Operations Director

For over 30 years, LION Protect EMEA (formerly known as HAAGEN), part of LION Protect USA, has collaborated with thousands of fire and safety professionals to research and develop the best training tools. They believe that by building strong fundamental practices during training, departments are better equipped and prepared to handle real emergency situations. As part of LION, they offer the most complete array of highly differentiated products and services to ensure that first responders are truly ready for action.DIRECTOR OPERATIONSThis position is overall responsible for the 'LION Protects b.v. Operations' which includes production, purchasing, and logistics for global Training Solutions (TS) in alignment with the corporate strategy. This role drives, manages, directs, and leads strategic organizational design and management processes, employs continuous improvement initiatives, policies, and processes throughout operations to increase production effectiveness, improve margins, minimize project risk, improve overall customer satisfaction, and ensure a safe working environment through leadership and commitment to company safety standards.Your key responsibilities:Overall responsibility for meeting cost and expense targets of TS and shares revenue and margin targets outlined in annual budgets and revised forecasts with MD of LION Protects b.v.;Represent Operations in the LION Protects Management team;Governance of the project management process of all TS projects;Sharing, collaboration, and presenting on best practices up to Management team level at LION and others across the organization;Initiates and drives the strategic planning for current and future requirements for manpower, equipment, and space to effectively, efficiently, and profitably deliver projects;Directs the planning and budgeting processes so that the needs of Operations are anticipated, and operations are properly controlled;Implements and manages the activities of project management, ensuring that deliverables are met in a timely, efficient manner at the lowest possible cost;Ensures a safe work environment for all employees at both local project locations as the main LION EMEA facility;Overall responsibility for finding and negotiating agreements with subcontractors necessary to build or install elements of the TS projects at the lowest possible cost consistent with the necessary quality and service levels with contractual risks transferred and/or mitigated appropriately;Overall responsibility for the production functions to support production of TS products in a manner that meets the project plan and cost budgets;Overall responsibility for the installation, quality assurance including incoming and project testing and inspection, conforming to quality specifications and standards;Collaborates cross-functionally with customer service, marketing, engineering, purchasing, sales, etc. to resolve complex problems that affect the quality of orders or service delivery.Experience and qualifications:Bachelor degree in Engineering / Project Management / Business or equivalent;5 - 10 years relevant experience in a similar organization and international projects setting;5 years leadership experience (up to senior management level);Familiar with international business practices;Experience with large-scale construction projects, especially those including installation of technical equipment or industrial process equipment and controls controlling natural or LP gas; or installation of kitchen equipment in any type of facility;Knowledge of international construction contract standards such as FIDIC and/or NEC.What is offered:LION EMEA Protect BV offers a very competitive remuneration package, including a company car and 40 vacation days, plus the possibility to develop and grow into future management positions in the Group. This position starts with a one-year contract with the explicit intention to extend after this first year.Interested? Excellentum Human Capital Solutions is exclusively engaged by LION Protect for this assignment. Please contact Jan Piet van der Plank, Managing Partner, for more info or your direct application at jp@excellentum.nl or 0648 21 16 61.145, 2nd Street Parkmore,Sandton2196 JohannesburgSouth Africa

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