Are you a results-driven operations leader with a roll-up-your-sleeves mentality? Do you thrive on optimizing operations in complex production environments, driving plant performance from the shop floor and coaching teams to peak performance? Looking for an exciting opportunity to run a plant as if it were your own while scaling for steady future-proof growth? Then look no further and join us at this pivotal moment with planned site developments, enhanced production capacity and team growth on the horizon and elevate our operations to world-class manufacturing. Our client is a successful and fast-growing international food producer, with a clear focus on quality, innovation and sustainability. In light of its ambitious multi-year growth strategy, the company invests continuously in modern production technologies and a fully integrated supply chain to support its expansion.
As the business evolves and scales, we are looking for a Plant Director who can bring further structure and professionalization to all operation functions, combining a strategic mindset with a pragmatic approach.



The Team as part of the local Leadership Team, you are the go-to person for all Operations and production topics in Italy. You work closely with the General Manager, the local management team, and Management of HQ to ensure organizational alignment between local objectives and the overall Group strategy.
You guide a dynamic team of roughly +250 people, while driving organizational excellence, site expansion and ensuring smooth scalable operations across the main Italian production site.
As Plant Director you own full P&L; and drive all site operations from the front as a visible, hands-on leader on the shop floor. You lead production by setting clear operational frameworks and promote a culture of "say what you do, do what you say." By designing and streamlining robust processes, you fuel a clear growth path alongside ongoing optimization across planning, manufacturing, quality, maintenanc

📌 Plant Director (Italia)
🏢 Quintall
📍 Italia