Luogo di lavoro: Friuli Venezia Giulia
Our client is a leading multinational company in the production of technical components and solutions for furniture and interior design with 3 Plants in Italy. We have been commissioned to research:
Operations Manager/Operational Excellence Manager
Place of Work: Friuli Venezia Giulia
Role
The candidate, reporting to the Group COO, will play a crucial role in driving the three Italian companies’ industrial operations strategy – including supply chain - being the champion of customer satisfactions, ensuring the respect of assigned target and aim to keep best in class performances.
Objectives of the role:
- Maintain constant communication with managers, staff, and suppliers to ensure proper operations of the companies.
- Lead, motivate, and support a large team within a fast paced / time-sensitive and demanding environment, including career development plans for direct reports and problem resolution.
- Manage data collection for the updating of metrics to achieve productivity targets, reduce cost per unit, eliminate errors, and deliver excellent customer service.
- Work closely with quality and HSE departments to ensure that activities remain compliant.
- Oversee materials and inventory to ensure effectiveness (service level) and efficiency (inventory / logistic cost balance).
- Conduct budget reviews and report cost plans to upper management.
- Increase the efficiency of existing processes and procedures to enhance the company’s internal capacity.
- Ensure that operational activities remain on time and within budget.
- Track staffing requirements, hiring new employees as needed.
Key Responsibilities:
- Focus on maintaining and improving Service Level.
- Improve operational management systems, processes and best practices.
- Purchase materials, plan and optimise inventory and oversee warehouse efficiency.
- Ensuring that organizational processes remain legally compliant with regulations and standards.
- Formulate strategic and operational objectives.
- Monitor production and quality KPIs and implement corrective actions.
- Examine KPIs and financial data and use them to improve efficiency and profitability.
- Optimize workflows and processes to save time and money.
- Manage budgets and forecasts.
- Recruit, train and supervise staff.
Key Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in operations management, business administration, industrial engineering, Mechanical Engineer, or a related field.
- Minimum of 5+ years of experience in operations coordination or plant manager, change management or corporate responsibility roles, preferably within the lighting, furniture, or manufacturing sectors.
- Proven ability to manage complex projects and cross-functional teams, with excellent problem-solving skills.
- Experience with operational excellence initiatives delivering value across multiple manufacturing plants.
- Ability to communicate in more than one language, English is a must.
- Experience in managing sustainability initiatives is a plus.
- Ability to analyze large sets of data and develop meaningful insights to drive goals or aim to exceed them.
- Excellent ability to delegate responsibilities while maintaining organizational control of manufacturing sites operations and customer service.
- Proficiency in conflict management and business negotiation processes.
- Familiarity with Health and Safety, ISO certifications and environmental management systems.
- Proficient in MS Office and data management platforms (e.g. BI tools).
Titolo di studio minimo: Comune e/o quartiere: Friuli Venezia Giulia
