Do you know how it feels to make a real impact? Our people do.

Are you an experienced manager with a passion for connecting system design, logistical challenges and customer needs? Are you looking for a place where you can build upon decades of processing know-how while transforming into the digital world? Then this might be your next job. As Director Systems Engineering (Solutions) Poultry you are responsible for leading System- and Lay-out Engineering for Marel Poultry. The team you head creates and implements standardized solution offering for Green and Brownfield projects for poultry in-line processing, in compliance with the requirements of Sales and Service processes

You report to the Managing Director of Marel Poultry and are a member of the Poultry Management Team.

In this role you will lead a department of 60 people with a direct reporting team of 8. You will work with a virtual international team that for the majority is located in Boxmeer, and a substantial US focused team in Gainesville (USA).

What you’ll be doing

• Creating and executing a functional system and lay-out engineering strategy that strengthens both the ‘idea to market’ process and ‘market to order/order to cash’ process
• Creation and maintenance of standard poultry processing solutions (M/E/S).
• Manage and align the global poultry layout capacity and deliverables,
• Accountable for technical integrity of our customer projects (quotations/lay-outs)
• Order execution via project engineering (lay-out/system related engineering) and lay-out configured standard.
• System design that results in optimal business cases, matching the global Poultry processing target profiles
• Drive the product portfolio from a system requirements and standardization point of view
• Create roadmap for key logistical building blocks that enables line solutions within Poultry
• Provide feedback to product development roadmaps and -projects to ensure prioritization and system requirements are part of new developments
• Close collaboration with other Marel business units to identify the best current and future solutions for the poultry market within a defined quality, cost price and delivery time
• Creation of Innovation vision and strategy for Poultry in close cooperation with R&D.
• Guide and coach the solution unit team, including development and implementation of departmental annual plans, employee performance cycles, career path plan & creation of a team-based work environment
• Focus on process efficiency and effectivity to achieve engineering KPI’s for poultry and Implement policies and processes for solution unit in close collaboration with the Marel wide Center of Excellence
• Establish and maintain strong external relations with development partners and key customers
• Responsible for safety standards, legislation and conformity commitment (compliance)

What’s in it for you?

There’s nothing like the feeling you get when you do something worthwhile for a living. That said, coming home from work knowing you made a difference is just one of the great things you can experience at Marel. You can expect:

• You will be part of the Poultry Management Team
• Freedom to take initiative and make a real impact in a growing global business
• An environment of trust and respect with space to explore and fail
• A network of peers and specialists who are always willing to help
• Endless possibilities to keep learning: access to Linkedin Learning and Busuu language learning
• To get a career instead of a job. We have many opportunities for internal growth; and we encourage it!

Who are we?

We are a team of problem-solvers from all over the world, proud to be working on transforming the future of food. As world leaders in advanced food processing solutions, we can contribute to creating a world where quality food is produced sustainably and affordably –but we need individuals with diverse perspectives and skills to help us get the most out of this opportunity.

What kind of a person are you?

We encourage each of our 8,000+ employees to bring their unique self to work and aim to make everyone feel recognized, valued and free to explore their potential. We’re committed to creating an inclusive culture and welcome new colleagues from all walks of life. You will recognize in yourself that you:

• Worked in global positions in an international company, experienced with and feeling comfortable in a multi-cultural, multi-discipline organization
• Have 5 years’ experience in managing and supervising an international team with proven experience on delivering sustainable growth and profitability
• Have a technical/technological oriented Bachelor or Master degree
• Have In-depth understanding of engineering processes and knowledge of logistic processes.
• Have strong leadership skills and can easily create trust and make a good connection with the team. Able to motivate and empower employees
• Have strong communication skills, a person who can communicate at different levels within the matrix organization and work within multi-cultural environment including strong stakeholder management
• Take initiative for improvement projects, has a strong drive for results, is solution oriented and is persistent in achieving targets
• Preferably have basic knowledge of tools like AutoCAD, PLM, FDS.

Interested?

If you want to feel that you make an impact, let us know by applying for this role.

For more information about this position,

please contact our Talent Acquisition Specialist Katarzyna Strzelczyk-Kus: Katarzyna.strzelczyk-kus@marel.com

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