Production Manager

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.  

Production Manager - Your future position?

 
As a Production Manager, you will Manage, plan and coordinate one or more manufacturing processes ensuring that fragrance products are manufactured on schedule, within quality and safety standards and cost objectives for service requirements to customers.

 
Your responsibilities will be as follows:
Manufacturing Strategy Implementation
● Manage a team with focus on policy and strategy implementation and control. Based on regional strategy, oversees the execution of tactical and operational plans locally to meet functional objectives.

Manufacturing Management
● Control production of fragrances, material flow, and inventory to achieve cost and quality targets and production schedules of the assigned production line(s).
● Oversee the development and implementation of manufacturing processes to maintain proper product functionality as well as cost efficiency through development and implementation of product assembly labour standards and work instructions, line layouts, properly designed and maintained tools and fixtures.
● Develop and implement manufacturing schedules and procedures and allocate labour and capital resources to maximise productivity.
● Establish manufacturing and quality control standards and develop budget controls and plans.
● Liaise with functional or operational area managers (for example in supply and logistics or sales) to understand their current and future product needs and develop plans, cost estimates, and schedules for integrating these needs into existing manufacturing activities.
● Implement initiatives and drives continuous improvement to achieve key performance objectives and to reduce cost/kg.
● Lead all manufacturing operations in compliance with EHS policies and procedures as well as legal requirements.

People Management
● Create an environment for high performance through sound leadership.
● Monitor employee job performance such as attendance, quality, and productivity.
● Ensure that all assigned personnel is properly trained and cross-trained as required.
● Administer personnel functions, including recruiting, review and approval of job descriptions and salary classifications, and selection and placement of personnel.

You?

Are you someone who wants to impact your world for the better? Who believes in the potential of business as a force for good in the world? Who wants to be a key part of the team who are driving this positive movement in Givaudan? Who excels being in a culture where you can express yourself in a creative team environment? Who wants to collaborate and learn together with teams that are as passionate as you are? Then join us.

You Have:
Academic Background
● Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Operations Manage mentor related discipline.
● MBA or Master’s Degree in Technical field is preferred

Professional Experience
● 7-10 years of experience in manufacturing operations with strong background in supply chain, quality and/or materials management.
● 2 to 5 years of progressive experience in people management.

Technical Skills
● Expertise in world class manufacturing concepts.
● Expertise in product industrialization.
● Expertise in change management.
● Strong understanding of business process/system redesign.
● Strong understanding of financial concepts (e.g. OPEX, CAPEX).
● Understanding of ISO, FSCC, Food Safety (HACCP, AIB or equivalent), GHP and GMP
requirements, EHS.

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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.
Diversity drives innovation and creates closer connections with our employees, customers and partners.
Givaudan embraces diversity and is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone impacts our world.