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Production Manager

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Production Manager

Kompak Etten-Leur

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What is required?

  • Higher professional education
  • 5 years of work experience in a managerial role
  • Experience in a technical production environment
  • Strong leadership skills
  • Knowledge of quality systems and quality standards
  • Good command of the Dutch and English languages, both spoken and written
  • A coaching, motivating, and connecting leadership style
  • You are results-, but above all people-oriented

What will you get?

  • At least €5.200 gross p/m (depending on knowledge and experience)
  • 40-hour workweek
  • 25 vacation days + 4 ATV days per year based on full-time employment
  • Training and growth opportunities
  • Phone, laptop, and work-from-home opportunities
  • Flexible working hours (preferably starting between 07:00 and 08:00)

What will you do?

  • 30% Leading and coaching teamleaders
  • 20% Coordinating production planning and monitoring capacity
  • 20% Working on improvement projects and process optimization
  • 20% Internal consultation
  • 10% Analyzing KPIs, preparing meetings, and updating action items

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Judith Kroon

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Vacancy

As Production Manager at Kompak, you are responsible for managing daily operations within a production environment comprising three liquid mixing plants, two powder mixing plants, and fifteen production lines. You directly supervise four team leaders and ensure that the teams collaborate optimally to achieve objectives regarding quality and delivery reliability. You monitor operational planning and staffing, continuously coordinating between the shop floor and the office environment. Through Gemba rounds and brief coordination meetings, you identify bottlenecks early and ensure that production processes remain stable and run efficiently.

In addition to daily management, you focus on process optimization and the strategic growth of the organization, including the expansion of powder production by the end of 2026. You lead Lean and efficiency projects, analyze KPIs and OEE figures to implement structural improvements, and translate strategic Management Team goals into concrete actions on the shop floor. You maintain close contact with the Planning, Engineering, and Quality departments to find an optimal balance between output and technical availability. You also play a central role in project teams surrounding the new construction of the logistics center, ensuring that operational interests are properly safeguarded.

You will work in Kompak's middle management, alongside the CEO, CFO, COO, Technical Service Team Leader, Quality Manager, Engineering Manager, and Planning & Supply Chain Manager. Within this core team, you bear ultimate responsibility for production and work closely to optimize the entire logistics chain. You manage the four team leaders, each representing a specific part of the operation, and guide them in their professional development.

If you want to build a modern, scalable production environment where your leadership truly makes an impact, you enjoy helping people grow, and you can handle the time pressure and hectic pace of a production environment, then this is the job for you.

Working week

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Production Manager

On a pleasant workday, during your round through production, you notice that the lines are running smoothly, the atmosphere is good, and an improvement idea has been immediately taken up by the team. You see how team leaders demonstrate ownership and work together with Planning and Technical on the future plans for the new powder mixer.

On a less-than-pleasant workday, you are confronted with unexpected malfunctions and quality issues that cause you to spend the entire day putting out fires. Despite the hectic situation, you remain calm, maintain a balance between the various departmental interests, and restore stability to operations.
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Firsthand experience

It is Monday morning and one of the liquid mixing plants comes to a standstill due to a pump failure, immediately jeopardizing the production line schedule and delivery reliability. What do you do?

As Production Manager, you immediately take charge. You gather the involved team leaders for a brief crisis meeting on the shop floor. You review the current status, which batches can be converted, which lines can be temporarily rescheduled, and where the greatest customer impact lies. You coordinate with Planning to calculate alternative scenarios and ask the Continuous Improvement Team Leader to look into the underlying cause as soon as the disruption is resolved. Within half an hour, an adjusted plan is in place that limits the damage, safeguards the most important orders, and provides clarity to the teams.

By the end of the day, the disruption has been resolved, production is running stably again, and together with the team leaders, you have rebalanced the week's schedule. Situations like this occur regularly: technology, planning, and operations interlock, and your role is to restore calm, make choices, and help the teams switch gears quickly and smartly.

Growth

At Kompak, the system of continuous improvement is paramount. Kompak therefore employs various methods to meet the training needs of its employees. For example, through coaching in achieving goals, peer coaching sessions, training by mentors and managers, internal and external courses, and e-learning.

Production Manager
Operations Director

Working at Kompak

WE ARE KOMPAK. WE HELP BRAND OWNERS GROW THEIR HOME & PERSONAL CARE BUSINESSES.

At Kompak, we enable premium brand home and personal care products to be developed, produced, and packaged safely, efficiently, and innovatively. From our state-of-the-art facility in Etten-Leur, we mix and package liquids and powders according to the highest standards of quality, commitment, and innovation.

Since our founding, we've grown into an enthusiastic team of 140 employees, with a modern machine park consisting of three liquid tanks, two powder tanks, and 19 filling lines (including 10 liquid lines and 9 powder lines). Our customers from all over Europe entrust their products to us completely, and we take that trust seriously.

What makes us special?

  • A team that matters: passion, creativity, smart solutions, and responsibility
    are at the heart of everything we do.
  • Complete production from start to finish: at Kompak, you can be involved
    in the entire process, from development to packaging and logistics.
  • Innovative and modern workplace: working with advanced machinery in a
    production environment where quality and safety are paramount.
  • Growth and development: with us, you'll have opportunities to learn new skills and help build innovative products.

At Kompak, we believe that work is more than just production. It's about collaboration, learning, challenging each other, and being proud of what you achieve together. Whether you work in production, technology, logistics, or support, you contribute to strong brands and a team that truly understands each other's capabilities.

Want to be part of our team?
Discover what it's like to work at Kompak and take the next step, for our clients and for your career.

View company profile of Kompak
  • Head office in Etten-Leur
  • 140 employees in the Netherlands
  • 45% / 55%
  • Avg. age 42
  • Casual / workclothes
  • Remote working possibilities

Colleagues

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Photo of employee Zarnescu Florentin Alexandru
Photo of employee Ed van Riel

Frans Rozemeijer - Director Operations - Production/Supply Chain/TD

Why did you decide to work for this company?
Kompak produces a wide variety of products. This complexity creates a unique dynamic. I love this dynamic. The intensive collaboration between the various employees and departments makes Kompak a truly wonderful company to work for.

What did you study?
M.Sc. Chemical Engineering at the TU Delft

What do you do in your spare time?
Reading and playing golf

Zarnescu Florentin Alexandru - Technical Operator

Why did you decide to work for this company?
I heard about Kompak from a friend and applied immediately. I previously worked with automated machines (CNC), and I enjoy working with them.

What did you study?
Mechanic Technician CNC-operator, level 3

What do you do in your spare time?
BBQ and renovating old things, sometimes walks/visits in other new cities.

Ed van Riel - Teamleader Technical Service

Why did you decide to work for this company?
I have a keen interest in packaging technology, and this company brings it all together. The wide variety of packaging options makes it a wonderful work environment.

What did you study?
Technical school

What do you do in your spare time?
My hobby is also technology. I run a tractor-pulling team with my son and father-in-law. I handle all the technical and repair work, as well as developing more engine power. I also manage the team's social media.

Application process

Telephone conversation with Recruiter
First round of two interviews
Second round of two interviews
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