Manufacturing/Operations Director

Overview

c. €150k – c €180k pa plus car, bonus and benefits

Location: Between Milan and Varese, Italy

APPLICATIONS MUST BE IN ENGLISH TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS ROLE.

Responsibilities

• This is a substantial and influential leadership role where the incumbent must be able to deliver a high-performance agenda, raise the bar and drive the business to maximise its true potential.
• With a blank sheet, you will conduct a full end to end strategic overview of the organisation with a focus on transformational change and world class improvement techniques.
• As Manufacturing/Operations Director for Italy, you will report to the Country CEO where you will lead the top-level manufacturing/operational strategy and be fully accountable for influencing the direction of the business, whilst providing a best in class service to both internal and external stakeholders.
• You will lead multi-site manufacturing activities throughout Italy and therefore will be required to spend approximately 2 to 3 days between Milan and Varese with a necessity also to travel to other facilities throughout the rest of the country.
• You will have full accountability for customer satisfaction through delivery of manufacturing and service excellence and P&L accountability related to labour, COGS and overheads for a highly complex multi-site business unit, where you will lead all operational elements including manufacturing, assembly, warehouse operations/transport with a focus on lean methodologies and operational excellence.
• You will drive people engagement focusing on mindset, culture and performance whilst implementing a sophisticated change programme in terms of systems, people, process, technology and innovation.
• To champion and develop sustainable manufacturing/operational improvement programmes in an organisation where year on year growth is a given.
• You will bring a fresh approach and lead high quality investment initiatives to advance the business ensuring sustainability whilst focusing on the wider direction of growth for the organisation.

Person

• This is without doubt a substantial change management role, critical to business success and therefore demands an exceptional Senior Operations/ Manufacturing Executive who enjoys a growth agenda, a substantial challenge and autonomy.
• Ideally degree qualified with fluency in both Italian and English, you will have an outstanding track record in senior operational / manufacturing roles, where you will have led a sizeable multi-site organisation c 400+ people and will combine knowledge of both Italian and international work environments.
• As such, your background will have been gained within a world leading manufacturing/operational sector. People with extensive experience within the food manufacturing sector would be preferable. Other relevant sectors include: pharmaceutical manufacturing, micro and reverse logistics etc. Consequently, you will have significant expertise within complex multi-site environments where best practice is part and parcel of everyday life.
• A dynamic self-starter, intellectually powerful and action orientated, you will understand the levers required to drive performance through your team. You will be the type to champion change and will be distinguished by your ability to achieve major breakthroughs in operational performance.
• You will be able to work with other VP’s of the executive team to build a positive and energetic work environment.
• You will relish the opportunity to spearhead your career in an organisation where exceptional opportunities exist for high class performers.
• Please reply with full CV and current salary details. Quote reference number 15/368.
• Important – Please do not apply if your background and expertise does meet the requirements outlined in the advert.
• Candidates who fail to respond in this manner cannot be considered.

Due to volume of applications, we regret that we are unable to respond to every applicant personally hence if you do not receive a response within a 3-week period then unfortunately we will not be progressing your application further on this occasion.