Site Director
- Hiring organization: EMEA
- Location: Rače, Slovenia
Albaugh Overview
Why Joining Albaugh?
Working in Albaugh Europe will provide you with the freedom to operate. You will be able to be creative, you will feel empowered and take your own decisions in an environment with like-minded people. Albaugh has a company culture unique for the AgChem industry - competitive but supportive, where you will be valued and respected for your contributions to our success.
Albaugh is a top 10 global player in the market but still operates with same entrepreneurial spirit and market focus that it did from its beginnings.
"Albaugh – Your Alternative" is the short way to describe what we are all about. We create and supply crop protection products used by farmers across the globe thereby making their farming operations more economical. We are ultimately helping produce and secure an affordable supply of food to help feed and support the population of the world.
Albaugh today is a global business, operating with a direct presence in key agricultural regions including North America, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, CAP region, India and Europe. In each of our key regions, we operate manufacturing facilities which assure the quality and competitiveness of the products that we supply.
Albaugh Europe, Middle East & Africa is one of the fasting growing companies in the European Agro market. Albaugh Slovenia is the business shared center for the Europe, Middle East, and Africa business and the core production site for the European business.
Position Overview
Albaugh is looking for his/her new Site Director for Slovenia, who will report to Vice President of Technology, Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA). The position is based in Race, Slovenia.
Principal Duties & Responsibilites
• Ensure the Site operates with high safety standards both locally and globally
• Monitor and make decisions to enhance the performance of all operations within the site. Identify opportunities for improvement and efficiencies.
• Develop and execute plans for all aspects of production including equipment purchases, staffing needs, work schedules, and material requirements.
• Promotes objectives and strategies to sustain a continuous improvement in variable and fixed production costs, working on productivity, quality, and safety indicators
• Responsible for the time and cost needed to complete investment projects
• Ensure products meet quality standards through leadership of quality standards, policies, procedures in own facilities and toll manufacturing arrangements.
• Responsible for developing and executing technology and engineering projects.
• Directs and implement the company’s R&D policies, objectives, and initiatives
• Member of the Global Production and Technology Community
Minimum Skills, Knowledge, and Ability Requirements
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree or greater in chemistry, engineering, manufacturing or related fields
• More than 10 years of experience in a similar role in an international environment with a focus on production management, and a professional with previous experience as Plant Manager in the chemical, petrochemical or agrochemical industry is beneficial.
• Experience in Supply chain, production planning and R&D is beneficial.
• A high ability to influence and motivate the Site Management Team and Production team in a collaborative environment
• Strong communication skill with unions representatives
• High capacity for organization, planning, monitoring and control
• Proactive, innovative, and result-oriented mindset
• Fluent in Slovenian and in English, another European language is a plus
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and SAP
