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Director of Innovation & Processes (m/f/d)

Our client is an internationally active, family-owned textile manufacturer with a long-standing heritage and an outstanding reputation for high-quality textile solutions. As a vertically integrated producer, the company controls the entire value chain - from fibre to finished fabric – serving customers in public procurement, protective workwear and technical textiles. Against the backdrop of dynamic growth and increasing operational complexity, the strategic leadership position of Director of Innovation & Processes is now being filled.

Your responsibilities

  • Shape and implement the company’s innovation and process strategy in alignment with long-term growth and sustainability objectives
  • Drive R&D and sustainability initiatives and ensure that innovations are successfully transferred into scalable industrial operations
  • Further develop production standards, methodologies and process documentation across the full value chain (spinning, weaving, dyeing and finishing)
  • Lead the laboratory organisation, ensuring technical standards, investment planning, cost efficiency and the continuous improvement of testing systems
  • Take ownership of management systems and certifications and guarantee international audit readiness
  • Act as a central interface to IT and digitalisation initiatives, defining requirements and supporting system evolution

Your Profile

  • Completed degree in Textile Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Materials Science or a comparable technical discipline
  • Several years of leadership experience within the textile industry, ideally in a vertically integrated production environment
  • Proven expertise in innovation management, process optimisation, R&D or management systems
  • Experienced in handling certifications and audits within regulated industrial structures
  • Strategic and analytical thinker with sound technical expertise and commercial awareness, who drives change with natural authority

We Offer

  • A strategic key role within an internationally growing industrial organisation
  • Significant scope for shaping the future of the business in direct collaboration with senior management
  • An attractive remuneration package including additional benefits and a structured handover phase

Apply now!

Project No.:
1226010
Textiles
Belgien
Full Time
as soon as possible

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Mientje Krüger
Consultant

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