Background information about the job or company

Lesaffre designs, manufactures and markets innovative solutions for Baking, Food taste & pleasure, Health care and Biotechnology. Family group born in northern France in 1853, now a multi-national and a multicultural company,

Responsibilities or duties

Production Management

• Implement daily production forecasts based on production targets & sales forecasts
• Organize production orders & planning to ensure availability
• Monitor production, finished goods, and raw materials on a regular basis
• Monitor consumption of ingredients, investigate the causes of any discrepancies and implement corrective actions accordingly
• Lead and implement continuous improvement initiatives to eliminate waste and boost productivity and efficiency (lean manufacturing)

Quality, health and safety

• Implement and ensure safety culture within the production team, in collaboration with the QHSE manager
• Guarantee the availability of control results, measurements and tests
• Participate in the choice of suppliers
• Ensure that product recipes are in accordance with the formulas
• Ensure that non-conformities and customer complaints are dealt with

Maintenance

• Develop, implement and continuously improve preventive maintenance tasks
• Analyze equipment failures and develop permanent solutions
• Prepare and follow maintenance budget
• Manage spare part flow and warehouse

Management

• Manage and supervise Production Supervisor, Operators and Cleaner (schedule, briefing meeting, productivity...)

Investment and Budget

• Propose technical investment projects for the improvement of production processes
• Propose and monitor the operating budget
• Implement diverse projects, in liaison with the Industrial Department

Reporting

• Prepare regular reports on monthly closings, production plan, inventory levels, and any requests by management

Qualifications or requirements

Experience needed

You have at least 5 years of experience in management and production / industry, with a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in food processing / agro-industrial technology or a similar field. Knowledge on bakery products is a plus.

• Implement daily production forecasts based on production targets & sales forecasts
• Organize production orders & planning to ensure availability
• Monitor production, finished goods, and raw materials on a regular basis
• Monitor consumption of ingredients, investigate the causes of any discrepancies and implement corrective actions accordingly
• Lead and implement continuous improvement initiatives to eliminate waste and boost productivity and efficiency (lean manufacturing)
• Implement and ensure safety culture within the production team, in collaboration with the QHSE manager
• Guarantee the availability of control results, measurements and tests
• Participate in the choice of suppliers
• Ensure that product recipes are in accordance with the formulas
• Ensure that non-conformities and customer complaints are dealt with
• Develop, implement and continuously improve preventive maintenance tasks
• Analyze equipment failures and develop permanent solutions
• Prepare and follow maintenance budget
• Manage spare part flow and warehouse
• Manage and supervise Production Supervisor, Operators and Cleaner (schedule, briefing meeting, productivity...)
• Propose technical investment projects for the improvement of production processes
• Propose and monitor the operating budget
• Implement diverse projects, in liaison with the Industrial Department
• Prepare regular reports on monthly closings, production plan, inventory levels, and any requests by management

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in food processing / agro-industrial technology or a similar field.
• Knowledge on bakery products is a plus.