8 Plant Manager jobs in Ireland

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Spiddal, Co. Galway

On-Site

Cambus Teoranta

You will support our team as

Plant Manager
Responsibilities

• Develop and manage annual operating plans, including targets for sales, expenses, profitability, inventory, and return on net assets.
• Lead and execute business strategies and market plans to drive profitable growth and operational efficiency.
• Deliver on plant KPIs across productivity, quality, cost, safety, and customer satisfaction.
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement by applying Lean and Six Sigma tools to optimise processes and performance.
• Provide clear leadership to build and maintain a high-performing, motivated, and collaborative team.
• Manage cross-functional resources to support Operational Excellence and achieve Policy Deployment goals.
• Ensure compliance with all regulatory, quality, health, safety, and environmental standards, including Freudenberg's HS&E Management System.
• Plan and execute capital expenditure projects to meet current operational demands and support future business needs.
• Lead and coordinate the successful launch of new products and processes into production.
• Stay informed on industry trends and best practices to support ongoing competitiveness and innovation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, or a related field (Master's degree preferred).
• Proven experience in operational leadership within a regulated manufacturing environment, ideally medical devices.
• Experience with Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement methodologies (Lean, Six Sigma).
• Strong leadership, communication, and strategic thinking skills with a track record of driving team engagement and results.

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Job Summary

A vacancy has arisen for a Lime Plant Manager at Keegan Group located in Rathmoylon, Co Meath. This is a permanent opportunity and will report to the Managing Director.

• Champion and own the safety and quality culture in the plant by driving behaviour, process, accountability and discipline within the site.
• Responsible for all aspects of the plant's day to day operations.
• Deliver all performance targets for the site while balancing all stakeholder needs/expectations.
• Build organisational capability through developing, training and recruiting talent, and by creating structure that enables success for all employees.
• Responsible for ensuring organisation has defined work methods, employees are trained to work methods and methods are adhered to always.
• Responsible for all facility equipment/tooling, driving preventative maintenance and ensuring equipment related process controls are in place and completed/monitored as required.
• Responsible for receiving, inventory, materials, shipping, planning and all materials functions.
• Drive process development, deployment and continuous improvement into all business areas- staffing, materials, operations, process control, manufacturing quality, etc.

Required Education, Skills and Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years' experience at least in a similar type of role.
• Demonstrated ability to develop, deploy and work within various manufacturing processes- safety, quality, planning operational execution, inventory, staffing - and link together to form a cohesive plant operating system.
• Experience in developing a high-performance team through recruitment and development.

Job Type: Full-time

Work Location: In person

The Company:

Our client is a well-established waste management business who have been operating for over 40 years, They are seeking to recruit an experienced and motivated Plant Production Manager to set up and manage their new Materials Recovery Facility (MRF).

The Role:

Currently, we're looking for an experienced MRF Plant Production Manager to oversee the operations of our clients Materials Recovery Facility (MRF). This role is essential to ensuring efficient facility performance, with a focus on optimising productivity, managing costs, and maintaining a safe workplace.

Key Responsibilities:

• Production Optimisation:
  Identify and implement best practices to enhance production, meet KPIs, and ensure operational efficiency.
• Operations Management:
  Lead day-to-day activities, including staff utilisation, material handling, and resource allocation.
• Scheduling and Staff Oversight:
  Create and manage work schedules, supervise team performance, and ensure minimal downtime.
• Cost and Efficiency Control:
  Supervise operations to achieve cost-effectiveness and efficiency, with oversight of staff, production targets, 5S practices, and fuel usage.
• Waste Handling Compliance:
  Ensure materials are processed, separated, and delivered in a compliant and efficient manner.
• Financial Accountability:
  Oversee revenue and cost control measures, including weighbridge traffic, waste categorisation, and fuel management.
• Health & Safety Compliance:
  Ensure adherence to health and safety protocols, train staff, and address safety concerns promptly.
• Maintenance Management:
  Oversee a plant maintenance program using Asset minder, manage spare parts stock, and upskill maintenance staff as needed.
• Operational Assistance:
  Provide hands-on support and cover leave for direct reports as required.

The Person:

• Proven management experience in a production or waste-processing setting.
• Experience in a multi-shift, labour-intensive environment.
• Site-based role requiring hands-on oversight.

What's on Offer:

• €60,000 - €70,000 PA
• Company bonus
• Pension
• Career Progression Opportunities (Brand new site & operations)

Job description:

Category Manager Plant

12 month FTC

Hybrid working

Tirlán

Tirlán, is a world-class food and nutrition co-operative, with a diverse portfolio of quality ingredients, leading consumer and agri brands.

Tirlán owns leading brands such as Avonmore, Kilmeaden Cheese, Millac, Solmiko, Truly Grass Fed, Premier Milk, Wexford, and GAIN Animal Nutrition.

We nurture a talented team across Ireland, the US, MEA and China, delivering annual revenues of over €3 billion, and over 2,300 people to manage our network of 11 processing plants and 52 agri branches. Our purpose is to nourish the world, while safeguarding our environment for future generations.

Role Profile

Reporting to the Head of Category, the Plant Category Manager is the P&L owner and is responsible for the commercial profitability of the products within the category. Developing and delivering the strategy, and increasing business size and product profitability are the core KPIs of this role.

This role requires the ability to work comfortably and effectively across functions to deliver success. This includes directing and supporting product innovation, drive customer acquisition, lead investment strategy, supporting in-market sales teams to achieve the category objectives, and making balanced supply planning decisions.

Responsibilities

• Execute the current Plant strategy in line with the overall ingredients category goals, ensuring we have the optimum mix of products.
• Delivery of commercial targets across the Oats portfolio to maximize production capacity.
• Bring investment strategies to life by ensuring the correct projects and business cases are in place.
• Drive product returns across the category, the category manager is the owner of product contribution.
• In collaboration with the sales, finance, Agri-business, and planning functions, balance budget and forecast requirements during the monthly S&OP cycle. The category manager is the S&OP owner for the category.
• Develop the new opportunities pipeline in collaboration with the commercial team to realise strategic plan execution, agreeing targets for business development with the market facing sales teams.
• Work closely with the marketing team to build the go-to-market story, linking our USP's to customer /market needs. This can include critical selection and participation at industry trade shows, webinar initiatives, conference speaking opportunities and in market govt led trade missions.
• Drive product growth aligning R&D and other cross-functional colleagues to bring new products & applications to market.
• Support pricing decisions for sales teams, long-term price forecasting & setting minimum pricing for new or enhanced products.
• Managing new, value-add, product introduction including change management, collateral development, product concepts and applications and ownership of strategy development

Stakeholders

The category manager will interact closely with

• Commercial finance
• Project finance
• Planning
• Marketing
• Sales
• Operations
• R&D

Requirements

• The successful candidate will possess strong leadership skills, business acumen and a capability to develop strategic plans. Proven ability in communication, collaboration and decision making are necessary to fulfil this role.
• Intimate knowledge of the product and an understanding of markets and customers.
• Ability to lead and direct a cross functional group of peers.
• Can create and present business plans for investments, and communicate effectively to Leadership teams and other stakeholders.
• Strong commercial /business development acumen and financial understanding.
• Ability to think strategically and articulate long term vision.

Core Competencies

• Interpersonal Savvy
• Organisational agility
• Building collaborative relationships
• Results-oriented
• Strategic Agility
• Commercial acumen

We offer

• Hybrid working (flex Fridays)
• Free parking incl. EV charging – where applicable
• On-site gym free to use for employees
• Parenting room
• Work/life balance and collaborative work culture
• Career progression opportunities

About us

Through our expertise in research and development, customer insights, food safety and state-of-the-art manufacturing we bring innovative food and nutrition solutions to a global market.  Our new and vibrant headquarters in Kilkenny City operates as a collaboration hub where multi-functional teams come together in a hybrid work environment.

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion
We believe in the value of difference. We know that different perspectives, life experience and backgrounds can drive innovation and deliver growth.

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Profile description:

Reporting to the Head of Category, the Plant Category Manager is the P&L owner and is responsible for the commercial profitability of the products within the category. Developing and delivering the strategy, and increasing business size and product profitability are the core KPIs of this role.

Work Flexibility: Hybrid

Project Manager

Org: Plant Network

Permanent role

Location Stryker Anngrove, Carrigtwohill, Cork

Role Summary:

The Plant Network team is group within the Manufacturing arm of Stryker's Global Quality & Operations (GQO) organization. The team is dedicated to enabling growth & improving operating margin through use of innovative solutions, fostering a culture of sustainable success through strategic collaboration. Utilizing facts and data, our division-agnostic team's mission is to inform and accelerate decisions to enable supply chain excellence. The team operates with a non-biased, lean focus, fostering trust and transparency in all we do. The teams focus areas are, network evaluation, cost-analysis, M&A, network optimization modelling, category planning and Make-Buy governance.

The focus areas of this PM role will be to work on the development of business cases for insourcing, outsourcing and site-to-site product transfer opportunities. This will include, but not limited to, idea generation, technical and financial risk assessments, cross functional collaboration, milestone mapping and delivery. The role is fast packed and will require multiple projects to be run in parallel with a typical duration of 3 months for opportunity assessment. The role will also involve the evolution of the tools and systems used for the assessments as well as the development of cross functional partnerships and governance models.

Technical Responsibilities:

• Lead the team in the development of the project charter and management plan.
• Direct, manage, monitor, and control project. Evaluate tradeoffs within project.
• Meet with project stakeholders to understand and refine project scope; review with manager for approval. Create detailed Work Breakdown Structure.
• Develop and manage the detailed project Gantt chart. Analyze critical path and major workstreams.
• Collaborate with supervisor and/or project PM to establish sub-project budget. Monitor and maintain costs within budget.
• Partner with project team to create project Quality Plans using 1-2 quality planning tools and techniques. Monitor and maintain plans.
• Develop a risk management plan for the project. Identify, analyze and understand project risks, develop and monitor a risk response plan.
• Estimate, acquire and assign project team resources. Define the role, responsibility, and deliverables for each team member. Provide direct feedback to functional manager on performance reviews.
• Develop a Stakeholder management plan for the project, based on the identification, analysis and understanding of Stakeholder expectations.
• Develop and Execute the communications management plan for project team and the needs of key stakeholders
• Additional role-specific technical areas of responsibilities may be added as deemed necessary by the local hiring manager.
• Knowledge and Capabilities:
• Builds successful working relationships with internal and external personnel in various departments. Understands quality system(s).
• High in emotional intelligence and stays calm under pressure. Adept in conflict resolution
• Drives results in support of the business, even in the face of demanding timelines. Steps up to take on additional responsibility where appropriate · Adept at team management: selects the right people to the right tasks all while maintain team morale and recognizing contributions.
• Can influence without direct authority in a way that makes others want to be on their team.
• Incorporates end-user feedback to refine scope through the project lifecycle and can communicate changes, updates and decisions to key stakeholders
• Can understand and communicate how goals fit into broader organizational goals, and prioritize tasks/schedule accordingly.
• Keeps the customer at the heart of what we do
• Exercises good judgment and can weigh benefits and risk in order to make solid decisions despite ambiguity
• Growth mindset – ability to learn quickly and adapt to a changing environment.
• Additional role-specific knowledge and capabilities may be added as deemed necessary by the local hiring manager.

Skills, Knowledge & Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in an engineering discipline or with 2 or more years' experience in a technical and/or project management role
• The individual should enjoy working in a dynamic & results oriented team environment where flexibility is essential.
• Excellent Interpersonal Skills - able to express ideas and collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary teams. Be open minded with the ability to recognise good ideas.
• Demonstrated Leadership, Project Management and Engineering experience in New Product Introduction in a regulated environment would prove beneficial.
• Excellent analytical skills, ability to plan, organise and implement concurrent tasks.
• Will have demonstrated an ability to define project risk and to effectively manage project risks.

If you are interested in this great opportunity please apply.

Travel Percentage: None

Description
Manager, Dublin Plant QA

About Astellas
At Astellas we are making treatments that matter to people.

We are tackling the toughest health challenges putting the patient at the heart of every move we make.

Our global vision for Patient Centricity is to support the development of innovative health solutions through a deep understanding of the patient experience. At Astellas, Patient Centricity isn't a buzzword - it's a guiding principle for action. We believe all staff have a role to play in creating a patient-centric culture and integrating an awareness of the patient into our everyday working practices, regardless of our role, team or division.

We have developed ground-breaking, innovative medicines in immunology, oncology and urology. Our medicines are extending and saving the lives of cancer patients, making transplantation possible and improving the quality of life for those living with conditions where needs are often overlooked.

We take a patient-focused approach, that allows us to convert brilliant early science into treatments and solutions that directly improve and save patients' lives.

The Opportunity
As Manager QA, Dublin, you will provide value add Quality Assurance input and support for QA related issues at AICL Dublin Plant covering operational functions (manufacturing operations, facilities engineering etc.) to ensure product produced is safe, effective and of the required quality and in compliance with regulatory requirements and commitments. In addition, you will also provide support for quality assurance related issues to AICL Trading Party GDP activities ensuring compliance to regulatory requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the Quality Management System (QMS) ensuring compliance with cGMP and corporate standards.
• Act as Deputy Responsible Person (RP) for the AICL Trading Party under EU GDP and Irish legislation. Ensure GDP compliance, including supplier/customer qualification, recall readiness, and documentation accuracy etc.
• Oversee batch release activities, including review and approval of non-conformance and CAPA records.
• Foster a culture of quality and data integrity across the site through your daily activities and training.
• Ensure proper systems for quality risk management, deviation handling, CAPA, and change control.
• Manage vendor qualification, quality agreements, and oversight of outsourced activities.
• Plan and lead audits, inspections, and self-inspections; host regulatory and customer audits.
• Support regulatory submissions, CMC activities, and responses to regulatory inquiries.
• Lead resolution of critical quality issues, including customer complaints and escalations.
• Implement and improve QMS processes, collaborating with global teams and supporting Operational Excellence.
• Support development and training of QA personnel and promote cross-functional collaboration.
• Monitor and report quality metrics (KPIs) to ensure performance oversight and continuous improvement.
• Ensure all activities comply with safety, environmental, and ISO14001/ISO45001 standards.

Education

• Level 8 Degree in Science, Engineering, or equivalent.

Preferred Knowledge/Skills & Experience

• Experience in a GMP environment.
• Proven leadership skills.
• Experience with lean/operational excellence.
• Experience with Quality Management Systems applications.

Additional Information

• This is a permanent, full-time position.
• Position is based on-site in Dublin.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.