Operations Manager

Company description

Proferro is part of Picanol Group, a business unit of Tessenderlo Group (Euronext: TESB).

You will develop and implement the operational strategy for your department (comprising approximately 300 employees) in the context of optimizing safety, quality, and cost. You will do this together with the VP of the division, to whom you will report. Your department will include production as well as the technological side, namely industrialization, process engineering, and process quality control.

• You will organize and monitor the processes required by your department;
• You will develop the necessary performance indicators and monitor them systematically (via the annual action plan, QCDISME);
• You will be expected to enthusiastically manage your team by being an inspiring coach and guiding them in terms of defining and systematically monitoring their performance indicators;
• You will work closely with the other departments such as Supply Chain, Quality, Foundry, Sales, and HR;
• You will ensure the presence of critical competencies and resources in your department;
• You will prepare and ensure compliance with budgets, as well as assuring a high degree of cost efficiency in the execution of all operational activities within your scope;
• You will detail operational strategy and initiate breakthrough and investment proposals and implement them, together with your team;
• You will be expected to keep abreast of new developments and evolution in the industry, to ensure ongoing achievement in established core result areas.

Profile

• You should have a secondary vocational qualification in (Electro)mechanical Industrial or Civil Engineering and possess a good knowledge of the manufacturing industry in general, or of machining processes in particular;
• You will have relevant experience in a leadership role in a production environment in the manufacturing industry;
• As a people manager, you will systematically succeed in regard to optimizing the performance of your employees, as well as radiating authority and you should know how to balance a peaceful atmosphere with ongoing performance improvement; you must also be approachable and have a great affinity with and commitment to the employees on the work floor;
• You must have experience in successfully initiating and guiding projects to achieve investment and/or process improvement;
• You should know how to deal with problems in a creative and result-oriented way; your approach must be practical and hands-on; you should be socially adept and a good communicator, and both a team player and someone who can work independently;
• You must have a very good knowledge of Dutch, while a knowledge of French, German, and English would be considered a plus.

Offer

You will join an international organization that is at the top of its field. You get the freedom to take your job to the highest level.