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BAT is evolving at pace into a global multi-category business. With products like VELO, VUSE, and GLO we are on a mission to decrease the health impact of our industry.

What are your main responsibilities?

• Management of the plant and logistics site to achieve the set goals while ensuring the delivery of the required goods of the highest quality at optimal costs
• Together with a team of managers, prepare and implement a strategy that aims for long-term sustainable growth and benefits in the supply chain
• Meet volumes according to demand planning for volume and delivery time while increasing productivity to optimize costs
• Monitor, measure and lead the IWS (Integrated Work Systems) program to continuously improve productivity and effectiveness at the site and in the supply chain
• Ensuring compliance with all legal and regulatory requirements at the site regarding labor law, health and safety, excise duties and services
• Effective and efficient use of existing company resources in terms of personnel and budgets (investments and ongoing operations)
• Ensure the implementation of key HR processes to retain employees, develop and maintain a healthy talent pipeline to build a high-performance culture
• Further development of the site to achieve ESG goals
• Regularly holding meetings with team members to communicate monthly results, company news & changes, projects and discuss action plans for the next month
• Manage manufacturing EHS, business controls, risk, policy adherence and statutory / legislative requirement
• To maintain a professional and well-motivated team, ensuring appropriate training and development to ensure succession for all key positions, promote coaching and champion people development – ensuring a self-sustaining organization
• Manage and develop excellent relationships with industry and regional functions to achieve a sustainable competitive advantage

What are we looking for?

• An operations leader being mobile and interested in leading a factory but being open for further development in the BAT Operations function
• Overall business knowledge, ability to think and operate strategically, recognizing where the best benefit is to be found for Regional Operations
• Sound knowledge and experience of the IWS processes, tobacco processes and manufacturing and complex Supply Chain organizations
• Knowledge of raw materials and product in general
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to influence key stakeholders, and motivate large numbers of people
• Industry professional with at least five years of experience in Operations
• General experience in factory management, new technologies and methods used, supplier relations and machinery acquisition
• Educated to degree standard or equivalent
• Fluent English speaker
• Up-to-date financial management skills
• Ability to develop and maintain effective partnerships working across national boundaries
• Competent in the management of information technology used in manufacturing

What do we offer?

• Above-average salary including a company car along side a range of attractive benefits, diverse online and offline trainings and opportunities for development
• The possibility to flexibly shape your working hours– remotely or at the office.
• The opportunity to shape the transformation of an entire industry, we prioritise continuous improvement within a transformative environment, preparing for ongoing changes.
• Your journey with us isn't limited by boundaries; it's propelled by your aspirations. Join us at BAT and become a part of an environment that thrives on internal advancement, where your career progression isn't just a statement – it's a reality we're eager to build together. Seize the opportunity and own your development; your next chapter starts here.

Why join BAT?

BAT is one of the world’s leading “multi-category” consumer goods companies, offering a wide range of tobacco and nicotine products across various categories. Our purpose is to contribute to a better future – “A Better Tomorrow.” This means more choice, more innovation, and potentially less risk. We create brands – join us!

• Strong brands such as Lucky Strike, Pall Mall, Vuse, VELO, and glo™, distributed in over 200 markets
• Recognized as a global Top Employer with a certificate for outstanding working conditions, employing 53,000 BAT employees in more than 180 markets
• Named a Diversity Leader by the Financial Times and winner of the International Women’s Day Best Practice award
• Seal Award winner as one of the 50 most sustainable companies

Collaboration, diversity, and teamwork are at the core of everything we do at BAT. We know that working with colleagues from diverse backgrounds makes us stronger and better equipped to achieve our business goals. Come and bring your diversity to us!