About the role

  • Production Manager at dsm-firmenich overseeing production processes in fine chemicals industry. Leading and developing teams while ensuring high HSE standards and efficiency.

Responsibilities

  • Provide leadership to deliver products on time, meeting required quality and quantity while adhering to the highest HSE standards.
  • Motivate and develop the Production team.
  • Ensure team alignment with company objectives and policies.
  • Raise HSE standards: observe and provide feedback, ensure lessons are learned from incidents, communicate on HSE topics, and monitor performance.
  • Develop the team’s HSE skills.
  • Establish and execute a long-term plan for the area to develop the team, processes, HSE and assets.
  • Communicate efficiently: cascade information from site management, relay feedback from the shop floor to management, and circulate information between areas and departments.
  • Foster a culture of sustainable change through continuous improvement; monitor and enhance the sector’s performance (work processes and production processes).
  • Contribute to overall site efficiency: standardization, development of best practices, workflow optimization, and alignment of communication.
  • Drive the successful launch of new products and technology/process transfers with the Research and Development team.
  • Promote dsm-firmenich values and policies across the Production team.

Requirements

  • Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering or Organic Chemistry.
  • Minimum of 5 years’ experience managing batch or continuous production in the fine chemicals, industrial chemicals, petrochemicals or pharmaceutical industries.
  • Proven track record in managing and developing teams.
  • Strong, hands-on HSE skills.
  • Experience with Factory of the Future initiatives and Six Sigma / Lean Manufacturing / continuous improvement techniques is a plus.

Benefits

  • A motivating work environment with qualified, passionate colleagues in a competitive and inspiring industry.
  • Opportunities to lead and implement improvement initiatives.
  • Opportunity to work for a company that cares about people and the environment, sets ambitious sustainability objectives, and offers opportunities to take on greater responsibilities.

Job title

Production Manager

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Postgraduate Degree

Location requirements

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