Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate production, maintenance, planning, procurement, and warehouse operations.
• Ensure execution of the production plan according to MPS and capacity planning.
• Monitor operational KPIs, including availability, productivity, scrap, rework, and on‑time production.
• Oversee supply chain planning parameters and ensure master data accuracy.
• Coordinate the procurement team and support negotiations for major or strategic contracts.
• Supervise warehouse and inventory management, ensuring compliance with aerospace standards.
• Coordinate preventive and corrective maintenance plans and monitor equipment availability.
• Support operational budgeting and resource planning (RCCP).

Candidate Profile

• University degree in Engineering or Supply Chain.
• 7–10 years of experience in industrial manufacturing and/or supply chain.
• Proven leadership experience in coordinating operational teams.
• Knowledge of Lean / Continuous Improvement methodologies.
• SAP knowledge is considered an advantage.
• Fluent English.
• Strong communication, analytical, and decision‑making skills.

Antal International is recruiting for its client: a global manufacturer of high‑precision mechanical components:
OPERATIONS MANAGER in Iasi.
The Opportunity
The Operations Manager will coordinate approximately 200 employees across production, maintenance, planning, procurement, and warehouse functions, ensuring alignment of operational priorities and effective decision‑making across departments.

Antal is the leader in EMEA & Asia Executive Search & Selection with a network of over 120 fully-staffed offices in more than 30 countries, recruiting talent in a range of industry sectors & skill functions. Since inception in 1993 Antal has placed executives in over 75 countries and offers clients a choice of recruitment & staffing solutions from Retained Executive Search, Search & Selection to Contingent executive recruiters combine their recruitment knowledge, search skills, proven headhunting & selection methodologies with knowledge & experience of your industry to deliver a truly value added service. Your Antal Recruiter actively shares information, knowledge & experience across our global network adding extensive cross sector and multi-geographic reach when recruiting with the efficiency of a single contact point. In Romania Antal has offices in 5 major cities as follows: Bucharest, Iasi, Arad, Cluj and Timisoara. Antal Iasi office is covering N-E of Romania and all strategic sectors and disciplines.