Production Manager

Poppies; Town of Belgium (WI); On-site; USD 58,541 - 81,957; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Attractive salary package

Numerous fringe benefits

Training and development opportunities

Job summary

Poppies is looking for a Production Manager in Belgium to lead a team of around 140 employees. This role involves optimizing production processes, enhancing quality, and coaching staff towards continuous improvement. The ideal candidate should have a technical background with experience in the food sector along with fluency in Dutch and French. Poppies offers a competitive salary package and many benefits, fostering a positive work environment and opportunities for professional development.

Qualifications

• Experience in the food sector is a major plus.
• Fluency in Dutch and French is required.
• Solution-oriented mindset with ideas for digitalization and waste reduction.

Responsibilities

• Manage and coach approximately 140 employees towards continuous improvement.
• Coordinate and follow up on production activities to achieve quality objectives.
• Monitor production parameters and ensure necessary optimizations.
• Oversee smooth information transfer in daily kick-off meetings.

Skills

People management

Communication

Problem-solving

Flexibility

Education

Technical education or equivalent experience

Job description

Are you a manager with a passion for optimization and a good team atmosphere? Then this role as Production Manager is for you! At our site in Komen, you will have the opportunity to lead a driven team and ensure the efficiency of our production lines. Due to the recent expansion with two additional production lines, our site now comprises eight lines. Consequently, this role offers you broad responsibility and a highly varied range of tasks. You will also play an important role in coaching, guiding, motivating, and training approximately 140 employees (120 permanent staff and 20 temporary workers).

Your responsibilities:

• As Production Manager, you manage the (assistant) shift supervisors and coach all employees (approximately 140 FTEs) towards a continuous improvement & problem-solving mindset. In this role, you work closely with HR regarding personnel policy (recruitment, integration, training, feedback sessions, etc.).
• You provide support in the organization, coordination, and follow-up of various activities within the production department to ensure that the set objectives regarding quality, efficiency, and cost control are achieved.
• You monitor production parameters and processes and ensure optimizations where necessary.
• During the daily kick-off meeting, you ensure a smooth transfer of information within production and oversee the follow-up of action points.

This is what we expect from you:

• You are a born people manager and know how to motivate employees to achieve ambitious goals.
• You preferably have a technical education or can match this through experience. Experience in the food sector is a major plus.
• You are a good communicator and can express yourself fluently in both Dutch and French.
• You are solution-oriented and enjoy contributing ideas to projects regarding, among other things, digitalization within production, waste reduction, etc.
• As a supervisor, you also want to be there for the night and weekend shifts, so you are flexible enough to visit them occasionally.

This is what you get in return:

• A challenging role with a lot of responsibility where you can make an impact on various improvement projects.
• You will join a driven team with a positive, can-do mentality.
• In addition to an attractive salary package, you can count on numerous fringe benefits.
• You will be given the necessary space to take training courses and grow in your role.