Director Manufacturing Excellence (EMENA, GB, North America)

Our Global Snacking venture is all about creating delicious shareable snacks and appetisers that surprise delight and drive growth.

Snacking isnt new for us - but reimagining it is the opportunity. At McCain Snacking we combine the legacy and expertise of McCain Foods with the fast-paced high-energy world of snacking.

In every role McCainers are ambitious curious and passionate about creating exceptional work experiences - together. With a customer-first mindset we make doing business with McCain easy.

About the role.

Were looking for a Director of Manufacturing Excellence to join our senior leadership team. Reporting to the VP Operations & Manufacturing Global Snacking this role will shape and drive operational excellence across our manufacturing sites in North America Great Britain EMENA and APACSA leading a team including 2 direct reports.

Youll bring a relentless focus on world-class manufacturing and continuous improvement creating competitive advantage through maximising assets and unlocking the full potential of our people. Youll have the vision to see whats possible the influence to inspire change across a large organisation and the courage to deliver breakthrough results in an ambitious and evolving environment.

If you thrive on driving transformation inspiring teams and making bold ideas happen this is your chance to leave a mark on the next chapter of McCains story.

Core Responsibilities & Accountabilities:

• Lead the regional Manufacturing Excellence (McCain Driving Impact / MDI) program for Global Snacking
• Enhance program design to balance central guidance with regional flexibility
• Advance Manufacturing Excellent (MDI programme) to support future global work systems including operator ownership technical skills autonomous teams
• Coach and mentor leaders to implement MDI effectively
• Develop leaders in a matrixed environment to drive productivity operational improvements and loss elimination
• Garner executive support with strong strategic thinking and communication
• Implement MDI x AI initiatives
• Translate programs for the shop floor - make it clear whats in it for operators
• Deliver significant cost savings through program design and implementation

If you thrive on driving transformation inspiring teams and making bold ideas happen this is your chance to leave a mark on the next chapter of McCains story.

What were looking for.

Experience & Qualifications:

• 10 years experience in manufacturing ideally with companies known for gold standard continuous improvement
• Proven track record implementing CI programs (Lean IWS TPM etc.) across multiple sites and cultures
• Global experience across diverse geographies is a plus
• Previous experience as both a practitioner and program leader (e.g. Plant Manager CI Manager)

Skills & Attributes:

• Comfortable in ambiguous fast-moving environments
• Exceptional communication skills especially with non-native English speakers
• Able to influence and lead large global teams in a complex matrixed organisation
• Systems thinker able to translate vision and strategy into action
• Flexible balancing strategic work with tactical execution
• Self-motivated working independently with little coaching
• Broad understanding of CI approaches not limited to one methodology
• Optimistic solution-focused and resilient under pressure
• Courage to have difficult conversations at all levels

Location.

This role will lead MDI for the Global Snacking business with sites across North America GB EMENA and APACSA. We would prefer someone to be based either in GB or EMENA.

Our purpose is grounded in building meaningful relationships. Were big believers in the power of working together in personit helps us stay connected collaborate more effectively and grow as a team. At the same time we recognize the importance of flexibility. Most office-based roles follow a hybrid model with the option to work remotely for about half of your working time. There may be exceptions depending on the role and location so we encourage you to speak with your recruiter for more details.

The benefits of working for McCain.

Although we do encourage you to taste the goods youll be pleased to know we dont pay you in chips. For working hard youll also get a great salary and some pretty good benefits including:

Generous Car Allowance
Opportunity to earn bonus through our Short-Term Incentive Plan
An excellent pension where we will pay double what you do up to a maximum of 12% of your pay
Flexible holidays where you can buy & sell up to 5 days holiday per year
Private Healthcare for you and your family
Optional health cash plan
Cycle to work scheme
Chips In Volunteering Day Off - to make a positive impact to the competitiveness resilience and long-term development of McCain communities across the globe

And of course being part of a Global business there are great opportunities to shine/thrive should you wish to relocate in the future. We have an ambitious 5-year growth plan that presents development & progression opportunities for those who seek it out.

Our Leadership Principles.

At McCain our leadership principles guide how we engage with customers collaborate as a team and achieve success. We focus on understanding customer needs driving innovation empowering people and taking ownership to clear obstacles and deliver results.

The McCain experience.

We are McCain: this statement is about our power collectively and our importance individuallyyour impact is a significant part of the business. Our winning culture focuses on authenticity and trust so we can always bring out the best in our people. Here you have the opportunity to learn grow and thrive while being yourself.

Come and join The Makers to see why we are better together.

McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity resilience and success and makes our business qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race religion color national origin sex age veteran status disability or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms) please let us knowand we will work with you to find appropriate solutions.

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Job Family:Manufacturing
Location(s): NL - Netherlands : North Holland : Amsterdam

Company:McCain Foods Holland B.V.