Operations Manager

About the role The Operations Manager leads and oversees all manufacturing activities to achieve short-, mid-, and long-term production goals, ensuring strong performance across safety, food safety, quality, efficiency, and productivity. This role drives a culture of “Safety, Food Safety First and Quality Always,” ensures regulatory compliance, escalates unresolved issues, and continuously improves operations through lean practices and capability building to deliver best‑in‑class results.

Key responsibilities include

Ensure the safety of all employees, be familiar with and implement all relevant regulations related to safety, food safety, environmental protection and always ensure compliance - Monitoring and improving safety, food safety and environmental performance.

Work with the QA department to implement, execute and maintain the quality management system.

Lead, direct, and control the day-to-day operational activities of the factory to achieve the quality, operational and financial objectives on short and medium-term in line with the overall master plan.

Hire and develop people: providing learning, growth, building culture and a strong cross functional collaborative approach.

Be a leadership role model living Barry Callebaut values and practicing servant leadership

Support the definition and execution of the budget; monitor the cost and effectiveness of production activities to optimize resources, prioritize spending, and achieve volume, quality, and manufacturing standards.

Identify and implement process improvements, lean manufacturing initiatives, and new technologies to increase efficiency and reduce waste.

Manage the infrastructure and assets of the operations areas and ensure the factory remains under hygienic conditions

Maintenance and equipment management: Overseeing the maintenance and repair of equipment and machinery to minimize downtime and ensure smooth production processes.

About you

Bachelor or Master Degree in Engineering or similar Technical field

Minimum 5 years experience as Operations Manager, or Production Manager in food manufacturing

Advanced English

Knowledgeable in MS Office Suite, SAP Systems and other applications used in manufacturing e.g. scheduling, CMMS, MES, etc.

Strong technical background supporting continuous improvement work environment

Proven business and people management skills

Experience in Leading operational teams and Unions/Works Council context

Detailed knowledge of plant and manufacturing functional disciplines

Change Manager seeking Continuous improvement through lean principles and people capabilities development

Knowledge of latest quality and safety laws / regulations

Can prove strong focus on procedures (standardizing)

Good problem-solving abilities

Willing to be placed in Bandung