Production Area Lead (m/f/div)

<p>Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with kindness, humility, and a spirit of adventure, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions. There’s much to learn from our 79 production sites worldwide, known for their best-in-class processes and procedures. There’s many to learn from, with high-performing leaders and caring colleagues to explore ideas and ambitions with. Every day, your energy, your personality, and your determination will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.  </p> <p> </p> <h1>Production Area Lead - Dortmund (Germany) - Your future position?</h1> <p> </p> <p>Overall mission:</p> <p> </p> <p>Coordinate assigned production team to accomplish all operational production processes</p> <p>Responsibility for basic personnel management (excluding BEM, cost center responsibility, hiring/termination, salaries, leave policies, budget/investment planning and warning letters)</p> <p>Support the Manager Liquid Production Germany in the execution of projects/work packages and the management of documentation/standards</p> <p>Support daily operations in Liquid Production including team-based issue handling</p> <p>You will be based in Dortmund and reporting directly to the Production Manager Liquid role</p> <p> </p> <p>You will:</p> <p> </p> <ul> <li>Manage a liquid production team of 60 people concerning daily operation</li> <li>Ensure full performance of daily tasks; specifically, fulfillment of production schedule</li> <li>Comply with valid company regulations</li> <li>Be the first contact person for problem resolution and escalation within the team</li> <li>Follow up on technical notifications</li> <li>Follow up on all action pools including strategy (MFSI, MSI, action tracker, LFE)</li> <li>Plan smaller projects in the LQ area: analysis, estimation and optimization of processes and costs</li> <li>Coordinate project execution from start to finish</li> <li>Manage documents and standards (safety, HACCP, work instructions, SOPs/OPLs, etc.)</li> <li>Manage skill matrix and training materials</li> <li>Manage existing Indicators and create reports and compile statistics</li> <li>Support the department manager and team leaders on issues related to daily operations in WH and DIS</li> <li>Conduct training for operators and temps (initial briefings, CI, safety, quality, and documentation)</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p>You:</p> <p> </p> <p>Completed vocational training as a chemical technician or comparable in the food industry</p> <p>Specialized further training is desirable</p> <p>4-5 years of experience in the Food Industry with 2-3 years of people management experience</p> <p>Fluency in German, conversational level in English</p> <p>Experience using MS Office and SAP</p> <p>Accurate, safe and efficient way of working</p> <p>Team player mindset, flexibility to handle pressure in work</p> <p>Customer-oriented thinking and acting</p> <p> </p> <p>Our benefits:</p> <p> </p> <p>37.5-hour week with flexible working hours within the framework of the collective labour agreement for the chemical industry</p> <p>30 days holiday - Company pension scheme</p> <p>Excellent development opportunities</p> <p>Leased bicycles and fresh fruit</p> <p>Free drinks (tea, coffee, water) &amp; parking spaces</p> <p>Company restaurant</p> <p> </p> <p>#LI-Onsite</p> <p><br/> At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people’s lives.<br/> You work within an inspiring teamwork culture – where you can thrive, collaborate and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions and divisions.<br/> Every essence of you enriches our world.<br/> Diversity drives innovation and creates closer connections with our employees, customers and partners.<br/> Givaudan embraces diversity and is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone impacts our world.</p>