Directeur des Opérations (H/F)

🚀 Express Executive Recruitment 🚀

DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS (M/F)
Industrial Group – Technology Sector
Based in Hauts-de-France – Ref. 25.060

Dear member,

Our client has entrusted us, confidentially and exclusively, with the search for a Director of Operations (M/F), responsible for Production in a permanent position within the technology sector.

This recruitment takes place in a context of strong growth, accompanied by an industrial and organizational transformation, with the objective of strengthening operational performance and the overall management of production activities.

🎯 To seize this permanent opportunity, you must be available and ready to start around January 2026.

👷‍♂️👷‍♀️ If you have the experience and motivation to take on these challenges, don’t wait — send us your CV and a motivation message to contact@fitin-network.com, mentioning reference 25.060.

☑️ The Group

  • Industrial player specialized in high value-added technologies

  • Operating in France and internationally

  • Currently engaged in a phase of modernization and optimization of its processes and production

  • Recruiting an experienced Director of Operations

☑️ The Position: Director of Operations (M/F)
Reports to: Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

🔹 Strategic & Operational Leadership

  • Lead and improve production processes by deploying Lean manufacturing across all lines, while optimizing internal and logistics flows.

  • Recommend implementing Kanban for optimized stock management and pull-flow operations.

  • Ensure integration of internal systems, establishing new processes and new methods in a highly demanding environment in terms of quality and performance.

  • Lead operational committees and all production lines, with regular performance reviews, adhering strictly to QHSE standards.

🔹 Team Management & Organizational Structuring

  • Manage teams of several hundred employees and strengthen the effectiveness of middle management.

  • Oversee recruitment, onboarding, and training of new competencies.

  • Contribute to economic performance plans and the profitability of industrial activities.

🏢 Permanent position – Senior executive status
✈️ Mobility: Position based in Hauts-de-France
🚩 Start date: January 2026, with first interviews end of 2025
Compensation: Based on experience and profile
🏆 Strategic role at the heart of an industrial transformation

☑️ Key Skills & Profile

Profile

  • Minimum 15 years of experience in Production or Operations leadership roles within high-tech process industries, including reorganization or transformation contexts.

  • Expertise in budget management, treasury, management control, investments, OPEX.

  • Higher education in engineering or industrial management.

  • Professional proficiency in English, both spoken and written.

  • Strong knowledge of QHSE, Lean / Six Sigma standards.

Soft Skills

  • Strong leadership, team spirit, proactivity

  • Natural presence on the shop floor, operational excellence

  • Strong sense of commitment

  • Excellent communication skills

🎯 Immediate availability preferred

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Send your CV + targeted message by email to contact@fitin-network.com with reference 25.060.

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