Job Requisition ID: 63683
Department: Manuf. & Operations (DEPT_MFGOP)
At Dover Fueling Solutions (DFS), we are taking fueling and convenience retail to the next level. We are passionate about cultivating excellence in everything we do, but what really fuels us is our people. They’re the heart of our company. As an employee, our promise to you is that you’ll work on new and innovative products and solutions, be mentored by managers and teammates who are collaborative, caring, and act with integrity, and have the opportunity to grow in ways that are meaningful to you. Unique and interesting projects – both locally and globally – will challenge you and allow you to pursue different and rewarding career paths.
We are #EnergizedByGrowth.
DFS is part of a legacy of leadership that spans back generations, made up of some of the most trusted, leading-edge brands in the industry. As part of Dover Corporation and with our talented, innovative, outstanding people, we are doing great things and redefining what is possible in fueling and convenience retail. Providing advanced fuel-dispensing equipment, including clean energy solutions, systems and payment, automatic tank gauging and wet stock-management solutions, DFS comprises the product brands of Wayne Fueling Systems, OPW Fuel Management Systems, ClearView, Tokheim, ProGauge, Fairbanks, LIQAL, AvaLAN, and Bulloch Technologies. Headquartered in Austin, TX, DFS has a significant technology development and manufacturing presence worldwide, including facilities in Brazil, China, India, Italy, Poland, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Position Summary
The Site Manager is responsible for overseeing and managing the entire process from sourcing materials to delivering finished products. Key responsibilities include developing operations strategies, managing budget, ensuring safety and quality standards/regulations are met and leading/developing the workforce. While continuously striving to improve overall efficiency and profitability and aligning with company’s goals.
Key Responsibilities
- Safety and compliance
- Embracing Dover values and culture
- Ensure trade compliance
- Compliance with relevant EHS policy/regulations
- Embracing a zero-harm policy
- Embracing DEI
- Site maintenance to ensure safe and reliable workplace
- Staff management
- Lead, mentor and develop diverse team of factory staff fostering culture of teamwork and accountability
- Define and follow-up on annual targets
- Resource alignment with commercial demand/forecast and projects
- Maintain high morale
- Optimize organization structure
- Participate in definition of AOP together with senior management
- Defining factory budget
- Cascading and aligning organization with AOP targets
- S&OP
- Aligning anticipated market demands with material / resource availability
- Identify/resolve roadblocks
- Budget & Cost management
- Monitor operations/expenses to ensure cost-effectiveness and identify opportunities for savings
- Ensure operations stays within budget
- Reducing waste, improving efficiency and maximizing profitability
- Reporting
- Status of relevant business KPIs; defining countermeasures when targets are at risk
- Status of strategic projects and high/lowlights
- Product/Manufacturing strategies
- Direct development/implementation of innovative strategies to realize world-class factory performance
- Facilitating NPI from Operations perspective
- Assisting in developing strategic contracts with suppliers/customers
- Operations & production:
- Overseeing daily operations (KPIs) to ensure production schedules and targets are met
- Monitoring/controlling working capital (Inventory, DPO, DSO)
- Applying proper sourcing processes to minimize cost / inventory, while maximizing material availability at proper Quality-standard for customer orders (e.g. PFEP)
- Operational Excellence
- Identifying/resolve any internal/external business risks
- Continuous improvement
- Maintain a continuous improvement culture throughout the organization, utilizing Operational Excellence methodologies
- Analyze KPIs to identify areas for continuous improvement and act on them with data-driven solutions
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Stakeholder communication/relationship (suppliers, customers, internal teams, senior management, regulatory authorities, program managers, etc.)
- Address collaboration roadblocks
- Quality assurance
- Ensure products consistently meet customer’s expectation and high-quality / regulatory standards
- Swift resolution of internal / external Quality
- Ensure proper certifications remain/are in place
Profile - Knowledge
- Superior communication skills in English to interact with workforce, peers, senior leadership, external authorities, suppliers and customers
- Inspiring, coaching, hands-on leader that can guide and develop the teams and create collaboration
- Experience in working with productivity and methodology tools (e.g. OPEX, Visual Management, problem solving techniques) to increase departmental efficiency and effectiveness
- Excellent analytic skills to define medium/long term strategies
- Experience in this type of role (minimum 5 years)
- Preferred affinity with technique (mechanics, electronics, basic IT)
Profile – Competencies
- Possess the power of influence.
- Analytical and proactive mindset.
- Organizationally strong
- Strong sense of urgency and good ability to prioritize
- Result oriented
Benefits: An attractive benefits package is on offer including a competitive basic salary plus:
- Company Car and loading pass
- Bonus 15%
- Company phone + subscription
- Free lunch
- 25 holidays + 13 ATV days
- The company is part of the CLA of Metal & Technology
This position is required to work on-site in Bladel.
Work Arrangement : Onsite
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age, genetic information, or any other factors prohibited by law.
This position may be located in: EMEA : Netherlands : Bladel : Bladel
Job Function : Manufacturing & Operations
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