Vp Of Operations Oina

Ornua (meaning “new gold”) is Ireland’s largest exporter of Irish dairy products, proudly bringing the unique taste of Irish dairy to the world for over 55 years.
Are you a transformative and results-drive Operational Leader with a focus on innovation and excellence? Do you enjoy working closely with the President and Leadership team to execute strategic grow? Are you skilled at translating corporate strategy to operational tactics? If so, we have a strategic opportunity to use your expertise across our North American manufacturing locations.
Ornua Ingredients North America (OINA) is actively seeking a Vice President Operations (VP Ops) that will be a catalyst to our current Executive Leadership team as we continue our growth trajectory. In this role, you will be responsible for supporting the business performance and taking direct accountability for the leadership, development, and effective delivery for all OINA’s operations.
Why Ornua?
Our co-operative ethos lies at the heart of how we do business as a purpose and values-led organisation, creating value for Irish dairy farming families.
Our Values lie at the core of everything we do. Our five values encourage us to Seek and Embrace New Ideas, Make It Happen, Be Our True Selves, Show You Care, and Achieve Great Things Together.
We invest in our people and foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
Dynamic Working policy in place which facilitates flexible hours and hybrid working.
Career Progression including Global Mobility opportunities.
Comprehensive Benefits with regional specific offerings.
Why This Role Is Valuable:
The VP Ops, together with the OINA Leadership team, will lead and direct the business across our 6 North American sites to build and maintain a sustainably profitable business. They will develop team awareness and ownership of the functional strategy, vision, objectives, goals, measures, and actions/initiatives. They will also contribute to the development and leadership of the Global Operational agenda, building close relationships with group peers and colleagues.
What You Bring To The Role:
A minimum of 15 years’ experience in a manufacturing leadership role.
Significant Operations Management experience, together with significant commercial and technical exposure gained in a manufacturing environment.
Thorough understanding of all aspects of Operations, including Quality, Engineering and Supply Chain management in a multi-site environment.
Strong leadership, communication, planning, people leadership and organization skills. An ability to lead and motivate individuals and teams is critical to the success of this role.
Ornua has ambitious growth plans and we’re building a team to help enable and accelerate that growth. We are looking for people who share our values, are curious, forward-looking, take ownership and work together to build a future for themselves and Ornua.
How do you want to make your impact?
To learn more, please visit Ornua at www.ornua.com
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