We are looking for a professional to join our client's plant team, a leader in its sector, reporting directly to the Plant Director. The mission of this role is to drive the operational excellence program, ensuring short-term performance delivery while building long-term capabilities and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the deployment of manufacturing excellence initiatives across the plant, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives and integration at all organizational levels.
- Actively collaborate with other production sites worldwide, contributing to the integral development of the excellence model and sharing learnings and best practices.
- Promote a results-driven and continuous improvement culture, coaching and guiding cross-functional teams to acquire the necessary skills and capabilities.
- Act as a role model in upholding core principles of safety, quality, and environmental sustainability.
- Be an active member of the plant leadership team, influencing strategic decisions, operational priorities, and achievement of business objectives.
- Drive projects focused on process optimization, loss reduction, and efficiency improvement in collaboration with plant teams.
- Design and sustain a comprehensive performance management system to align team goals with organizational objectives, track results, perform root cause analysis, and ensure corrective actions.
- Coordinate process trials and new initiatives, ensuring structured planning, effective execution, and full compliance with operational standards.
Education and Competencies
- University degree in Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field.
- High level of English, both written and spoken (testing will be required).
- Strong ability to influence the organization and motivate high-performing teams.
- Excellent communication, change management, and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to balance strategic vision with hands-on execution.
- Experience in international and cross-functional environments.
- High adaptability, learning agility, and self-awareness.
Experience
- At least 3 years in industrial leadership roles, with proven success in driving cultural transformation.
- Over 3 years leading excellence programs and operational transformation projects.
- Preferably experience in FMCG or pharmaceutical sectors, particularly in highly automated plants.
- Demonstrated expertise in Lean implementation and cultural transformation programs.
- Proven ability to train and support all organizational levels, from senior leadership to shop floor operators.
- Experience leading cross-functional teams in cultural change programs, delivering sustainable and measurable results.
- Strong knowledge of problem-solving methodologies and Total Productive Maintenance (TPM).
- Skilled at coordinating impactful business initiatives with diverse teams.
- Emotionally intelligent leadership, effectively managing resistance and fostering motivation.
- Ability to drive the dissemination of achievements and best practices across multiple sites.
📌 continuous improvement manager – plant
🏢 MCR International | Executive Search
📍 Tarragona