Plant Manager

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Job Summary: Manage safe, efficient, and profitable production while ensuring quality, regulatory compliance, equipment maintenance, and team development. Key Highlights: 1. Strategic role in a leading company within the industry 2. High visibility and direct impact on business vision development 3. Opportunity to leave your mark on an internal transformation project A company belonging to a leading group in the Food Industry sector is seeking to hire a Plant Manager. Reporting to the Operations Director and responsible for team coordination, you will ensure safe, efficient, and profitable production, guaranteeing quality, compliance with HACCP/GMP/IFS standards, equipment maintenance, and team development. **Key Responsibilities** * Daily operational management: plan and coordinate production lines, shifts, and resources. * Food quality and safety: ensure compliance with IFS, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), and traceability. * Cost and inventory control: manage raw materials, waste, and consumption efficiency. * Maintenance and reliability: coordinate with the maintenance manager to implement preventive and corrective maintenance of factory equipment. * Leadership and development: participate in recruitment, train and evaluate teams; promote a continuous improvement culture. **Candidate Requirements** * Bachelor’s degree in Management or Engineering; * Minimum of 6 years’ experience in similar roles within the food industry (due to the critical nature of food safety topics), pharmaceutical industry, or other regulated sectors; * Prior experience in demanding environments involving transformation/restructuring challenges; * Technical knowledge of: HACCP, GMP, quality control, OEE, Fill Rate compliance; * Knowledge of continuous improvement concepts and application of related tools (KAIZEN and LEAN); Food technology; Food quality and safety; Integrated management systems; Factory budgetary control (P\&L); * Proficiency in MS Office: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint; * Intermediate-level Spanish and English (spoken and written); * Leadership, autonomy, problem-solving, and analytical skills. **Offer** * A strategic role in a leading company within its sector, offering high visibility and direct impact on business vision development. * Opportunity to leave your personal mark on an internal transformation project.