Senior Operations Manager, Foodmark Albyberg

About the company

Foodmark AB is one of Sweden's leading food producers with its headquarters in Sundbyberg and its own manufacturing in Sweden. Foodmark's business idea is to develop and market high-quality chilled, prepared fresh products under strong brands such as Fjällbrynt, Rydbergs, Lohmanders, Delikatessfabriken, as well as Jensens såser.

Foodmark is part of the food group Agra AS, which is an expansive Norwegian family business. Agra has existed for over 130 years and has operations in Norway, Denmark, and Sweden. The group has a turnover of nearly 5 billion SEK, of which Foodmark accounts for approximately 1 billion. Foodmark has about 250 employees depending on the season, and within the company's culture, we constantly strive to offer our staff opportunities to develop their skills and make progress within the company or the group.

At Foodmark, we produce food that many people encounter every day. Behind our well-known brands Rydbergs, Lohmanders, and Fjällbrynt are people, processes, and technology that together deliver safe products with the right quality, every day.

Foodmark is one of Sweden's leading food producers and is part of the Norwegian family-owned food group Agra AS. Foodmark has approximately 220 employees in Sweden and well-known brands such as Rydbergs, Lohmanders, and Fjällbrynt.

Your tasks

We are facing an exciting development of our production. Our ambition is to create more stable processes, clearer standards and working methods, more data-driven follow-up, and a strong improvement culture where problems are solved before they arise. Here, you will be one of the key individuals.

Your mission As Senior Operations Manager, you have overall responsibility for daily operations and, together with the organization, for developing production forward.

You lead an organization of approximately 25–30 employees and create the conditions for people to succeed in their daily work. Present leadership, coaching, and competence development are therefore central parts of the role.

An important part of your mission will be to develop how we run production. This may, for example, involve:

• creating clearer standardized working methods and more stable production processes
• developing daily management and making deviations and priorities clear
• using data and key performance indicators closer to production for faster decisions
• strengthening responsibility and problem-solving close to the production lines
• developing competence and capability among leaders and employees
• driving structured improvement work for higher safety, quality, and productivity
• together with technology and maintenance, creating better conditions for stable and efficient production.

This means that you will not just manage a production that already works. You will have the opportunity, together with the factory's employees and management, to influence how we will work moving forward.

You are responsible for the business reaching its goals within safety, quality, productivity, and delivery precision, and you have budget, KPI, and result responsibility. You work closely with quality, technology, maintenance, logistics, and HR, and are part of the factory's management group, reporting to the Factory Manager.

You will also participate in and lead investment and development initiatives that strengthen the factory's efficiency and competitiveness.

Requirements

Leadership is crucial We believe that sustainable results are created through people.

Therefore, we are looking for you who are clear, confident, and present, but also curious and attentive. You enjoy being out in the operations, understanding what is actually happening, and together with the organization, finding better ways to work.

You set clear expectations, follow up, and dare to prioritize. At the same time, you create engagement by involving, coaching, and developing others. A safe working environment is always a natural starting point in your leadership.

You have

• several years of experience in a leading role within manufacturing industry
• experience in leading people and operations through change
• a good understanding of work environment, safety, and quality work
• experience of Lean Manufacturing, Operational Excellence, or equivalent improvement work
• good technical understanding of production, automation, and maintenance
• an analytical and data-driven way of working
• experience of business and production systems, preferably SAP
• relevant higher education in technology, production, or logistics
• very good Swedish and English in speech and writing.

Experience from the food industry is meritorious.

Above all, we are looking for a leader who wants to make a difference in reality. Someone who can switch between today's production challenges and tomorrow's working methods and who brings people along on the journey.

What we offer

Why Foodmark? With us, you get a role with a great opportunity to influence.

You will enter a stage where we want to take clear steps in the development of our production. This gives you the opportunity to both leave a mark on the results here and now and to be part of shaping how the business will function moving forward.

Here, you don't just get the responsibility for running a factory. You get to be part of developing it.

What we offer At Foodmark, we highly value your personal development, and our ambition is to develop our talents. We believe that our positive atmosphere will bring out the best in you. You will also join a well-known company that is market-leading with good benefits.

You will hold a key role in a growing business where safety, quality, productivity, and development are central. You will have great opportunities to influence the future of the business, develop the organization, and create long-term results.

How to apply

Does this sound like the next step for you? Then we would love to hear from you.

Selection and interviews take place continuously. In the recruitment process, Foodmark uses tests from Alvalabs as part of the selection process.

Other Applications received in any other way than via the website/application link will not be handled.

Other

Do you want to lead people, develop production, and be part of building the next generation of working methods within the Swedish food industry?

We are now looking for a Senior Operations Manager for our factory in Albyberg. This is a role for you who both enjoy the pulse of daily production and are driven by developing people and the business in the long term.

An operation with both pace and complexity Production in Albyberg is flexible, with both long and short production series. Additionally, the facility functions as Foodmark's central warehouse, which makes the interaction between production, planning, and logistics extra important.

The position is a permanent full-time employment located in Albyberg. The role is based on present leadership, and work is therefore performed on-site in Albyberg five days a week. Collective agreements according to Unionen are applied.

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