Manufacturing Business Unit Manager
Murcia (Spain) / On-site
Are you ready to lead a manufacturing engine that feeds millions?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 achieveLead 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.Champion Lean Culture: 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.Turn Insight into Action: 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 AreManufacturing 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.Bilingual Operator: You are fluent in Spanish and comfortable working in English at B2–C1 level.Lean & Continuous Improvement Champion: 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.Strong Communicator & Influencer: 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 TogetherCreate 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.Everyone Hero: 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
Your Growth & WellbeingContinuous 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 EssentialsAttractive Compensation & Benefits package.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 nowSend your CV to:samantha.crease@hero.es seleccion.rrhh@hero.es
Important: Only applications sent to the indicated emails or via LinkedIn will be considered. We do not accept applications through third parties or job scrapers.