Manufacturing Business Unit Manager
26 days ago
Alcantarilla
Manufacturing Business Unit Manager Murcia (Spain) / On-site Are you ready to lead a manufacturing engine that feeds millions? At Hero, our Production team is the heart of our promise: delivering high‑quality, safe, and nutritious products that consumers trust. As Manufacturing Business Unit Manager, you will guide a passionate team, champion operational excellence, and transform our plant into a Lean, agile, high‑performance environment. This is your chance to shape culture, elevate capability, and steer an entire business unit toward sustainable, profitable growth. What you’ll achieve Lead the Plant to Excellence: Steer the full operation of your manufacturing unit—driving safety, quality, productivity, and cost performance to new heights. Drive Profitability & Strategic Impact: You will manage the unit's P&L, ensuring long‑term sustainability and making data‑driven decisions that strengthen Hero’s competitive edge. Empower and Elevate Your Team: You will lead Process Engineering, Production Shift Leaders, and Maintenance—guiding, coaching, and aligning them toward shared strategic goals. Champion Lean Culture: Embed Lean Manufacturing principles, spearheading continuous improvement and igniting a mindset of problem‑solving and efficiency across the plant. Transform Ways of Working: You will lead cultural change initiatives that boost engagement, accountability, and cross‑functional collaboration at every level. Protect What Matters Most: Assure full compliance with safety, environmental, and quality standards—keeping our people safe and our products impeccable. Turn Insight into Action: You will monitor operational and financial KPIs closely, transforming insights into targeted corrective actions and improvement plans that elevate performance across the unit. Connect the Dots Across the Business: Partner closely with Supply Chain, Quality, Engineering, and HR to create an agile, integrated operational ecosystem. Who You Are Manufacturing Leader at Heart: You hold a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Chemistry, Food Science & Technology, Chemical Engineering, Industrial Management, or similar and offer solid experience in manufacturing operations—ideally from the food industry—paired with strong people leadership and management skills. Bilingual Operator: You are fluent in Spanish and comfortable working in English at B2–C1 level. Lean & Continuous Improvement Champion: comfortable applying Lean principles in real operational environments and driving a culture. You know how to drive continuous improvement, eliminate waste, and shape efficient, high‑performing teams. Analytical Navigator : You use data to guide decisions and challenge the status que and are proactive, resilient, and always aiming for better. Strong Communicator & Influencer: builds strong relationships, facilitates collaboration, and communicates clearly across teams and levels. Creates alignment and inspires confidence even in complex operational contexts. Our Culture: How We Grow Together ✨ Create wow: We dare to do things differently, seek to always win with consumers and customers, and endeavor to be forever relevant and vital to our world. It’s about Curiosity, Innovation and Consumer/Customer Focus. Everyone Hero: We work together in pursuit of our common mission and strategy, strengthening our local businesses by leveraging the power of the collective. It’s about Purpose, Performance and Teamwork. Nourish others: We treat everyone with honesty, care and respect and provide our people, customers and consumers with what they need to thrive. It’s about Honesty, Empowerment, Respect and Diversity. Take responsibility: We make good choices today to build a more sustainable business and environment fit for the needs of tomorrow. It’s about Sustainability, Ownership, Heritage and Quality. What We Offer Your Growth & Wellbeing Continuous learning and development opportunities. A collaborative and challenging multinational environment. Ongoing feedback and a culture that encourages open communication. Physiotherapist services to keep you feeling your best. The Essentials Attractive Compensation & Benefits package. Strong values and a matrix organization where you can make a real difference. Great work environment and amazing people you'll be proud to work with. Sound like you? Apply now Send your CV to: Important: Only applications sent to the indicated emails or via LinkedIn will be considered. We do not accept applications through third parties or job scrapers.
