Operational Site Leader - Venray

Oliver Healthcare Packaging; Venray; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 vacation days

Bonus plan

Bike and fitness plan

Fresh fruit and healthcare costs

Regular celebration moments

Job summary

Oliver Healthcare Packaging in Venray is seeking an experienced Operational Site Leader to take full responsibility for site performance across production, engineering, quality and supply chain. You will lead a team of managers on the shop floor, align functions and drive safety, quality and efficiency worldwide.

As the role combines strategic oversight with hands-on leadership, you will set priorities, monitor OTIF and capacity, foster continuous improvement, and ensure regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• Extensive leadership experience in manufacturing operations.
• Proven track record in safety, quality and regulatory compliance.
• Ability to translate strategy into actionable plans on the shop floor.

Responsibilities

• Lead site operations across production, engineering, quality and supply chain.
• Drive performance through the leadership team and sustain patient safety.
• Set strategic direction for safety, quality, and regulatory compliance.
• Ensure OTIF achievement and optimized planning, scheduling and purchasing.
• Foster continuous improvement and standardized processes across functions.
• Develop leaders, maintain alignment and ownership across the site.

Skills

Leadership

Operational Excellence

HSE Leadership

Regulatory Compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

We are searching for an experienced Operational Site Leader - Venray at our Venray facility.

Primary Duties And Responsibilities

Lead site operations. Drive performance through your leadership team. Make impact on patient safety worldwide.

As Operational Site Leader in Venray, you carry full responsibility for the performance of site operations. You lead the entire operation across production, engineering, quality, and supply chain as part of site operations, and ensure everything runs safely, efficiently and in full compliance with regulatory standards.

This role is about more than managing an operation - it is about enabling a complex organization to perform at its best. You lead through a team of experienced managers, creating alignment, clarity and ownership across functions so site operations run as one integrated and aligned operation.

You combine strategic oversight with visible, hands-on leadership on the shop floor. You understand what drives performance, where risks sit and how to translate strategy into clear direction for your teams - ensuring the right priorities are set, executed and followed through.

Driving safe and compliant operations

You set the standard for how the site operates, ensuring safety is owned and driven across all layers of the organization.

• Define and drive the strategic direction for safety across all operations
• Enable and hold leaders accountable for safety ownership and compliance
• Ensure environmental compliance and structural risk mitigation

Owning quality in a regulated environment

You ensure quality is not managed in silos, but consistently driven across teams.

• Translate quality strategy into clear direction for the leadership team
• Drive a culture of ownership and continuous improvement across functions
• Ensure strong execution of validation, CAPA and complaint handling
• Align teams in eliminating recurring issues through structured problem solving

Delivering reliable performance

You create alignment between teams to ensure consistent output and delivery.

• Drive performance against OTIF and lead-time targets
• Ensure planning, scheduling and purchasing operate as one connected process
• Balance service levels, cost and operational efficiency through your teams

Improving operational performance

You raise the maturity of the operation by strengthening how teams work together.

• Lead site-wide performance and productivity improvements
• Drive OEE and process optimization through your leadership team
• Ensure processes are standardized, followed and continuously improved

Leading leaders and building the organization

You lead through your managers and create the conditions for the organization to perform.

• Lead and develop a team of functional managers across operations
• Create alignment, accountability and clear ownership within and between teams
• Ensure decisions are data-driven and priorities are understood across the site
• Guide the organization through change, growth and increasing complexity
• Stay visible and connected to teams and operations on the shop floor

Owning site performance and direction

You are accountable for both operational and financial outcomes, delivered through your organization.

• Set operational plans, KPI targets and capital budgets
• Monitor performance, challenge deviations and drive follow-up through your teams
• Align continuous improvement with site and EMEA strategy
• Remove barriers and ensure execution across functions

Why join Oliver Venray?

You join Oliver to lead and shape site operations end-to-end, driving performance through your leadership team and making a direct impact on people, operations and patient safety worldwide.

Your Impact Will Be Tangible

• Direct influence on people, performance and patient safety worldwide
• The opportunity to lead and strengthen a high-performing manufacturing organization
• A well-equipped cleanroom environment with strong growth potential
• A pragmatic, down-to-earth culture with short lines and fast decision-making
• Part of an international organization, while working in a site with strong local ownership

In Addition, We Offer

• 27 vacation days
• Bonusplan
• Bike and fitness plan
• Fresh fruit and contribution to healthcare costs
• Regular moments to celebrate success as a team

Working environment

You combine strategic leadership with hands-on involvement in daily operations, including regular presence on the production floor and in cleanroom environments. Occasional travel may be required.

Salaried Annually 0.00 - 0.00

Our company provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics.