Position Title: Frozen Production Manager
Position Type: Regular - Full-Time
Grade: Grade 06
Requisition ID: 37855
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About the role.
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Frozen Production Manager to lead the frozen production function in our Greenfield Project, Germany. You will be accountable for executing all aspects of the frozen production function, starting from project inception through to full-scale plant operations. Your key responsibilities include:
Before Start-up: Ensuring operational practices are strategically developed and implemented prior to plant start-up, with particular attention to aspects related to the introduction of new technologies and digital manufacturing. An additional benefit of this position is the unique opportunity to build and develop your team from scratch.
After Start-up: managing the frozen area from potato Peeling to finished product Palletizing with responsibility for the Safety, Quality, Sustainability performance and financial results of the zone. Particular attention to optimize New Technologies and Digital Manufacturing tools.
This position plays a critical part in upholding operational effectiveness and cultivating a Food Safety Culture across the production area.
You will report to Plant Manager / SuM Manager and work in close collaboration with SuM Team, Regional and Global Support Team and Engineering Team.
Join this exciting assignment for a permanent contract. A relocation bonus is offered if a move is necessary.
What you’ll be doing.
Before Start-up
Technical Leadership: Drive readiness for operational start-up, ensure adoption and implementation of new technologies (MES, SCADA/HMI, PLC, robotics, IoT/IIoT) and digital manufacturing solutions.
Design Collaboration: Lead basic and detailed design reviews with internal and external stakeholders, emphasizing safety, food quality, sustainability, and optimal material flow.
Operational Readiness: Develop and execute comprehensive readiness checklists modeled after best-practice systems from established McCain plants.
Risk Management: Proactively identify and mitigate operational, food safety, environmental and compliance risks.
Team Leadership: Participate in recruitment at department level, conducting interviews, motivate, appraise, and train staff; drive skills development and cultivate a high-performing, collaborative team culture.
After Start-up
Production Management: Coordinate all aspects of theproduction area, ensuring delivery in terms of safety, quality, quantity, cost and timelines.
Digital Optimization: Leverage Industry 4.0 tools for production scheduling, process optimization, and performance management (Power BI, ERP/MES reporting).
Performance Reporting: Present actionable insights and root cause analyses to senior leadership, based on real-time data and predictive maintenance indicators.
Continuous Improvement: Foster ongoing improvement initiatives in safety, environment, quality and cost, engaging all team members.
Compliance: Ensure strict adherence to environmental, food safety, quality, and certification requirements (HACCP, ISO 9001, ISO 45001, etc.).
Budget & Cost Management: Own the frozen production budget, expenses, and resource allocation—aligning results with financial objectives.
What you’ll need to be successful.
Education: Bachelor’s in Production Processing or related field; Master’s preferred.
Experience: At least 5 years in food or industrial production; track record leading major production and deployment projects.
Technical Expertise: Knowledge of relevant engineering principles, codes, standards, and digital manufacturing systems (MES, IoT/IIoT, automation).
Industry Knowledge: Sound understanding of food production requirements, preventive maintenance, and quick problem-solving in breakdown scenarios.
Regulatory Acumen: Familiarity with ISO standards, regional/European production and safety regulations.
Leadership: Demonstrated capability leading and mentoring technical teams through major change or transformation.
Project Management Skills: Experience planning, scheduling, and budgeting across complex projects.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Effective communicator and influencer at all levels, internally and externally.
Languages: Fluency in German and English required
Benefits of the role.
Opportunity to be a part of a global iconic brand, fun and high performing team
Opportunity to be a part of Greenfield Project in Germany
A varied and responsible job in an effective and international team with flat hierarchies
Competitive salary
A relocation bonus is offered if a move is necessary
Local benefit (Health and Pension insurance)
Work in an environment you actively help to shape and create
About McCain.
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Leadership principles.
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The McCain experience.
We are McCain. This statement is a testament to our collective strength and our individual value. Your contributions play a vital role in our success. Our winning culture is rooted in authenticity and trust, empowering us to bring out the best in one another. Here, you’ll find opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive. Join us and experience why we’re better together.
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Job Family: Manufacturing; Engineering & Technical
Division: Continental Europe
Department: Plant and Start-up Greenfield
Location(s): DE - Germany : Lower Saxony : Mehrum || DE - Germany : Lower Saxony : Hannover
Company: McCain GMBH