Interim Plant Director

For an international Special Chemicals & Minerals Producer with activities in Belgium (Mons), is urgently looking for a self-employed Interim Plant Director for their site near Mons for a period of 6 to 8 months. This role offers a unique opportunity to lead a dynamic team in a fast-paced environment, ensuring operational excellence and regulatory compliance.

The Interim Plant Director's key responsibilities will include:

• Strategic Leadership: Define and execute the site’s operational strategy in alignment with corporate objectives, ensuring efficiency, safety, and regulatory compliance.
• Seveso Compliance & Safety: Guarantee strict adherence to Seveso regulations, process safety management, and environmental policies to maintain a safe and compliant working environment.
• Operational Excellence: Optimise production processes, resources, and workforce efficiency to meet productivity, quality, and cost targets.
• People Management & Development: Lead, mentor, and develop a multidisciplinary team of 5 direct reports and 83 employees, fostering a strong safety culture and high-performance mindset.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Act as the key liaison with regulatory authorities, corporate leadership, unions, and local community representatives.
• Financial Oversight: Manage the site’s P&L, budgets, and cost control measures to ensure financial sustainability and profitability.

The key qualifications required for this interim management job:
The ideal candidate has proven experience as a Site Director, experience managing a Seveso site is must. You possess excellent leadership and communication skills, along with the ability to analyse and drive performance improvements. Collaborative and constructive leadership is essential, and fluency in French and English is required. Immediate availability is preferred.

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