Director Multi-Site Operations (m/f/d) - #2629697

Pacific International Recruitment is an exclusive recruitment consultancy with over 25 years of experience in placing specialists and executives. With our headquarters in London and additional locations in Düsseldorf and Philadelphia, we provide targeted support to our clients and candidates across EMEA, APAC, and the USA.

We have partnered with a world-class industrial organization to support their operational excellence and multi-site growth initiatives. With a strong international presence and complex matrix structure, the company combines advanced strategic operations, and methodologies to optimize efficiency, and innovation across the globe.

As the Director of Multi‑Site Operations, this role oversees operational performance across various locations while ensuring alignment with global operational standards. It focuses on driving consistency, strengthening cross‑site coordination, and enabling smooth, efficient operations. The position leads strategic initiatives, accelerates process optimization, and integrates best‑practice frameworks that enhance reliability, scalability, and overall operational excellence. By cultivating a culture dedicated to high performance, this role supports organizational alignment, operational efficiency, and innovation across all sites.

Key Responsibilities:

• Build a unified and motivated workforce by fostering open communication, reinforcing team accountability, and creating an environment where individuals across different locations stay engaged and aligned with organizational goals.

• Oversee day‑to‑day operations across various facilities, ensuring that teams operate cohesively, understand business priorities, and consistently deliver on established performance commitments.

• Encourage innovation and continuous progress by identifying areas where processes can evolve, strengthening operational reliability, elevating outcomes, and supporting a strong culture.

• Lead initiatives that anticipate operational needs, proactively addressing challenges, introducing effective solutions, and enhancing overall site performance through structured actions.

• Provide operational leadership in strategic planning, guiding decisions related to resource distribution, organizational structures, and facility readiness to support shifting business requirements.

• Refine end‑to‑end operational flows by improving coordination between production activities, internal movement of materials, and support functions to ensure responsiveness and organizational agility.

• Advance operational maturity by embedding methods, systems, and behaviors that reinforce high standards, promote sustainable performance, and increase the organization’s strength.

Skills and Qualifications:

• Strategic & Hands-On Leadership: Demonstrates the ability to operate seamlessly between strategic direction and on-the-ground execution, ensuring clarity, accountability, and strong alignment across teams and sites.

• Multi-Site & International Operations Expertise: Proven experience managing complex multi-site operations across international environments, ensuring consistency, performance alignment, and operational excellence across geographically dispersed locations.

• Global Footprint & Network Optimization: Strong track record in designing, managing, and optimizing industrial footprints, including site roles, capacity allocation, and long-term operational positioning across regions.

• Operational Transformation & Process Excellence: Drives large-scale process improvements and transformation initiatives, standardizing operations, enhancing efficiency, and strengthening organizational capabilities across multiple sites.

• Cross-Site Governance & Alignment: Skilled in establishing robust governance models and coordination mechanisms to ensure alignment across functions, regions, and leadership layers within matrix organizations.

• Proactive, Results-Driven Mindset: Anticipates operational challenges, acts decisively, and consistently delivers measurable improvements in performance, efficiency, and reliability within fast-paced industrial environments.

• Make vs. Buy & Sourcing Strategy Expertise: Experienced in evaluating internal vs. external production strategies, optimizing sourcing decisions, and aligning them with cost, quality, and scalability objectives. People Leadership in Complex Environments: Builds and leads high-performing, internationally distributed teams, fostering engagement, accountability, and continuous development across diverse cultural contexts.

• Languages & Mobility: Fluent in German and English, with full flexibility for frequent international travel and strong on-site presence across the sites

Join a world-class industrial organization operating across multiple countries and complex matrix structures. Lead high-impact multi-site operations, drive operational excellence, and implement strategies that elevate efficiency, quality, and innovation. Inspire and develop high-performing teams while shaping the future of operations on a global scale in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. This is your opportunity to make a real impact, drive operational transformation, and shape the future of a global organization recognized for excellence, innovation, and operational integrity.

For a confidential discussion about this opportunity, please reach with your English CV to Marie Meurer under [email protected]

About Pacific International Executive Search:

Pacific International, a globally recognized retained executive search firm, is dedicated to empowering Fortune 500, FTSE 100, and high-growth enterprises in building exceptional C-suite, senior-level, and strategic leadership teams while championing diversity and inclusion. Our adaptability, agility, and forward-thinking ethos distinguish us in the ever-evolving business landscape. Since 1997, we have been dedicated to building lasting client partnerships based on trust and reliability, and a proven track record of successful C-suite and mid- to senior-level leadership project delivery across many key industries globally.

PACIFIC DIVERSITY STATEMENT:

At Pacific International, diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the core of who we are and what we do. Our commitment to these values is unwavering and we proudly champion diversity on behalf of our clients in every Executive Search mandate we undertake. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law. In pursuit of these objectives, we actively encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds and identities.