Plant Manager

Job Description : PLANT MANAGER ITALY produces (its plant just outside Rome) biodiesel destined for European countries. Mission: To lead the management of the our customer plant located in Italy (Aprilia), guaranteeing its operation, the fulfilment of the strategic plan and the results established by the Plant's partners. • Lead the plant team to achieve process optimisation and plant maintenance (predictive and corrective). • Maintain and manage the financial and management budget of the Plant in order to meet the objectives of the Profit and Loss account approved by the partners. • Ensure compliance with Environmental and Quality programmes, reinforcing the integrity of the operation and compliance with current standards. • Ensure compliance with the Safety programmes, reinforcing the integrity of the operation and compliance with current regulations. Work towards the achievement of the "Zero Accidents objective. • Prepare and present to the Management Committee investment proposals to improve plant performance and results. • Develop strategy, implementation plans and sales targets, develop forecasts, track opportunities, manage the sales compliance process. • Consistently achieve and exceed assigned sales targets; maximise profitability and financial performance of new business by managing customer costs and prices. • Strengthen business relationships with Suppliers and Customers. • Manage sales flow and develop new business opportunities and expansion into new markets. • Identify trends and needs, building a short/medium/long term sales pipeline according to objectives. • Lead, develop and manage staff to ensure the highest standards of performance and commitment. • Work with staff teams to develop management tools to facilitate the delivery of business plans and strategies. • Analyse, structure and present qualitative and quantitative information to provide conclusions for decision making. • Participate in the improvement of processes to obtain accurate and reliable information. - University education, engineering studies or equivalent experience. - At least 10 years of experience in management positions at least 5 in similar role. - Experience in working in SMEs or national companies (desirable). - Proficiency in Windows, Microsoft Office, Internet. - Management systems management. - Strategic planning tools. • Leadership (is influential, credible, reliable). • Flexibility (adapts quickly to changes, to modify what is planned without getting frustrated). • Teamwork (knows how to play a role when working with others. Thinks about the impact on others of what he/she does, including them in the process.) • Proactivity (proposes things to do, takes ownership of them and follows them through to resolution, proposes alternatives to optimise the work). • Autonomy (achieves what is necessary to achieve objectives in a context where there are no established processes). • Commitment (takes ownership of the company's objectives, invests energy in achieving them beyond what is formally established). • Challenge orientation (he/she is motivated by doing difficult things). • Client orientation (your work always has a target audience, who must always be satisfied). • Positive conflict management (builds agreements, has the ability to make the parties comfortable with them, manages to thwart potential confrontations). • Communication (ensures that what is being conveyed is understood, takes the interlocutor into account in what is being communicated and says it in a way that makes it easy to listen to him/her). What we offer? • Permanent contract with competitive salary. • An innovative mindset organization with challenging projects.

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