PRODUCTION MANAGER HERENT

BOORTMALT is a global malting company with a 3 million tonnes production capacity. The group is present on 5 continents with 27 malting plants. Boortmalt's expertise is widely acknowledged by brewers, distillers, and food industries, who rely on the supply of top-quality barley malts.

The Boortmalt Group is a fully owned subsidiary of the agricultural and agribusiness cooperative Axereal. Our relationship with Axereal, Europe's largest grain cooperative, ensures us access to high-quality barley year-round.

As Production Manager, you lead the production operations teams and ensure consistent application of processes across the department.

Your focus is to deliver safe, efficient and high-quality malt production (First Time Right) in line with the agreed production plan. You continuously optimize performance while ensuring full compliance with HACCP, GMP and quality standards, and you actively promote a strong SHE culture on site.

Your main responsibilities:

Planning & Organisation You drive operational performance by combining structure, analysis and continuous improvement:

• Oversee and optimize all production stages to ensure efficiency, safety and quality
• Monitor and report on KPIs (safety, quality, delivery, cost, energy and waste) and translate insights into clear improvement actions
• Own the production plan: set priorities, track progress, adjust schedules and resolve issues to ensure OTIF delivery
• Identify and implement continuous improvements across processes, quality and performance
• Ensure compliant and efficient production, from raw material selection to final product (lean, zero waste mindset)
• Lead root cause analysis of deviations and implement sustainable corrective and preventive actions
• Drive Operational Excellence by using data (OPI), KPI development and CI methodologies in daily operations
• Build strong customer relationships to align production with technical specifications and service expectations
• Ensure full compliance with SHE, food safety and environmental standards, in line with CSR and sustainability ambitions
• Develop deep process knowledge to continuously improve malt quality and unlock raw material potential

Team Management & Development You build a high-performing and engaged team:

• Lead and coach your team through regular 1-2-1s, clear feedback and development plans
• Develop and mentor team members to achieve both business and personal goals
• Foster a collaborative culture with strong communication around values, priorities and expectations
• Support investigations and take the lead in disciplinary processes when needed

We are looking for someone passionate about bio-engineering and food production processes, with a strong drive for improvement.

• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent experience) in Engineering, Bio-chemical Engineering, Agronomy or related field
• Minimum 3 years' experience in a supervisory role within a food/production environment
• Solid understanding of production processes in the food industry
• Strong mindset for continuous improvement and challenging the status quo
• Fluent Dutch (spoken and written)
• Confident with MS Office (especially Excel)
• Flexible for on-call duty (evenings/weekends when required)

We offer an attractive salary and benefits package, with international career opportunities as part of a global organization.

At Boortmalt, we aim to be a great employer, valuing flexibility, inclusion, collaboration, and wellbeing.

Our values guide us every day

Strive - we challenge ourselves to be the best

Care - we respect people, partners and planet

Inspire - we drive sustainable performance through innovation

Explore - we embrace new ideas and challenge the status quo