Head of Operations Vernier

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with kindness, humility, and a spirit of adventure, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions. There’s much to learn from our 79 production sites worldwide, known for their best-in-class processes and procedures. There’s many to learn from, with high-performing leaders and caring colleagues to explore ideas and ambitions with. Every day, your energy, your personality, and your determination will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.

Givaudan is a global leading company in taste and wellbeing, fragrance, and beauty. With its heritage stretching back over 250 years, we have a long history of innovating scents and tastes. From a favorite drink to your daily meal, from prestige perfumes to cosmetics and laundry care, its creations inspire emotions and delight millions of consumers the world over. We are committed to driving purpose-led. long-term growth while leading the way to improve happiness and health for people and nature. In the fiscal year 2020, we employed over 15,800 people worldwide and achieved sales of CHF 6,3 billion and a free cash flow of 12,8% of sales. Let’s imagine together on www.givaudan.com .

Head of Operations (Vernier Site) – Your future position?

You will lead Vernier manufacturing site (chemical and compounding production), site building, utilities, facilities and EHS. You will implement and sustain the most efficient operations standards for safety, health and environmental protection, manufacturing and supply chain, quality, utilities and resource utilization. You will lead short- and long-term site planning, establish programs to achieve site goals. You will be a member of the Vernier Site Committee and of the EAME Compounding Team. You will report to the Head of Compounding EAME.

Your main responsibilities will be: Drive Sustainability, Operations Strategy, Operations Excellence, Continuous Improvement Culture and People Management.

You will:

Ensure safe and environmentally responsible environment
Safeguard assets under responsibility
Develop 10 years Road Map, Site Development and Investment Plan, Budget and annual tactical plan
Develop and approve departmental business plans and budgets
Promote safety, service, quality and cost (including inventory management) to best in class levels
Support implementation of supply chain and manufacturing Excellence program
Define operations procedures
Collaborate with the commercial leads to ensure agreement of commercial and regional, site operations strategies
Ensure maintenance of assets
Ensure in-time, in-budget and in-quality implementation of all approved CAPEX projects
Drive Continuous Improvement initiatives, Role model the expected Continuous Improvement behaviours
Inspire and coach others, manage and enrich candidate pool
Represent site management in Unions and Employees representatives interactions
Be accountable for the safety and health of the workforce
Make recommendation to Regional Operations on strategic programs and investment proposals and implement accordingly

Your professional profile includes:

Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering
10 years related experience of which min. 3 years in an equivalent leadership position
Fluency in English and French languages
Sound Business Acumen and high level of learning agility
Experience in LEAN
Technical knowledge of manufacturing / Supply Chain processes with knowledge of chemical or compounding processes, processing, manufacturing system and supply chain management (in consumer goods industry of advantage)
Understanding of accounting, budgeting, capital justification and certifications, EHS requirements
Strong leadership skills, develop talent, build teams
Ability to run cross-functional teams / projects
Establish trust and credibility
Excellent collaboration within the Operations and other departments
Experience in labour relations (work council and Unions)

Our Benefits:

Healthcare support
Paid Time Off and family leave
Retirement plan
Sport and leisure clubs
Company shop
Staff restaurant
Flexible working arrangements (home office possibility)
Givaudan is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V.

At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people’s lives.

Diversity drives innovation and creates closer connections with our employees, customers and partners.

Givaudan embraces diversity and is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone impacts our world.

At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people’s lives.

You work within an inspiring teamwork culture – where you can thrive, collaborate and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions and divisions.

Every essence of you enriches our world.

Givaudan is committed to equal opportunities. Therefore, we welcome applications regardless of cultural and social background, gender, age, religion or sexual identity.

We also have a safe working environment, progressive working conditions and are certified as an equal pay employer.