Department Manager at our customer's facility in the Kalmarsund region

NearYou Sverige AB · Full-time

Skeppsbrogatan 47 , Kalmar, Sweden

About the job Are you a confident, clear, and engaged leader who wants to create results through people? Do you want to take responsibility for an important part of production at a stable, family-owned food company where quality, safety, and sustainability are central to daily operations? Then the role of Department Manager at one of our customers in the Kalmarsund region might be the right next step for you. About the company NearYou is a recruitment and staffing company with offices in 17 cities. We have evolved from being one company among many in the industry to becoming a social actor. As your partner and employer, we promise to deliver more of what we do best: being close, human, and a counterbalance to stress, treating people as statistics, and overly impersonal digitalization. We are with you – a handshake, a promise. For you as a candidate, it means having an actor who backs you, regardless of where you are in your career or where you want to go. We want to be the security in a fast-moving world. We support, challenge, and ask how you're doing. Completely natural, we think. Feel free to learn more about us at www.nearyou.se. Job description As Department Manager, you will have overall responsibility for leading, directing, and developing the department toward set goals. The role includes broad responsibility for personnel, work environment, operations, quality, economics, staffing, competency development, and KPI monitoring. Leadership is a central part of the assignment. With a present and clear leadership style, you create structure in daily operations and ensure that employees have the right conditions, information, motivation, and competence to succeed. You build engagement and accountability in a high-paced operation. The group consists of 2 team leaders and approximately 50-60 employees. You are responsible for running the department efficiently, profitably, and with high quality. This means ensuring planning and implementation of production, following up on targets and deviations, driving improvement initiatives, and contributing to long-term development and investments. The role involves close collaboration with the evening/weekend department manager, production management, maintenance, quality, and other support functions. Together, you ensure the right quality at the right time, a safe work environment, and production that meets customer requirements, regulatory requirements, and internal standards. You report to the Production Manager and are part of production's management team. In the role, you contribute both operationally and strategically – with a focus on people, structure, results, and development. Qualifications We are looking for someone with documented experience leading others, preferably in a manufacturing or production environment. You are accustomed to taking responsibility for both people and results and have the ability to create structure, follow up on goals, and drive work forward through others. We would like to see that you have post-secondary education in a relevant field, or alternatively experience that the employer deems equivalent. You have good knowledge of work environment and labor law as well as understanding of economics, budgeting, follow-up, and staffing planning. You have experience with quality, processes, and improvement work, and knowledge of LEAN or similar methodologies. Experience from the food industry and production systems is a merit. Good communication skills in Swedish and English, good IT proficiency, and a B-category driver's license are requirements. Who are you? To succeed in the role, your leadership is crucial. You are confident, clear, and fair in your leadership approach and create trust, engagement, and accountability among both managers and employees. You are present in operations and clear about goals, expectations, and follow-up. You thrive in an event-driven environment where conditions can change quickly. With calm, structure, and decision-making ability, you create stability even when the pace is high. You are driven, self-directed, and want to develop both people, work methods, and results. Does this sound interesting? If you have questions about the position, you are warmly welcome to contact recruitment consultant Johan Eriksson at 076-677 68 73 or by email: [email protected]. Submit your application via NearYou's website as soon as possible. However, no later than Sunday, October 4. Selection is ongoing, so don't delay submitting your application. The position is a permanent employment and is planned to be filled by agreement. Due to GDPR, we ask you to exclude the last four digits of your personal number and any references in your application or CV. We do not accept CVs via email. Welcome with your application! Open to all We focus on your skills, not your other circumstances. We are open to adapting the role or workplace to your needs.