Production Manager

• Minimum mbo+ work and thinking level.

• Experience in a leadership position within the meat processing or meat products industry is a hard requirement.

• Knowledge of meat products and meat processing at SVO level.

• Insight into production processes, personnel planning, administrative accountability, and cost structure.

• A sharp eye for safety, food quality, hygiene, and productivity.

• You communicate clearly, provide feedback, and know how to involve employees in changes.

• You are flexible and switch easily with internal and external customers.

• Experience with continuous improvement or Lean is a clear advantage.

At Encebe, you will receive the trust to manage your team independently and actually implement improvements. You will work in a production environment where your choices are directly visible in safety, quality, collaboration, and results.

Additionally, you can count on:

• A responsible leadership position within Encebe, part of Vion Food Group.

• A salary that matches your experience and the weight of the position.

• Good secondary employment conditions.

• Space for training, personal development, and further growth within Vion.

• A working environment with short lines, engaged colleagues, and a lot of collaboration between production and supporting departments.

• The opportunity to contribute directly to reliable food production and an ever-improving production process.

Making an impact together with confidence. That is working at Vion.

As Production Team Leader at Encebe, you ensure that people, processes, and quality align every single day. You provide direction on the shop floor, maintain oversight, and, together with your team, make concrete results visible in the areas of safety, food quality, productivity, and costs.

This role is interesting for an experienced leader who wants to be close to the operation. You will receive responsibility, the space to implement improvements, and the opportunity to further develop employees. At the same time, you will work together with colleagues from, among others, HR, QA, the Business Office, Technical Service, and Product Development.

You are responsible for the daily management of your production team. You ensure clear priorities, a safe working environment, and a stable production process. When something can be done better, you don't wait: you discuss it, create a plan, and ensure that the improvement is actually implemented.

• You manage employees on a daily basis and ensure appropriate qualitative and quantitative staffing levels.

• You translate departmental objectives and KPIs into a concrete implementation plan for your team.

• You monitor performance in the areas of health and safety, security, quality, hygiene, productivity, and costs.

• You conduct work meetings, performance reviews, and absenteeism discussions, and carefully apply personnel policies.

• You coach employees, provide clear feedback, and help them to further develop themselves.

• You supervise the correct use of inventory, machines, and equipment and take immediate action in the event of deviations or malfunctions.

• You work on process improvements using the VOS method and encourage your team to make continuous improvement part of their daily work.

• You actively participate in meetings regarding planning, technical matters, quality, and production.

• You safeguard food safety and product quality and address colleagues when agreements are not being followed.

• You replace the Plant Manager in their absence.

You are a clear and engaged leader. You know what is required to make a production team perform well and combine result-orientation with attention to people. You remain level-headed, take responsibility, and make decisions when the situation calls for it.