Production Manager

What will you get:

• A salary between €4,000 - €6,200, depending on your work experience
• An annual budget of €1,500 for personal development
• 25 days of holiday per year and the option to buy more
• A job at a cool company that’s growing quickly

You:

• Have a proven track record in production management
• Have a strong analytical skills and ability to interpret data to drive decision-making
• Practice effective leadership and communication skills
• Are able to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• Have a driver’s license and access to a motorized vehicle for transportation

What you will do

We have created a technique to find out whether a hatching egg holds a male or a female chick, so we can prevent the male chicks from hatching. This leads to a big animal welfare win, and a very interesting, yet complex process.

Our machine, Ella, is designed to carefully take a sample of fluid from the hatching egg, making sure not to hit the bird-to-be inside. These tiny drops are analyzed using a mass spectrometer to see whether the egg holds a male or female.

As a Production Manager, you will play a pivotal role in overseeing operations across multiple sites. In this way, you assure that all location run most optimal and we achieve our production-goals. You will report to the Operations Director.

Your responsibilities include:

• Manage operations across up to 5 locations, ensuring alignment with company objectives

• Ensure consistent implementation of standardized procedures across sites
• Track and analyze machine output KPIs to check quality and quantity
• Initiate and lead continuous improvement projects to enhance operational excellence and drive innovation
• Having contact with our clients to align planning

Our introduction (not boring, we’re cool)

In 2011, the first In Ovo pipettes hit the lab. The goal was clear: to stop the unnecessary killing of day old male chicks.

The first samples were carefully taken by hand. It took some years to get there, but in 2016, it worked: a single drop of the egg’s fluid was enough to see whether it holds a boy or a girl. One done, only 13 billion to go.

As you can imagine, we needed a machine.

The first steps into industrialization were taken and a huge impact on animal welfare was lurking. In 2020, our first machine was up and running. We named her Ella. What a beauty.

Taking a huge leap to today’s In Ovo: we’re a team of over 60 people, 3 Ellas and millions of saved chicks. We are engineers, operators, scientists, office people and everything in between. The go-getters of the poultry industry who roll up their sleeves to improve animal welfare. And Ella is just the beginning.

We believe that animals deserve a dignified place in a sustainable food industry. And we need way more people to fulfil our mission of improving the lives of 5 billions animals by 2030.

Are you with us?