Factory Director

Join us as Sourcing Unit Director (d/f/m)

JOB PURPOSE

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Site Leadership & Operational Performance

• Lead all manufacturing and warehousing operations for the Nyírbátor Sourcing Unit.
• Deliver annual targets across safety, quality, service, cost, productivity, innovation, sustainability and people.
• Ensure efficient and safe execution of production and warehousing activities to meet customer demand.
• Maintain high customer service levels while optimising operational performance and cost.

Strategic Execution

• Develop and execute the site's long-term strategic roadmap aligned with Home Care and Personal Care growth priorities.
• Lead the Site Masterplan, including capability expansion, automation, asset upgrades and organisational optimisation.
• Translate business priorities into clear site objectives and execution plans.

Financial & Resource Management

• Own the site's financial performance, including Sourcing Unit results, budgets and conversion costs.
• Drive cost competitiveness through productivity improvement and waste elimination initiatives.
• Optimise resources while maintaining safety, quality, service and people outcomes.
• Improve working capital management and overall operational efficiency.

Manufacturing Excellence

• Lead the implementation and continuous advancement of the Unilever Manufacturing System (UMS).
• Drive loss eradication and continuous improvement initiatives across all operations.
• Build sustainable performance capability and a culture of operational excellence.
• Improve asset reliability, productivity and manufacturing performance.

Innovation, Technology & Transformation

• Enable successful implementation of innovation, renovation and complexity projects.
• Ensure effective delivery of launch and ramp-up plans.
• Leverage automation, digital and AI-enabled solutions to improve operational performance.
• Lead capital investment planning and execution aligned with safety, sustainability and productivity priorities.

Quality, Safety & Compliance

• Ensure compliance with all legal, regulatory and company requirements.
• Maintain robust quality management systems and audit readiness.
• Drive a strong safety culture and continuous improvement in OSHE performance.
• Ensure effective governance and policy compliance across the site.

People & Culture

• Build leadership capability, succession pipelines and organisational resilience.
• Foster an inclusive, accountable and high-performing culture.
• Lead employee relations activities in partnership with HR.
• Drive engagement, wellbeing and talent development initiatives.

End-to-End Supply Chain Collaboration

• Collaborate with Planning, Procurement, Logistics, Engineering, Finance, HR and Technology teams.
• Support effective allocation of shared resources and capabilities across categories.
• Represent the site in relevant leadership and stakeholder forums.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Essential

• Significant FMCG manufacturing leadership experience.
• Proven leadership of complex manufacturing operations and supply chain environments, ideally spanning multiple product categories or technology platforms.
• Strong financial and operational business acumen.
• Demonstrated success delivering safety, quality, service and cost performance.
• Deep experience in Manufacturing Excellence methodologies such as UMS, Lean or TPM.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills across multiple functions and business priorities.
• Experience operating in unionised environments.
• Fluent English and Hungarian communication and negotiation skills.

Preferred

• Multi-site or regional manufacturing leadership experience.
• Experience in digital manufacturing, automation or Industry 4.0 environments.
• Experience leading large-scale transformation and capital investment programmes.