Onsite Petcenter Manager

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About the role

  • Pet Center Manager leading operations and performance ensuring animal welfare standards at Royal Canin's R&D facility. Overseeing a team of 40 associates and delivering quality results.

Responsibilities

  • Define and execute strategic roadmaps for site, operations, and capability development, aligned with overall R&D Facilities strategy.
  • Actively contribute to the broader RC R&D Facilities team strategy and execution.
  • Ensure delivery of internal animal trial results and product prototypes meeting quality, budget, and timeline targets.
  • Foster collaboration with internal customers, ensuring their needs are understood and met.
  • Oversee Pet center performance in safety, efficiency, environmental, regulatory compliance, animal welfare, sustainability, and associate engagement.
  • Ensure site operations comply with all relevant internal standards (QMS, HACCP, animal welfare, safety, sustainability, methodology etc.).
  • Provide leadership and management to a team of approximately 40 associates.
  • Allocate resources, drive daily operations, and support associate development and engagement.
  • Lead the implementation of new methodologies, technologies, capabilities, and capital projects.
  • Maintain animal welfare standards in line with Mars and legal requirements.
  • Serve as the primary contact for French administration/authorities regarding site activities.
  • Deliver outstanding visitor experience for over 4,000 internal and external visitors annually.

Requirements

  • Experience working with animals
  • People management experience (manager of managers)
  • Project management experience
  • Experience in operational environments (pet center, laboratory, factory)
  • Understanding animal testing methodologies
  • Native or Fluent French is essential (required for interactions with local authorities)
  • Good spoken and written English.

Benefits

  • Strong focus on learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
  • An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.

Job title

Petcenter Manager

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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