Performance Manager Business Group Ingredients

FrieslandCampina Ingredients is accelerating its Operational Excellence transformation. As performance manager business group ingredients, you will drive measurable improvement and lead our Performance+ agenda across a multi-site supply chain network. You translate business ambition into results, elevate standards across five production sites (NL & US), and turn operational complexity into competitive advantage. If you thrive where scale, transformation, and impact come together - this is your opportunity.

Wat we vragen

You are a performance-driven leader who combines strategic thinking with hands-on operational understanding. You challenge assumptions, create clarity, and ensure that improvements turn into results. You influence without authority and bring people along - from plant managers to finance teams to supply chain leadership.

Your profile includes:

• minimum 8 years of experience in manufacturing, supply chain, or operations roles, preferably in processing environments;
• a proven track record in operational excellence, cost reduction programs, or large-scale transformation;
• strong financial acumen: you understand manufacturing economics, cost models, ROI logic, and business case development;
• expertise with OpEx methodologies (OEE, loss analysis, Lean, continuous improvement, cost tracking tools);
• excellent stakeholder management across matrixed organizations, with the ability to drive alignment and commitment;
• fluency in Dutch and English;
• experience in roles such as operations/production manager, supply chain manager, plant controller, OpEx lead, or continuous improvement manager.

Wat we bieden

• Unique company culture of Dutch heritage and international presence;
• we offer great work-life balance, and competitive salary & benefits package;
• performance-based bonus opportunities;
• flexible working arrangements (40-hour work week with hybrid options);
• competitive pension scheme and 8% holiday allowance;
• year-end bonus of 5%;
• health & wellbeing initiatives;
• diverse training and mentoring programs to help you grow on your own professional journey;
• exceptional support of cross-disciplinary movement within the company to broaden your knowledge and growth paths;
• a friendly and informal working environment, yet professional team members as sparring partners;
• autonomy and trust to create longer term impact that helps bring better nutrition to the world;
• shape and scale the OpEx agenda of a business group in full transformation, influencing decisions at the highest levels of the Ingredients business.

Vacaturetekst

As performance manager business group ingredients, you own the Performance+ agenda across our five production sites. You lead, track, and drive a portfolio of improvement initiatives that strengthen financial and operational performance.

Your key responsibilities:

Performance Governance & Transparency

• implement robust tracking and dashboards that link activities to financial impact;
• ensure accountability against plan, targets, and savings;
• provide insights that drive decision-making.

Standard-Setting & Roadmap Development

• define Ingredients OpEx best practices;
• develop clear, ambitious improvement roadmaps;
• support sites in translating targets into actionable pathways.

Process Control Excellence

• partner with technical experts to elevate process control maturity;
• identify process gaps and deploy best-practice improvements;
• strengthen quality, efficiency, and reliability across all production sites.

Program Leadership

• orchestrate collaboration between SC Director, plant leaders, OpEx leads, and finance;
• ensure momentum, remove roadblocks, and align priorities;
• coordinate a structured program approach across sites, escalating when needed.

Value Identification & Business Case Development

• analyze performance data to identify opportunities;
• build credible business cases backed by operational and financial insight;
• shape initiatives that deliver real and lasting impact.

Execution & Financial Translation

• ensure execution excellence and timely delivery of critical initiatives;
• translate operational improvements into financial outcomes that resonate with leadership.

Culture & Mindset

• promote FrieslandCampina's OpEx framework;
• build capability and drive a performance culture across sites;
• foster continuous improvement that endures.

You will report to the Director Innovation & Programs and work closely with the Ingredients Supply Chain leadership team.

Ons team

Business Group Ingredients develops high-value nutrition solutions used worldwide across all life stages. Our portfolio includes Early Life Nutrition (ELN) - ingredients for infant formulas, and Adult Nutrition (AN) - performance nutrition, active nutrition, and medical nutrition. We operate in a B2B environment, supplying ingredients and semi-finished products that are further manufactured by customers into consumer goods.

You'll be based at our headquarters in Amersfoort, working with multidisciplinary teams to make a real difference in the lives of millions of people by providing the very best nutrition. Your work extends across five production sites: Veghel, Borculo, Bedum, Workum, and Delhi (NY, USA).

Our Ingredients team is characterized by entrepreneurial spirit, collaborative culture, and a drive for continuous improvement. You'll work alongside highly skilled professionals who are passionate about pushing boundaries and making a real difference in global nutrition.