About the role
· The Plant Manager has end to end site accountability for all day-to-day activities in order to meet short, medium- and long-term goals, including Safety, Food Safety, Quality, Financials, Performance, Sustainability and Customer requirements. Furthermore, the sites are part of the sales activity and play an active role to convince customers to buy or to outsource from Barry Callebaut. In a nutshell the plant manager is the owner of the site.
· The Plant Manager sets and monitor performance of the Plant against balanced scorecard set targets, following all the standards in areas such as people, safety, food safety, quality, manufacturing efficiency, site productivity, SKU complexity and cost control.
· They ensure and nurture a culture of “Safety, Food safety First and Quality Always” mindset across all teams and leaders in the site, in line with the Barry Callebaut Go4Zero objective (0 accidents, 0 defects, 0 delays, 0 impact). She/he has the responsibility to act and speak up when deviations cannot be solved locally (example: supplier quality)
· She/he ensures compliance with all relevant regulations on a country, local or global level. Ensure full operational licenses, customer related audits (SMETA rainforest alliance, etc.). Additionally, implement all needed capex to comply with Safety, food safety and OT security.
· She/he has the drive to constantly seek improvements through lean principles and people capabilities development towards achieving best in class performance. Going beyond safety, quality and plant performance improvement, but also challenging the business to allow the plant to be a high performing operation (e.g. SKU complexity, raw material supplier performance etc.)
Key responsibilities include
Within the global production and country strategy and guidelines, the Plant Manager, directs, plans, organizes, develops & controls all activities of the Operations function (Production, Maintenance, Quality, Safety, Supply Chain, Engineering with some being direct some dotted line reporting) in order to meet short, medium and long-term goals, whilst complying with Quality Assurance and customer requirements, rules, laws and regulations.
Plant Manager focus is to ensure that production targets are met, and the facility operates efficiently, safely, and in compliance with all relevant regulations.
Defining the short, mid and long-term strategy and set up of the Plant, defining and participating in valuable Capex projects:
· Ensure the safety of all employees, be familiar with and implement all relevant regulations related to safety, food safety, environmental protection and ensure the plant complies at all times. Monitor and improve safety, food safety and environmental performance.
· Lead, direct, and control the day-to-day activities of the factory to achieve the quality, operational and financial objectives on short and medium-term in line with the overall Corporate Business plan.
· Set, and monitor the performance of the Plant against standards and targets (using balanced scorecards) in areas such as manufacturing (processes) and administration efficiency, cost control (budget process, controlling, measurement, KPI management), legal compliance, and human resource management
· Lead, direct, evaluate, and develop a team of Functional and Operational Managers or other professionals (for example Controlling, IT, SC) to ensure that the plant meets its established targets and standards
· Develops people: providing learning, growth, building community and a strong cross functional collaborative approach;
· Leadership Role model living Barry Callebaut values
· Defines mission and strategy of the site in line with the Manufacturing strategy and Barry Callebaut Operating System
· Defines with the Plant lead team “Team strategy and Deployment initiatives”
· Responsible for activities such as Manufacturing, Safety, Maintenance, Quality, Engineering, Supply Chain, Finance Controlling, IT and administration
· Establish operating budgets; monitor the cost and effectiveness of production activities to optimize resources, prioritize spending, and achieve volume, quality, and manufacturing standards
· Develop and drive the implementation of a variety of operating Policies and Procedures (in conjunction with corporate subject matter experts) to ensure that the plant meets it current and future Operation targets, Safety and Quality standards
· Identifying and implementing process improvements, lean manufacturing initiatives, and new technologies to increase efficiency and reduce waste.
· Manage the infrastructure of the factory and ensure the factory remains under hygienic conditions
· Maintenance and equipment management: Overseeing the maintenance and repair of equipment and machinery to minimize downtime and ensure smooth production processes.
· Inventory management: Monitoring and managing raw materials, finished goods, and supplies to maintain appropriate inventory levels and prevent stock outs or overstocking.
· Main stakeholders: Sales, R&D, Central Planning, Supply Chain, Regional Quality and Food Safety, Engineering, Finance in order to deliver the Required Service to the customers, creating new products, to achieve high performances with a good Cost Control.
About you
· Bachelor or Master Degree in Engineering or similar Technical field
· Minimum local language fluency plus English (advanced)
· Knowledgeable in MS Office Suite, SAP Systems and other applications used in manufacturing e.g. scheduling, CMMS, MES, etc.
· Strong technical background supporting continuous improvement work environment
· Proven business and people management skills, servant leadership mindset
· Experience in Leading operational teams and Unions/Works Council context
· Detailed knowledge of plant and manufacturing functional disciplines
· Practical Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, Lean Six Sigma and TPM
· Experience in Project Management through application of innovation/engineering projects
· Change Manager seeking Continuous improvement through lean principles and people capabilities development
· Strong interpersonal and communication skills
· Knowledge of latest quality and safety laws / regulations
· Can prove strong focus on procedures (standardizing)
· Good problem-solving abilities
· Acts as a servant Leader
· Excellent communication (written and verbal) skills both upward and downward
· Works well under pressure, enabling his/her team to thrive under all circumstances
· Strong attention to detail
· Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities
· Comfortable with managing positive change
· Self-starter and results driven mind set and discipline to sustain results
· Multitasking and time-management skills
· Change Manager seeking continuous improvement through people capability development
