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At Hero, our Production team is the heart of our promise : delivering high‑quality, safe, and nutritious products that consumers trust. As Manufacturing Business Unit Manager, you will guide a passionate team, champion operational excellence, and transform our plant into a Lean, agile, high‑performance environment.
This is your chance to shape culture, elevate capability, and steer an entire business unit toward sustainable, profitable growth.
What you’ll achieve
Lead the Plant to Excellence
Steer the full operation of your manufacturing unit—driving safety, quality, productivity, and cost performance to new heights.
Drive Profitability & Strategic Impact
You will manage the unit's P&L, ensuring long‑term sustainability and making data‑driven decisions that strengthen Hero’s competitive edge.
Empower and Elevate Your Team
You will lead Process Engineering, Production Shift Leaders, and Maintenance—guiding, coaching, and aligning them toward shared strategic goals.
Embed Lean Manufacturing principles, spearheading continuous improvement and igniting a mindset of problem‑solving and efficiency across the plant.
Transform Ways of Working
You will lead cultural change initiatives that boost engagement, accountability, and cross‑functional collaboration at every level.
Protect What Matters Most
Assure full compliance with safety, environmental, and quality standards—keeping our people safe and our products impeccable.
You will monitor operational and financial KPIs closely, transforming insights into targeted corrective actions and improvement plans that elevate performance across the unit.
Connect the Dots Across the Business
Partner closely with Supply Chain, Quality, Engineering, and HR to create an agile, integrated operational ecosystem.
Who You Are
Manufacturing Leader at Heart
You hold a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Chemistry, Food Science & Technology, Chemical Engineering, Industrial Management, or similar and offer solid experience in manufacturing operations—ideally from the food industry—paired with strong people leadership and management skills.
You are fluent in Spanish and comfortable working in English at B2–C1 level.
comfortable applying Lean principles in real operational environments and driving a culture. You know how to drive continuous improvement, eliminate waste, and shape efficient, high‑performing teams.
Analytical Navigator
You use data to guide decisions and challenge the status que and are proactive, resilient, and always aiming for better.
builds strong relationships, facilitates collaboration, and communicates clearly across teams and levels. Creates alignment and inspires confidence even in complex operational contexts.
Our Culture : How We Grow Together
Create wow
We dare to do things differently, seek to always win with consumers and customers, and endeavor to be forever relevant and vital to our world. It’s about Curiosity, Innovation and Consumer / Customer Focus.
We work together in pursuit of our common mission and strategy, strengthening our local businesses by leveraging the power of the collective. It’s about Purpose, Performance and Teamwork.
Nourish others
We treat everyone with honesty, care and respect and provide our people, customers and consumers with what they need to thrive. It’s about Honesty, Empowerment, Respect and Diversity.
Take responsibility
We make good choices today to build a more sustainable business and environment fit for the needs of tomorrow. It’s about Sustainability, Ownership, Heritage and Quality.
What We Offer
Continuous learning and development opportunities.
A collaborative and challenging multinational environment.
Ongoing feedback and a culture that encourages open communication.
Physiotherapist services to keep you feeling your best.
The Essentials
Strong values and a matrix organization where you can make a real difference.
Great work environment and amazing people you'll be proud to work with.
Sound like you? Apply now
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Manufacturing Business Unit Manager • Madrid, Spain
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