Chief Operating Officer

pstrongAbout us /strong /ppFluid-o-Tech designs and manufactures high-precision pumps and fluid management systems for the medical, beverage, automotive and mission critical industrial markets. We are an engineering-led, family-owned group with operations in Italy, the United Kingdom, Germany and China. /ppOur manufacturing combines precision machining, precision tooling and moulding, assembly and testing. Our plants are highly automated and technically sophisticated. We produce in medium and large series for customers who require a high degree of customization, so managing volume, automation and product variety at the same time is central to how we operate. /p pbr / /ppstrongThe role /strong /ppThe Chief Operating Officer leads the Group's industrial organization. The scope is Group-wide from day one: Corsico, Rovereto, our two plants in China, and our operations in the United Kingdom and Germany. /ppDirect responsibility is on the Corsico operations. For the other sites, local General Managers hold first-line responsibility for their plants and companies, and the COO leads the industrial agenda across them on a functional, dotted-line basis. /ppThe role covers manufacturing, industrialization, planning and logistics, maintenance and capex, HSE and continuous improvement. Industrialization is the function that brings product engineering into the factory and requires daily cooperation with Engineering and Quality. /ppWe aim to be the best manufacturer in the applications we serve. Quality is how we get there. /p pbr / /ppstrongDigital transformation and data /strong /ppDigital transformation is at the centre of this role. We want our plants run on data: what the machines, the processes and the controls tell us, collected properly and used to improve how we work, continuously and in every site. MES and shop-floor data collection, connected to ERP and PLM, are the tools. The COO owns this agenda for the Group. /p pbr / /ppstrongFunctions led /strong /ppDirectly at Corsico, and functionally across all Group plants: /pulliManufacturing operations /liliIndustrialization /liliProduction planning, warehousing and logistics /liliMaintenance, facilities and industrial capex /liliHealth, Safety and Environment /liliDigital manufacturing, Continuous improvement and operational excellence /li /ul pbr / /ppstrongRequirements /strong /pulliDegree in Engineering /lili10+ years in operations leadership in discrete manufacturing of precision components /liliExperience in an international manufacturing environment, with industrial responsibility across more than one country. A career spent in a single Italian plant is not a fit for this role. /liliExperience leading through local management on remote sites, without direct hierarchical authority /liliExperience of high-volume, high-variety production on automated lines: many active part numbers, customer-specific configurations, changeover and batch-size management /liliExperience of digital transformation in manufacturing: shop-floor data collection and its use to improve processes, with measurable results /liliExperience of industrialization: process qualification, transfer to serial production, engineering change management /liliDepth in either precision machining or precision tooling and moulding, with working knowledge of the other /liliExperience under IATF 16949 or ISO 13485 /liliOperational excellence practice (Lean, TPS, WCM or equivalent) /liliFluent Italian and English /li /ul pbr / /ppstrongLocation /strong /ppThe role requires daily presence in Corsico, near Milan. Long daily commuting is not compatible with it. We are looking for candidates who live within reasonable reach of the site or who are willing to relocate to the Milan area, including Italian professionals currently working abroad. /ppRegular travel to the Group's other sites is required. /p pbr / /ppstrongWhat we offer /strong /pulliDirect reporting line to the CEO and a seat on the Group leadership team /liliA defined perimeter with real decision-making authority /liliGroup-wide industrial scope across five countries /liliA company that invests in its plants and its technology /liliDirigente level. Compensation and long-term incentives in line with the seniority of the role. Company car /li /ulpbr / /p