General Manager (Operations)

GLOBAL RECRUITMENT & HR SPECIALISTS ACROSS THE PLASTICS, PACKAGING, PETROCHEMICALS, CHEMICALS, ENERGY AND RECYCLING SECTORS SINCE 1975.

Location: Poland

Client Overview:

Part of a privately owned group, our client is a leading European manufacturer of polymer products used in a wide range of industries.

Role:

• Coordinate and drive all operational activities for the factory, involving manufacturing, HSE, technology, product compliance & development, maintenance, continuous improvement, people development, supply chain and purchasing.
• Develop an operational excellence/lean improvement vision, gaining buy-in from the workforce and implementing the strategy.
• Ensure the continued competitiveness of the site, which employs around 300 people.
• Provide excellent leadership of the workforce, encouraging engagement and fostering a team oriented culture through a mentoring style of management.

Candidate Profile:

• Engineering degree and more than 10 years of established work experience as a leader in a manufacturing environment
• Result driven, methodological and hands-on approach
• Mentoring/coaching style of management
• Technical understanding of industrial processes
• Strong leadership skills, team spirit and decision making power
• High level of initiative; motivation and assertiveness
• Experienced in LEAN management
• Strategic thinking with strong financial acumen, managing the P&L
• Analytical skills, understand complex issues and present them simply
• Fluent in Polish and English (spoken & written)

For reasons of better legibility, the simultaneous use of the language forms male, female and diverse (f/m/d) is avoided.  All personal designations apply equally to all genders.

Why select Listgrove?

• Five Decades of Market Intelligence
• Unrivalled Industry Networks
• Recognised International brand
• HR Qualified Professionals

To hear from our clients on how we have supported their search for talent and HR needs, please visit Listgrove’s Case Studies page.  

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