As the largest fragrance house in the world, we take pride in proactively shaping the future of the fragrance industry. We focus all our creativity, innovation, and energy into making fragrances and nothing else. CPL Aromas is home to some of the world’s leading perfumers, and we’re trusted by top brands to translate their creative vision into beautiful scents. We provide career and development opportunities for talented individuals across a range of disciplines – from support functions to customer‑facing roles. A job at CPL Aromas promises a unique career path for anyone with a passion for the world of fragrance. With operations all over the world, we celebrate a diverse range of cultures at CPL Aromas and offer equal opportunities and flexibilities. Reports To CEO Job Purpose The position will have responsibility for developing and implementing global operations strategy. This role will manage and guide the local Operations Managers to implement operational strategic initiatives and projects, process and efficiency improvements and to ensure all sites meet CPL global manufacturing standards and operate in a safe environment. Key Responsibilities Develop, implement, and monitor day‑to‑day operational systems and processes that provide visibility into goals, progress, and obstacles for our strategic initiatives. Build and maintain relationships with all department heads, external partners, and vendors to make decisions regarding operational activity and strategic goals. Plan, monitor, and analyze key metrics for the day‑to‑day performance of the operations to ensure efficient and timely completion of tasks. Devise strategies to ensure growth of process automation across divisions by identifying and implementing process improvements and automation that will maximize output and minimize costs. Uphold organization policies and standards, ensuring local legal regulations are followed. Work closely with human resources to lead a team with integrity and establish and maintain a trusting, inclusive,



and productive environment. Develop and continue to implement global operations strategy, evaluate and implement good operational practice, and drive global operational standardisation and optimisation. Explore and prepare Industry 4.0 strategies and focus on digitisation, customer demand, and customer connectivity. Develop and deploy manufacturing standards to drive our factories to best‑in‑class performance across key metrics and dimensions of safety, quality, reliability, service, productivity, lead times and overall competitiveness. Drive rapid and consistent production process improvements to ensure that we deliver on time, in full, to quality standards, to customer expectations, and with the most effective use of our resources. Implement manufacturing best practice and deliver significant manufacturing margin, health and safety, and housekeeping improvement. Create an environment in the factories that motivates employees, ensuring that they are fully aware of what is expected of them, and recognise their success. Drive global production standardisation and optimisation. Initiate and manage global production projects, focussing on robust process, continuous improvement and cost efficiency. Monitor and optimise productivity. Responsible for general manufacturing site selection and evaluation. Oversee day‑to‑day operations across CPL Manufacturing Divisions. Review, evaluate and standardise shipping service agreements. Build the logistics function capability strategically across the globe, utilising systems and process.



Drive efficiency and productivity to ensure excellence in delivery and meeting customers’ expectations. Manage support contract management with Fricke, ADS, rfsmart and improve service levels. Design and implement supply‑chain metrics and dashboards. Ensure all sites are educated and trained to follow all HSQE requirements. Comply with all relevant legislations and building regulations/permits to ensure appropriate working conditions for all sites. Monitor all incidents, investigate and implement necessary corrective actions. Oversee Quality Assurance, Environmental & Safety management systems. Actively engage and involve in Global Corporate Responsibility Audit team. Provide guidance to local GMs on sites, equipment, buildings and permits. Work with global purchasing and local GMs to maintain appropriate stock levels and utilisation at global level. Manage global recharging policy and gain agreement with local GMs. Ensure company policies are enforced consistently. Lead and instill a culture of continuous improvement and maximise efficiencies while not compromising on quality across the manufacturing divisions. Develop supply‑chain people capabilities via professional education & development, mentoring. Skills and Attributes Required Experience managing a fast‑paced manufacturing environment, either in food, chemical or fragrance industry. Understand the big picture and deliver results through a dynamic team. Strong leadership and excellent interpersonal skills. Strong written and oral communication skills. Excellent problem‑solving and decision‑making skills. Experience using a modern ERP system, with experience in MS Dynamics 365 highly favourable. Ability to prove success in effectively managing a successful and productive facility. Potential for some travel to other divisions. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment irrespective of race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, age, sex, gender identity or disability status. #J-18808-Ljbffr

📌 Global Operations Director (Mataró)
🏢 CPL Aromas
📍 Mataró