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Do you know how to turn strategy into results, develop strong teams and continuously improve manufacturing performance?\nWe are looking for a Production Manager to join our leadership team at Nestlé Zora in Olomouc, one of our key confectionery manufacturing sites in the Czech Republic.\nYou will take end-to-end responsibility for the Production department, ensuring the safety of our people, the quality of our products and delivery of production plans on time and at the expected cost. You will lead and develop a large production organization, empower teams and build a culture of ownership, continuous improvement and Manufacturing Excellence.\nReporting directly to the Factory Manager, you will lead a production organization of approximately 200 people and play a key role in the Factory Management Team.\nWhat will you do?\nAs Production Manager, you will:\nLead the overall performance of Production, delivering People, Safety, Quality, Service and Cost objectives.\nBuild a strong Safety and Quality culture, ensuring compliance with health, food safety, regulatory and GMP requirements.\nDrive Manufacturing Excellence and continuous improvement through TPM, LEAN and other methodologies, improving productivity, reliability, labour efficiency and cost competitiveness.\nLead the department's Operational Masterplan and key improvement initiatives, using operational reviews, standard routines and structured problem solving to deliver sustainable results.\nEnsure successful introduction of new and renovated products and equipment, with strong operational readiness from launch.\nBe actively present on the shop floor, coaching leaders and teams and strengthening operational standards and routines.\nDevelop and empower Production Team and Line Leaders, building capable, accountable and increasingly autonomous teams.\nDrive people and talent development, including performance management, coaching, career development and succession planning.\nWork closely with the Factory Management Team and cross-functional partners to align priorities and deliver factory objectives.\nWhat will make you successful?\nWe are looking for a leader who combines strong manufacturing expertise with a genuine passion for people.\nYou will ideally bring:\n4+ years of relevant operational or manufacturing experience, ideally including a Production Team Leader, Production Line Leader or comparable leadership role.\nProven experience in leading, engaging and developing teams in a manufacturing or technical environment.\nStrong understanding of manufacturing operations, production planning and operational performance.\nExperience with continuous improvement methodologies, such as TPM and LEAN, and the ability to translate improvements into sustainable results.\nExperience leading cross-functional projects and organizational or operational change.\nStrong commitment to Safety, Quality and Manufacturing Excellence.\nThe ability to collaborate across functions, make decisions, challenge the status quo and align stakeholders around common priorities.\nGood digital literacy and openness to using data, automation, AI and modern technologies to improve manufacturing processes.\nFluent English, both written and spoken.\nWhy join us?\nThis is more than a role about managing production numbers. You will have the opportunity to lead a large and complex production organization and directly influence the performance and future development of our factory.\nWe are looking for someone who can lead through others, build empowered teams and create an environment where people can perform at their best.\nIf you are passionate about manufacturing, people and building high-performing teams, we would like to hear from you.\nJoin Nestlé Zora and help us shape the future of our factory.\nNestlé Zora, Olomouc, Czech Republic\nAre you an experienced manufacturing leader with a passion for people, safety and quality? Do you know how to turn strategy into results, develop strong teams and continuously improve manufacturing performance?\nWe are looking for a Production Manager to join our leadership team at Nestlé Zora in Olomouc, one of our key confectionery manufacturing sites in the Czech Republic.\nYou will take end-to-end responsibility for the Production department, ensuring the safety of our people, the quality of our products and delivery of production plans on time and at the expected cost. You will lead and develop a large production organization, empower teams and build a culture of ownership, continuous improvement and Manufacturing Excellence.\nReporting directly to the Factory Manager, you will lead a production organization of approximately 200 people and play a key role in the Factory Management Team.\nWhat will you do?\nAs Production Manager, you will:\nLead the overall performance of Production, delivering People, Safety, Quality, Service and Cost objectives.\nBuild a strong Safety and Quality culture, ensuring compliance with health, food safety, regulatory and GMP requirements.\nDrive Manufacturing Excellence and continuous improvement through TPM, LEAN and other methodologies, improving productivity, reliability, labour efficiency and cost competitiveness.\nLead the department's Operational Masterplan and key improvement initiatives, using operational reviews, standard routines and structured problem solving to deliver sustainable results.\nEnsure successful introduction of new and renovated products and equipment, with strong operational readiness from launch.\nBe actively present on the shop floor, coaching leaders and teams and strengthening operational standards and routines.\nDevelop and empower Production Team and Line Leaders, building capable, accountable and increasingly autonomous teams.\nDrive people and talent development, including performance management, coaching, career development and succession planning.\nWork closely with the Factory Management Team and cross-functional partners to align priorities and deliver factory objectives.\nWhat will make you successful?\nWe are looking for a leader who combines strong manufacturing expertise with a genuine passion for people.\nYou will ideally bring:\n4+ years of relevant operational or manufacturing experience, ideally including a Production Team Leader, Production Line Leader or comparable leadership role.\nProven experience in leading, engaging and developing teams in a manufacturing or technical environment.\nStrong understanding of manufacturing operations, production planning and operational performance.\nExperience with continuous improvement methodologies, such as TPM and LEAN, and the ability to translate improvements into sustainable results.\nExperience leading cross-functional projects and organizational or operational change.\nStrong commitment to Safety, Quality and Manufacturing Excellence.\nThe ability to collaborate across functions, make decisions, challenge the status quo and align stakeholders around common priorities.\nGood digital literacy and openness to using data, automation, AI and modern technologies to improve manufacturing processes.\nFluent English, both written and spoken.\nWhy join us?\nThis is more than a role about managing production numbers. You will have the opportunity to lead a large and complex production organization and directly influence the performance and future development of our factory.\nWe are looking for someone who can lead through others, build empowered teams and create an environment where people can perform at their best.\nIf you are passionate about manufacturing, people and building high-performing teams, we would like to hear from you.\nJoin Nestlé Zora and help us shape the future of our factory.","description_format":"text","description_chars":7771,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":4,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[{"language":"English","level":"Advanced (C1)","optional":false}]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Manufacturing","Dairy Products","Pet Food, Supplies & Care","Confectionery"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-29T14:37:23Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":78,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.87,"p_room":0.9,"age_days":11,"expected_fill_days":20,"reasons":["conf:0","velocity","win:mid","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-11-10T06:52:35Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/nestle-factory-production-manager","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/nestle-factory-production-manager.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-11T02:24:43Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":420,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-12T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":447067},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=447067"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fnestle-factory-production-manager"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":2,"usd":0.2},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fnestle-factory-production-manager"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fnestle-factory-production-manager"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/nestle-factory-production-manager\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fnestle-factory-production-manager"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3463404}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"nestle.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3463404},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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