Plant Production Leader — World Class Manufacturing

Ariston Group; Fabriano; In loco; EUR 52.000 - 77.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Ariston Group in the Marche region of Italy seeks a Production Manager to lead end-to-end production activities across Fabriano-area sites, ensuring safety, quality and on-time execution. The role supervises cross-functional teams, translates plans into priorities, and drives continuous improvement in a fast-moving manufacturing environment.

You will coordinate with HSE, Quality, Logistics and HR, manage resources, and support the industrial network expansion in Arcevia, Osimo and Albacina while

Competenze

• Master’s degree in Engineering or a comparable technical discipline.
• At least 7 to 10 years of solid experience in production management or a similar manufacturing leadership role.
• Demonstrated responsibility for production teams and performance in a complex industrial environment.
• Practical command of production-management tools, including daily production meetings, visual management, production reporting, structured problem solving, skills matrices, 5S and autonomous maintenance.
• Good knowledge of health, safety and environmental requirements applied to production processes.
• Working knowledge of cost and performance accounting, production KPIs and the main drivers of manufacturing efficiency.
• Experience with World Class Manufacturing, lean manufacturing or another structured continuous-improvement methodology.
• Knowledge of production processes such as metal stamping, welding, enameling, painting, polyurethane injection, assembly and automation is an advantage.
• Working knowledge of time-and-method studies and capacity analysis.
• Fluency in Italian and professional proficiency in English, both written and spoken.

Mansioni

• Manage and supervise the complete production process against the agreed production schedule, ensuring timely execution and cost effectiveness.
• Translate demand and production plans into clear daily and weekly priorities, allocating people, equipment and materials accordingly.
• Monitor production progress and constraints, adjusting schedules and resources when required and escalating risks with clear recovery actions.
• Lead production activities with safety as the first priority, ensuring compliance with applicable requirements, plant standards and safe-working practices.
• Promote proactive risk identification, incident prevention, ergonomics and a visible safety culture across production teams.
• Ensure implementation of quality-control programs, process standards and product requirements, working with Quality to address deviations and prevent recurrence.
• Support environmental performance, responsible resource use and compliance with the plant’s quality, environmental and occupational health and safety management systems.
• Compliance: Ensure all operations comply with legal and regulatory requirements.
• Deliver plant targets for safety, quality, service level, productivity, efficiency, scrap and cost in coordination with other plant functions.
• Monitor production KPIs, identify gaps and lead structured problem solving, root-cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Contribute to budgeting, forecasting and cost control by understanding the main production cost drivers and implementing improvement actions.
• Lead an Autonomous Management (AM), Workplace Organization (WO) or comparable continuous-improvement pillar within the plant’s World Class Manufacturing organization.
• Drive 5S, autonomous maintenance, standard work, waste reduction and continuous-improvement initiatives, ensuring that improvements are sustained.
• Strategic Planning: develop and implement long-term strategies to achieve company objectives.
• Lead, supervise, coach and motivate direct and indirect production employees, setting clear expectations and reinforcing accountability and collaboration.
• Plan workforce requirements and organize shifts and production resources in line with volumes, operational priorities and skills availability.
• Own and continuously develop production skills matrices, polyvalence plans and training priorities in partnership with HR and the People Development pillar.
• Build a strong pipeline of production capabilities through on-the-job coaching, structured development and knowledge transfer.
• Promote an inclusive, high-performance environment in which employees are encouraged to contribute ideas, raise concerns and participate in improvement.

Conoscenze

Leadership

Safety

People management

Problem solving

Analytical thinking

Team coaching

Formazione

Master’s degree in Engineering

Strumenti

Daily production meetings

Visual management

Production reporting

Structured problem solving

Skills matrices

5S

Autonomous maintenance

Descrizione del lavoro

Ariston Group in the Marche region of Italy seeks a Production Manager to lead end-to-end production activities across Fabriano-area sites, ensuring safety, quality and on-time execution. The role supervises cross-functional teams, translates plans into priorities, and drives continuous improvement in a fast-moving manufacturing environment.

You will coordinate with HSE, Quality, Logistics and HR, manage resources, and support the industrial network expansion in Arcevia, Osimo and Albacina while