Role: Operations Director
Location: Pero (Milan), Italy
Contract type: full-time, permanent contract
About Marioff
For four decades, Marioff has been driven by the challenge of keeping people and businesses safe. Today, we are the global leader in high-pressure water mist fire protection with our HI-FOG system, setting new standards and pushing the fire protection industry forward. Rooted in Nordic innovation and delivering globally, Marioff is home to those who approach challenges with an innovative mindset, persistence, and an unwavering commitment to quality. We believe that delivering peace of mind and reliability to our customers requires empowering diverse teams to collaborate towards common success, creating a lasting impact.
At Marioff, more than 500 motivated professionals work across the globe. As a truly global company, we value the diversity of roles and skills within our team, with colleagues from nearly 30 nationalities collaborating towards a common goal.
With our head office in Vantaa and our factory in Kerava, Finland, we have a global reach with subsidiaries in France, Germany, Italy, North America, Spain, Sweden, Poland, the United Kingdom, and China.
About the role
Marioff Italy is entering an important phase of industrial growth and transformation.
To support this evolution, we are seeking a senior operations leader who will play a key role in strengthening and scaling our industrial capabilities, while leading the transition towards a more structured, modern, customer focused and efficient organization.
Marioff Italy Operations Director role holds end‑to‑end operational accountability, covering manufacturing, sourcing, and internal logistics, this role will lead the lean transformation of Italian Operations and ensures the safety working environment and quality of services and product according to the customer expectations.
The Operations Director will be responsible for driving the evolution of the current operations model, improving industrial performance, and assessing the need for new production facility together with Marioff Group Operations Organization.
This is a highly strategic and hands-on role, requiring strong execution capabilities, credibility on the shop floor, and proven experience in industrial transformation within entrepreneurial or medium-sized industrial environments, where processes, organization and culture evolve together.
Your main responsibilities will be:
Manufacturing Transformation & Operational Excellence
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Lead the evolution of the manufacturing model towards a structured, cost effective, scalable and process-driven organization to meet the business growth targets
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Assess need for new production facility and in case needed
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Introduce and strengthen lean manufacturing principles, industrial standards and operational discipline based on Marioff Group Standards
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Ensure compliance with quality, safety and environment management systems and standards and enhance operations’ safety culture
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Define and implement KPIs to improve productivity, quality, safety, delivery performance and operational efficiency
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Drive cost competitiveness and manufacturing performance through better planning, resource utilization and process optimization
Sourcing and Logistics
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Lead factory‑level sourcing in alignment with group sourcing strategies
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Ensure material and service availability for production and customer deliveries
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Drive cost competitiveness and supplier performance
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Collaborate with group sourcing organization on supplier selection, risk, and compliance
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Internal Logistics & Material Flow
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Own internal logistics and warehouse operations
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Ensure efficient material flow from receiving through production to finished goods storage
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Optimize inventory levels according to group policies
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Improve internal logistics efficiency, accuracy, and space utilization
Organization & Leadership
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Drive the cultural evolution of the organization, helping teams adapt to more structured ways of working
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Build, structure and strengthen the operations organization and leadership team
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Ensure close alignment with business units, Marioff Operations and engineering
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Act as a trusted industrial partner to top management on operations strategy, capacity planning and operational priorities
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Promote accountability, execution discipline and a continuous improvement mindset across the organization
To be successful in this role you will need:
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15+ years of progressive experience in operations / manufacturing leadership roles within industrial environments - preferably from mechanical/electrical assembly operations
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Proven experience in operations transformation
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Strong track record in:
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Lean manufacturing implementation
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Process formalization and operational structuring
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Organizational and cultural transformation
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Industrial scale-up, plant start-up, relocation or major expansion projects
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Strong operational mindset combined with strategic thinking and execution capability
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Natural leadership and credibility with both management teams and shop-floor personnel
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Strong change management and communication skills (Italian + English)
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Engineering or technical background strongly preferred
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Fluent in both Italian and English language
Considered as an advantage:
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Experience in international and matrix organizations considered a plus
What can we offer you?
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A unique opportunity to shape the industrial future of Marioff Italy during an important phase of growth and transformation
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A chance to make a significant impact on operational scalability and performance and long-term competitiveness
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A dynamic and internationally oriented work environment in a company with high technology products and a strong growth strategy
Benefits:
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Competitive compensation
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Bonus scheme
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Company car
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A highly influential position in a high-technology organization with strong growth potential
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Flexible working arrangements including partial remote work
Our commitment to you
We offer you a dynamic and international work environment in a company with high technology products, a strong growth strategy and people who are passionate about fire safety. At Marioff we value diversity in all its forms and we believe that it is our excellent, highly skilled people who make success, competitive excellence and innovation happen. Join us to our mission to protect people, property and business continuity!
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