Plant Operations Director

4 weeks ago


Portage la Prairie, Canada Roquette Frères S.A. Full time
Job Title: Plant Manager

About Roquette

Roquette is a global leader in plant-based ingredients and pharmaceutical excipients. We strive to make a positive impact on people's lives by providing innovative solutions for healthier lifestyles.

Job Summary

The Plant Manager will lead the development and execution of operations strategies to drive business growth, reduce costs, and improve efficiency. This role requires a strong understanding of manufacturing processes, supply chain management, and lean six sigma principles.

Key Responsibilities
  1. Develop and implement operations strategies to meet business objectives, including cost reduction, inventory management, and capacity growth.
  2. Lead and manage manufacturing, maintenance, and environmental/health/safety teams to ensure compliance with company policies and regulatory requirements.
  3. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive process improvements, implement lean six sigma projects, and optimize supply chain operations.
  4. Manage key partner relationships and performance metrics to ensure alignment with company goals.
  5. Develop and execute a comprehensive operations strategy to meet and exceed key performance indicators, including cost reductions, inventory targets, and customer quality and delivery requirements.
  6. Lead and direct health, safety, and environmental compliance and culture across the organization, both staff and manufacturing teams, to continue success with Roquette's core value of safety.
  7. Sponsor lean six sigma projects and actively participate in frequent project reviews.
  8. Engage and focus the organization on cycle time improvement through the application of lean and kaizen events.
  9. Be a change agent for developing key organizational capabilities to continue to improve performance, using such methodologies as lean six sigma, operational excellence, as well as other key process and leadership changes/improvements.
  10. Collaborate with all functional areas to ensure alignment with key priorities and make certain that new products, plans, processes, and other service requirements are effectively translated into operational plans.
  11. Motivate, develop, retain, and recruit top talent across the organization through employee engagement tools and trusting relationships.
  12. Design goals and expectations that motivate the organization to achieve the results required for sustainable success.
Qualifications
  1. Education: Bachelor's degree in chemistry, chemical engineering (or relevant engineering field), or operations management required. An advanced degree or MBA would be beneficial.
  2. Experience: 15+ years of experience in operations, manufacturing, chemistry/chemical engineering or a related discipline (chemical manufacturing is preferred).
  3. Expertise in strategy development, cost management, and continuous improvement.
  4. Demonstrated ability to manage capital expenditures, budgeting and expense control, forecasting plant performance metrics.
  5. Innovative thinker with experience in new process technology/process engineering leadership. Must have relevant knowledge of batch and continuous mass process technologies.
  6. Ability to work effectively in a matrix organization.
  7. Demonstrated understanding and commitment to EHS development and compliance.
  8. Must have worked in an environment where there is clear collaboration with other functions including commercial, R&D, finance, etc.
  9. If from a large company, the executive must demonstrate the ability to work in a lean, fast-paced environment, have a bias for action and focus on results. Specific requirements: Experience leading in a manufacturing environment including managing a large asset of size and scope compatible with Roquette's platform.
  10. 5+ years as a large site manager in chemical or other relevant manufacturing, being credible at the plant interface.
  11. Key competencies of business acumen, intellectual horsepower, process management, managing diverse and challenging relationships.

About Roquette

Roquette is proud to be a global company where you can find personal and professional growth through multiple diverse experiences. We believe Diversity, Equity and Inclusion must be woven into everything we do, from the products we make, through the relationships we build with our partners, and most importantly within the teams we create and how we interact together.

As we continue to grow, Roquette understands that to be successful we must always be inclusive in our approach, by creating a workforce that represents the world we live in, and the communities and customers we serve.

To find out more about our products, values and sustainable development ambitions visit us at www.roquette.com and at www.roquette.com/en/sustainability



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