Operations Director F&b Brazil

**About Us**
Symrise is a global supplier of fragrances, flavors, food, nutrition, and cosmetic ingredients. Its clients include manufacturers of perfumes, cosmetics, food and beverages, pharmaceuticals and producers of nutritional supplements and pet food.
Its sales of € 4.7 billion in the 2023 fiscal year make Symrise a leading global provider. Headquartered in Holzminden, Germany, the Group is represented by more than 100 locations in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, the United States and Latin America.
Symrise works with its clients to develop new ideas and market-ready concepts for products that form an integral part of everyday life. Economic success and corporate responsibility are inextricably linked as part of this process.
Symrise - always inspiring more
**Your Role**
- **Drives all Order to Payment functions** (Production Planning, Production, Logistics, Maintenance, Engineering and facilities) to accomplish the challenge of delivering a world class service level to our customers.
- **Be a safety champion for the site**, leading by example and driving the cultural transformation needed on our Operations.
- **Ensures that the sites comply**with all corporate and applicable local, state and federal safety and food safety guidelines.
- **Builds effective teams** through hiring and development of direct reports, using performance management techniques including feedback, coaching, mentoring, rewards and recognition when appropriate.
- I**dentifies and establishes goals and metrics**that drive improvement and reflect and enhance Company initiatives and standards. Holds direct reports accountable for performance vs. metrics.
- **Manages daily staffing and balances production capability and customer need** to effectively ensure customer satisfaction and manage costs.
- **Define the CAPEX priorities of the sites** and further execute them with high-quality delivery (on scope, on time, on budget).
- **Champions and fosters commitment by all levels of the organization** on the Operational Excellence Program, helping to increase the continuous improvement culture.
- **Review, together with VP Supply Chain LATAM, the site Masterplan**, in order to anticipate future growth demands, assuring clarity and the correct resource allocation in the region.
- C**reate a roadmap for operational excellence journey** within Brazil and support the LATAM region.
**About You**
- First Degree or equivalent in Engineering
- Ability to develop winning strategies/plans, Understand functional interfaces, Aligns team for action against key priorities
- Key skills include project/service management, effective communicaion and selling/negociation and influencing skills at all levels within the business and demanstrated thought leadership
- Ability to work in a constantly chaging dynamic and chanlleging environment
- Ability to explain comex technical isues/solutions to a non-technical audience
- Team Player, self-starter, self-motivating - able to deal with uncertainty and complexity
- Strong knowledge required in Supply Chain and manufacturing Operations programs
- Fluent in English
- Spanish desirable
**Our Offer**
Become part of our open and transparent culture. It will give you the opportunity to flourish and to develop inspiring experiences that contribute to the health and well-being of consumers in 160 countries around the world. Putting our employees in the focus fuels our strong company growth above market rates and makes us an excellent place to develop your career.
**Come join us and embark on a fascinating journey with Symrise.**
Job Reference: LA02691

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