Plant Manager Castelgomberto

**Your role**

We are looking for a Plant Manager to lead manufacturing operations excellence in our factory located in Castelgomberto which is a key part of the Italian market growth strategy. The Plant Manager is responsible for overseeing all daily plant operations and ensuring an optimal factory performance, accomplishing with policies and procedures. You will lead a cross functional team overarching all manufacturing functions to ensure stewardship, safety, quality, productivity and service.

**What you will do**- Be leadership role model deploying vision, giving direction setting, fostering engagement, being shopfloor execution oriented and motivating organization- Promote manufacturing excellence behaviours committing on fundamentals safety and quality- Plan, organize, direct and run optimum day-to-day operations to exceed our customer’s expectations.- Lead a cultural change towards manufacturing excellence boosting safety and quality fundamentals, organization capabilities and strong systems- Increase production, assets capacity and flexibility while minimizing unnecessary costs and maintaining current quality standards.- Be responsible for production output, product quality and on-time shipping.- Allocate resources effectively and fully utilize assets to produce optimal results.- Implement strategies in alignment with strategic initiatives and provide a clear sense of direction and focus.- Monitor operations and trigger corrective actions.- Share a trusting relationship with team and recruit, manage and develop plant staff to secure staffing and succession plan- Responsible for cost management and lead loss analysis process securing a year-on-year saving plan delivery- Lead organization performance system fostering accountability, run to target culture and optimizing processes.- Address employees’ issues or grievances and administer collective bargaining agreements.- Stay up to date with latest production management best practices and concepts.

**Who we are looking for**- 5+ years’ experience in a similar position in food industry.- Higher education or Bachelor’s degree in manufacturing related engineering.- Experience leading people and cultural changes in factories with diverse profiles.- Experience managing workers councils.- Experience developing people careers.- Knowledge in Lean Manufacturing (Black Belt preferred)- Higher knowledge of quality and H&S standards.- Organizational and strategic planning skills.- Familiarity with industry standard equipment and technical expertise.- Ability to create accountability and lead by example- English is a must, French and Spanish will be nice to have.- Leadership and People Management- Personal Effectiveness: Self-management, self-confidence, and proactivity.- Interpersonal Skills: Communication, open-mindedness, and adaptability.

**What we offer**- Discount on Amazon products- Affinity University platform: Professional development opportunities for employees at different stages of their career, recognising different career paths.
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**Our Culture**

We cultivate an inclusive culture that celebrates diversity. We firmly believe that embracing a variety of perspectives is essential to the success of our company and the strength of our team. That is why we are committed to providing equal opportunities for all.

**Our company**

Affinity Petcare is much more than an international petfood company. For over 60 years we have been dedicated to nurturing healthy bonds between dogs, cats and people to make the world a better place.

We are very proud of our innovative brands, including Ultima, Advance, Brekkies, Nature's Variety, Nature's Menu, Natural Trainer, Libra and others. Currently, we have more than 1,200 professionals working with this purpose from Barcelona, Paris, Milan and London, as well as 4 production sites with which we supply the more than 70 countries where our brands are present.

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