Plant Manager (Rotterdam)
Our story goes back more than 150 years, to the chilly southern coast of Scandinavia. From our early success in Sweden and Denmark, we’ve grown into the world’s leading specialist producer of plant-based oils, employing more than 4,000 people across the globe.
We work with our customers to make the products you love even better. The oils we produce go into making your chocolate extra-creamy or putting the crunch into your croissant. And it’s not just food — we work across industries to make products that are higher quality, healthier and better for the planet.
Everything we do is about Making Better Happen™.
AAK Locations
This position is based n Rotterdam.
About the role
As the plant manager Rotterdam you are the operational lead of the location. With your hierarchical responsibility of the production department and dotted line to the local daily representation of SHE, quality and maintenance you manage daily operational processes. You are part of the site management team of AAK NL and report to the site director NL. With your fulltime presence in Rotterdam you are the eyes and ears for your SMT colleagues on all the operational processes in Rotterdam.
Next to that you lead and develop the production department to accomplish the production plan in compliance with safety, food-safety, quality and environmental guidelines. In cooperation with the OPEX manager and the process technologist you work on continuous improvement of both organizational and physical processes. Achieve and improve KPI’s like LTI, OEE, First time right, Energy/MT amongst others.
Responsibilities
- Manage and motivate the production team (indirect scope of 16 fte) through 5 teamleads to accomplish the production plan whilst improving performance and ensuring that products are produced cost effectively against agreed specifications on time in full.
- Support full plant wide compliance with safety rules to further our goal of 0 accidents and encouragement of reporting and correcting near misses
- Lead daily site meeting and weekly site meeting with local operational team. Function as first escalation for day to day business for the local operational team for SHE, quality, maintenance and HR
- Translates the site plan into an annual production plan, cascades plant objectives into team and personal objectives of the operations staff
- Contribute to the effort in controlling costs and minimizing downtime, scrap, poor quality, accidents, utility usage and reduced productivity in pursuit of your daily work
- Lead continuous improvement by implementing lean principles and sponsors improvement initiatives
- Holds and maintains close relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- Member site management team, member haccp team.
- Initiates and lead root cause analyses applicable in the production area.
About you
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as Technology, Engineering, or Business Administration
- Several years of experience in leadership roles, preferably in cross-functional environments
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to convey information effectively across all levels within and outside the organization
- Knowledge of SAP is preferred
- Proven experience in production management within the process industry, ideally in the food sector
- Fluent in both Dutch and English, with strong verbal and written communication skills
Additional Information
Closing date for applications is Friday, 10 April.
About AAK
Everything AAK does is about Making Better Happen™. We specialize in plant-based oils that are the value-adding ingredients in many of the products people love to consume. We make these products better tasting, healthier, and more sustainable. At the heart of AAK’s offer is Customer Co-Development, combining our desire to understand what better means for each customer, with the unique flexibility of our production assets, and deep knowledge of many products and industries, including Chocolate and confectionery, Bakery, Dairy, Plant-based Foods, Special Nutrition, Foodservice and Personal Care. Our 4,000 employees support our close collaboration with customers through 25 regional sales offices, 15 dedicated Customer Innovation Centers, and the support of more than 20 production facilities. Listed on Nasdaq Stockholm and with our headquarters in Malmö, Sweden, AAK has been Making Better Happen™ for more than 150 years.
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