Plant Manager

**Position Title**:Plant Manager

**Position Type**: Regular - Full-Time

**Position Location**:Matougues

**Requisition ID**: 26094

We are looking for a new **Plant Manager **for our plant in Matougues**. **In the position of Plant Manager, you oversee and manage all production activities within the plant. You guarantee efficient factory operations while maintaining high quality standards and compliance with the relevant regulations. Furthermore, you strive for a positive and committed working environments for all employees. As Plant Manager, you will chair **the Plant Leadership Team **and report to the **Vice President Manufacturing Continental Europe** (CE).

The Matougues production site is located on the banks of the Marne, in the heart of a region rich in heritage. It is a 30-minute drive from Reims, and 10km from Chalons en Champagne. The site is accessible by car. You will find an open communication here, where everyone is closely involved in the continuous improvement of our processes and end products.

**Most important responsibilities**: Thanks to your focus on committed employees, whom you want to develop further, you create a high performing and open culture with a strong focus on operational excellence. In this way you ensure a pleasant working atmosphere in which everyone wants to contribute to the optimal performance of the plant. You also do this by providing the right tools, to guarantee the objectives within production, quality, and maintenance.
- You plan, organize, and coordinate **all production activities** in such a way that the set production goals are achieved. This way you set up efficient procedures, optimize the workflow and monitor the available resources. Finally, encourage teamwork through efficient communication.
- You ensure that high-quality** standards** are maintained at every stage of production. You do this by, among other things, continuously improve our quality and promote continuous improvements to guarantee superior product quality. Moreover, you create a quality awareness that you propagate throughout the plant.
- You will oversee day-to-day plant operations, including inventory management, production planning, equipment maintenance, supply chain management, and coordination with other departments within the company. You emphasize the importance of operational efficiency and stimulate **continuous improvement**. In this way you encourage employees to report opportunities for improvement, which lead to a reduction in waste and an increase in productivity.
- You ensure that all factory operations comply with **food hygiene safety standards** and regulations. For example, you implement appropriate safety measures, ensure that staff are trained in safety regulations and manage safety audits and inspections. You give priority to the safety and well-being of the employees, make safety guidelines negotiable, and promote a safety-conscious working environment.
- You promote a **positive work environment** that improves employee engagement and overall morale. You do this by encouraging open communication, actively listening to feedback, and carrying out initiatives to optimize this morale. Finally, you organize team building activities, recognize and celebrate successes together and offer opportunities for **professional growth** to the employees.

**Qualifications**:

- You have at least ten years of managerial experience within a production environment, where you also led other managers.
- You have a good knowledge of lean management.
- You are operationally disciplined, follow the required standards, and know which conversations matter to achieve the set goals.
- You pay attention to people and know how to get the best out of people thanks to your management skills. You actively talk to the people on the work floor, connect with everyone and address people on matters that can be done more efficiently.
- You have strong analytical skills, whereby you can also set out your vision in targeted actions in clear language for the employees.
- Thanks to your strong communication skills, you know better than anyone how to create a positive working environment with a focus on open communication and continuous improvement.
- Excellent French and English skills.
- Because you can oversee the bigger picture, you think ahead and proactively plan the necessary improvement actions.

**To remember**:

- A key role in which both the product and the people come first.
- You chair the Plant Leadership Team, where you are responsible for a high performing culture change.
- You contribute to the further activation of Manufacturing Excellence.
- You will have the opportunity to take the plant to the next level.
- A role in which you can show full ownership of yourself.
- Pilot plant for operational excellence, where you will touch base: lean management, data, and artificial intelligence.

**What we offer**:

- An exciting full-time position
- A varied and responsible position within a high-