About this role
Job Description:
What are we looking for?
- BSc/MSc degree, preferably with engineering, industrial / operations management, and or food science qualifications. MBA or advanced degree a plus.
- At least 10 years+ business experience, solid Manufacturing operational and management capabilities is mandatory, cross functional experience, e.g. Supply Chain and Commercial is an added advantage
- High level of integrity and ethics, resulting in strong business partnerships.
- Strong people leadership capability with servant leadership mindset, able to drive team engagement and develop talent for succession planning,
- Able to stand alone on manufacturing management, strong at building collaborative relationships with local business segment, ability to drive cross-geographic / cultural collaboration in broader VCO group
- Must be willing to travel for business requirements
What will be your key responsibilities?
- Uphold the site’s reputation as a globally recognized high performing site for its cost and operational performance.
- Develop a robust talent pipeline within the site organization and ensure associates understand how to develop their career leveraging Mars frameworks
- Build a 5 Principles-centric Mars culture on site through a high level of associate engagement, a passion for pets, and deliver superior experience for our customers by delivering quality products on time in full.
- Inspire and engage direct and indirect reports by role modelling and through high performance team behaviors. Create a positive work environment.
- Develop a strategic plan for the site that support the Supply network in line with the defined role of the site.
- Contribute to, engage, and influence relevant stakeholders to improve the business performance, the talent pipeline and drive transformational projects.
- Plan and deploy MSE on site to significantly improve productivity, quality, and profitability, while ensuring associate and food safety.
- Accountable for managing site budgets and site CAB and champion project implementation.
- Accountable for the site being compliant with all Mars standards and regulatory requirements.
- Maintaining the site at the right standards and guaranteeing the reliability and conformity (standards) off all assets to support the short and long term (demand) needs.
- Responsible for right communication flow to all associates.
- Accountable to provide and secure adequate training for all associates.
- Develop and ensure organizational structures to best fit the Market, Supply and Associates needs.
- Champion continuous improvement within the whole site and drive digital breakthroughs
- Deliver or exceed agreed business performance metrics in the areas of safety, quality, cost, customer service, inventory, management, etc.