Production Plant Manager – Tech Vision & Team Leadership

Sartorius; Lourdes; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Sartorius, based in Lourdes, France, is seeking a Manager Production to drive operational excellence with a focus on safety and product quality. The role involves leading production teams, harmonising ways of working, and fostering continuous improvement across plants.

You will help ensure reliable manufacturing output to support better health for more people. As part of the Operations team, you will develop long-term production strategies, oversee capacity planning, and guide a culture of

Qualifications

• Academic degree in Engineering or similar subject.
• Minimum of 10 years experience in leading teams in plants in technology development for production facilities.
• Visionary view on long term production technology development.
• Strong leadership skill — Ability to deal with employees on all levels from Board to shopfloor.
• Fluency in English.

Responsibilities

• Plan production capacities on a long and mid term basis.
• Develop investment plans and resource planning in accordance to business plans and sales plans.
• Build a strong team that is able to set up and run state of the art production.
• Develop a technological vision for their plant/s.
• Maintain a constant overview about technological trends and plan how to implement them into their plants.
• Devise and implement a people development and training plan for all employees to allow technological developments.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Team management

Production planning

English fluent

Education

Engineering degree

Job description

Sartorius, based in Lourdes, France, is seeking a Manager Production to drive operational excellence with a focus on safety and product quality. The role involves leading production teams, harmonising ways of working, and fostering continuous improvement across plants.

You will help ensure reliable manufacturing output to support better health for more people. As part of the Operations team, you will develop long-term production strategies, oversee capacity planning, and guide a culture of