsibilities will be:

1. The installation of automation and capacity expansion projects.
2. Verify and manage the overall labour usage against the standard required, review SAP confirmation variances, etc.
3. Advise management teams in each business unit of any discrepancies observed, work with the team to bring issues under control minimizing/eliminating losses and inefficiency at all costs.
4. Ensure a team approach with regard to productivity, maintenance, and hygiene of the manufacturing area.
5. Ensure that all production activities are in conformance with the product specifications. Continuously manage the quality of the product and materials to comply with product specifications, generate, create and implement action plans as needed for continuous improvement.
6. Ensure that plant KPI Targets for output, efficiency, labour, quality waste, and any variance against budget are explained, managed, and rectified by a proactive team approach. Work with the Manufacturing Analyst to generate charts, reports, and any other type of information required to monitor progress and review with the production team as needed.
7. Effectively manage the production team and encourage team performance through open and effective communication. Deliver briefings to teams as required, and produce daily, weekly, and monthly progress reports for the Plant Managers.
8. Verify, control and assure that all the production parameters are within specification (i.e. process control).
9. Monitor process parameters, identify (qualitative) deviances, evaluate and action solutions with the team, review any areas of opportunity and address with manufacturing teams in each business unit.
10. Enforce and manage company policies, procedures, and regulations (Health & Safety, Quality, GMP's, etc.) and ensure these are followed to maintain required high standards (Food Safety, etc.).

Join a very challenging project in a highly qualified professional environment.