Manufacturing Manager Liquids & Spray Dry (m/f/d)

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with kindness, humility, and a spirit of adventure, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions. There’s much to learn from our 79 production sites worldwide, known for their best-in-class processes and procedures. There’s many to learn from, with high-performing leaders and caring colleagues to explore ideas and ambitions with. Every day, your energy, your personality, and your determination will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.

In this exciting role you are managing the Spray Dry & Liquids Department in all technical and administrative aspects. You ensure a safe and reliable 24/7 operation to produce a broad portfolio of flavours and provide strategic leadership to support the long-term vision of your department. This includes a close and cross-functional collaboration with local, regional and global stakeholders and functional experts. You will work with a motivated team of experts in your department and become a part of the engaged Site Leadership team. You will be based in Dübendorf and report to the Head of Operations.

In this exciting role you will:

• Safety You are leading by example and evolving a 'safety first' mindset across the organization. You are driving local programs in the Manufacturing area to support site goals in the area of Environment, Health and Safety. You contribute to our long-term Sustainability Strategy.
• Quality You ensure a continuous improvement mentality in the Manufacturing team with a clear 'zero defects' ambition. You guide our local Food Safety and Quality programs.
• Cost, Investment and Budget ownership You manage cost at department level through close collaboration with the relevant departments (Controlling, Engineering). You establish investment plans and ensure execution of your projects within time and budget.
• Customer Centricity and Service You are an ambassador of a customer-centric mindset across local departments. You create an agile Supply Chain and ensure adherence to production plans (on-time and in-full)
• Leadership and Talent Management You lead two Manufacturing Teams (approximately 90 employees). You manage personal and team performance, provide coaching and develop local talents in collaboration with Operations Management and Human Resources. Moreover you are responsible for the hiring of department staff.

Your professional profile includes:

• University degree in a Scientific or Technical Field (e.g. Natural Sciences, Engineering)
• At least 5 years Industry experience and several years in a leadership role
• Knowledge of manufacturing concepts, processes and related hands-on experience
• Project management skills
• Knowledge of LEAN or Six-Sigma methodology
• Business fluent in German and English (written and oral)
• Enthusiastic about analytics and passionate to solve challenges
• Full working time flexibility is required (24/7 operations)

What additional benefits do we offer:

• Interesting development and training opportunities
• Flexible working hours
• Additional paid days off
• Favourable pension fund conditions
• Discounted meals in the staff restaurant
• Sports and leisure activities in the Givaudan sports club (showers & steam bath on site)
• Discount in the staff shop in Kemptthal
• Free company car park and bike badge
• REKA cheques and SBB Half-Fare Card participation
• Free drinks (water, coffee, tea)
• Worldwide private accident cover and free choice of hospital
• Givaudan covers the costs of accident insurance and supplementary accident insurance contributions
• Additional voluntary family and education allowances

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At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people’s lives.
You work within an inspiring teamwork culture – where you can thrive, collaborate and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions and divisions.
Every essence of you enriches our world.
Givaudan is committed to equal opportunities. Therefore, we welcome applications regardless of cultural and social background, gender, age, religion or sexual identity. 
We also have a safe working environment, progressive working conditions and are certified as an equal pay employer.