EMEA Plant Recruitment Manager

EMEA Plant Recruitment Manager (Manufacturing HighVolume)

Location: Campsie Ireland / Northern Ireland (Letterkenny Burnfoot Campsie) - with regular travel across EMEA plant sites

Reporting to: EMEA TA Head

Hybrid/Remote/On-site - Onsite

People leadership: Manage a team of 6 Plant Recruiters across EMEA

The opportunity

Were looking for an experienced EMEA Plant Recruitment Manager to lead fastpaced highvolume manufacturing hiring across multiple plants and countries. This is a handson leadership role for someone who can run a hiring engine at scalebuilding predictable delivery against demand while partnering closely with Plant Leadership HR and Operations.

This role is not for generalist recruitment leaders. You must be fluent in manufacturing operating rhythms and able to translate SIOP / demand forecasts into clear recruiting capacity and execution plans.

What youll do

Lead regional plant hiring delivery

• Own endtoend delivery of highvolume plant hiring (hourly skilled trades technical and selected salaried plant roles) across the defined sites.
• Drive predictable outcomes through strong hiring governance cadence and discipline (weekly execution monthly forward planning
• Run SIOPdriven workforce execution
• Partner with plant and operations stakeholders to convert SIOP / demand signals into executable hiring plans and keep delivery aligned as demand shifts
• Lead and develop a team of 6 recruiters
• Set clear expectations coach for performance and manage priorities across multiple countries and competing plant demands.

Build scalable sourcing and pipeline strategies

• Drive local market strategies across operators/technicians/skilled trades/engineering talentusing direct sourcing referrals community partnerships and local networks.

Own hybrid resourcing vendor performance

• Manage a hybrid delivery model (internal recruiters Contractors external partners where needed) and ensure costeffective highquality execution.

Standardize Plant Hiring Ways of Working

• Embed consistent recruiting workflows strengthen candidate experience and drive continuous improvement across sites.

Musthave requirements (nonnegotiable)

• Manufacturing / plant hiring management experience is a must (not just exposureproven ownership of delivery in plant environments)
• Proven success in highvolume fastpaced hiring with measurable delivery outcomes.
• Demonstrated capability working with SIOP / demand forecasting and translating demand into hiring execution (rhythm governance prioritisation).
• Strong stakeholder leadership with Plant/Operations leadersable to influence decisions and maintain momentum under pressure.
• Comfortable performing at pace in ambiguity where priorities and demand can change quickly.

Cherry on top (highly desirable)

• Strong knowledge of Lean Manufacturing / Six Sigma / Kaizen or equivalent processimprovement methodsand the ability to apply that mindset to improve hiring flow speed and predictability.
• Experience improving endtoend recruiting workflows through metrics root cause analysis and operational cadence.

What success looks like

• Plant leaders trust you because hiring is predictable fast and controlled even when demand changes.
• Your recruiting team is clear on priorities and consistently delivering against volume requirements.
• You can explain hiring performance through demand vs. fill gaps and forward outlook and you act early when risk emerges.

How to apply

Apply with your CV/resume highlighting:

1. Your manufacturing/plant hiring leadership scope (sites volumes role families) and
2. How youve used SIOP/demand forecasts to run hiring delivery (cadence planning execution).

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