# Plant Manager (Pharmaceutical Manufacturing)

> JUST ONE | Recruitment & Executive Search agency · Schimatari, Greece · Full-time · Posted 2026-11-13

**Salary:** EUR 75,000–90,000

**Workplace:** on_site

## Description

For a leading pharmaceutical manufacturing company: Plant Manager

**Responsibilities**

-   Oversee and manage the overall operations of the pharmaceutical manufacturing facility, ensuring efficient, safe and compliant operations across all departments.
-   Provide strategic and operational leadership to approximately 130 employees working across three shifts, ensuring effective workforce planning, team development and performance management.
-   Drive organizational and operational transformation, implementing improvements in processes, structures, systems and ways of working.
-   Ensure full compliance with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), regulatory requirements, internal quality standards and applicable pharmaceutical legislation.
-   Establish and monitor key operational performance indicators (KPIs), including production efficiency, OEE, productivity, quality performance, waste and downtime.
-   Develop and implement production plans, ensuring optimal utilization of resources, equipment and manufacturing capacity.
-   Drive continuous improvement initiatives, Lean Manufacturing methodologies and operational excellence programs.
-   Oversee engineering and maintenance activities, ensuring equipment reliability, preventive maintenance and minimal production interruptions.
-   Work closely with QA and QC teams to ensure product quality, regulatory compliance and effective management of deviations, CAPAs and change controls.
-   Manage operational budgets, cost optimization initiatives, capital expenditure (CAPEX) and resource allocation.
-   Identify operational risks and implement effective corrective and preventive actions.
-   Foster a strong culture of accountability, collaboration, safety and continuous improvement across all manufacturing functions.
-   Report directly to the General Management, providing regular updates on operational performance, challenges, investments and strategic initiatives.

## Requirements

-    Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Pharmaceutical Sciences or a related technical field. 
-   Minimum 10–15 years of professional experience in pharmaceutical manufacturing environments.
-   Significant experience in a senior manufacturing leadership position, such as Plant Manager, Operations Manager, Manufacturing Director or Senior Production Manager with broad operational responsibilities.
-   Proven experience in managing multiple manufacturing functions, ideally including Production, Packaging, QA, QC, Engineering and Maintenance.
-   Strong background in pharmaceutical manufacturing and in-depth knowledge of GMP requirements and regulatory compliance.
-   Demonstrated experience in leading organizational or operational transformation initiatives, particularly within manufacturing facilities undergoing significant changes, restructuring, expansion or modernization.
-   Proven ability to manage large teams and complex manufacturing operations, preferably in a multi-shift production environment.
-   Strong knowledge of operational excellence, Lean Manufacturing, process optimization and performance management methodologies.
-   Experience in budget management, CAPEX projects, production planning and resource optimization.
-   Excellent leadership, decision-making, communication and stakeholder management skills.
-   Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
-   Fluency in English.

## Benefits

-   Annual Gross Compensation: Base Salary €75.000 - €90.000.
-   Career development and growth opportunities.

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