We advise companies from the food industry around the subject of personnel throughout Germany. Our customers are medium-sized, owner- or family-run companies that enjoy a long tradition and outstanding regional brand awareness. For quality-oriented craftsmen with more than 20 locations, we are looking for an entrepreneurial thinking personality as managing director (m/w/d). The companies have their own production, growing and recorded processes and a stable market position in their region. Several hundred employees contribute to the success of the organisations every day. Tasks You bear the overall responsibility for the areas of production and logistics and control their operational and strategic development. You ensure economical, efficient and high-quality production and are responsible for the continuous optimization of all production processes. You develop production structures, processes and capacities and ensure demand-oriented production planning and reliable goods supply. You are responsible for the entire logistic organization including storage, flow of goods, commissioning and delivery. You continuously analyse production characteristics, product quality, personnel use and cost structures and derive measures to increase productivity and economy. You drive forward the further development of production standards, technical processes and organizational structures, thereby ensuring the company's craftsmanship quality requirements. You lead the managers of the responsible areas, promote the professional and personal development of the employees and ensure a powerful organizational structure. You work closely with the other business sectors and represent the production and logistics interests within the framework of the overall corporate management. Requirements For this position, we are looking for a professionally versed and high-replacement guide person with a pronounced understanding of the bakery craft. You have a degree as a baker or confectioner master (m/w/d). You bring several years of leadership experience in a bakery or a comparable food production company and have already held responsibility for larger commercial teams or organizational units. You have a well-founded knowledge of craft and industrial production processes as well as a strong understanding of the requirements of economic food production. You have experience in production planning, capacity control and process optimization and understand how to combine quality, productivity and economy. You ideally bring experience in the control of logistical processes and goods supply. You are characterized by a secure business understanding, a sense of decision and a consistent orientation of results. You convince by natural authority, enforcement strength and the ability to take managers and employees alike. You combine your strong practical approach with a strategic vision and the need to develop production and logistics structures in a sustainable manner. Curious? We look forward to your application and are available to you personally on any questions! Your contact person: Tobias Achterkamp Available at: 040 69632510