Production Manager for Sisimiut

Do you want to lead the daily production and help ensure high quality, efficient operations, and employee development?

We are looking for a committed and responsible production manager for our shrimp factory in Sisimiut. You will be a central part of the factory's management and will be responsible for the daily production, including planning, staffing, quality, and ongoing optimization.

As a production manager, you report to the factory manager and also serve as deputy to the factory manager. The position entails management responsibility for, among others, the intake manager, production supervisors, and quality manager.

Your primary responsibilities

You will be responsible for, among other things:

• The daily production and the associated employees

• Intake, raw material processing, production, quality, and production planning

• Preparation of production and staffing plans as well as ongoing follow-up

• Optimization of production with a focus on capacity, quality, yield, and time consumption

• Ensuring optimal utilization of production capacity in collaboration with the other management

• Hiring and firing of hourly-paid employees in production

• Competence development of employees and middle managers

• Ensuring that production follows applicable procedures, standards, and safety regulations

• Ensuring that the HACCP system as well as authority and customer requirements are met in production

• Ongoing information and visibility of goals and results

Leadership and collaboration

As a production manager, you will be an important part of the daily management at the factory. Therefore, it is important that you can create motivation, direction, and good collaboration among the employees.

Your managerial tasks include, among other things:

• Development and motivation of middle managers and employees

• Participation in internal and external audits as well as customer visits

• Participation in the HACCP group

• Shared responsibility for compliance with authority and customer requirements

• Ensuring good communication in production and with the other management team

• Close collaboration with the factory's other management

• Collaboration and exchange of experiences with Royal Greenland's other shrimp factories, including Ilulissat

Who are you?

We imagine that you:

• Have solid experience in production and in-depth knowledge of production operations

• Have good leadership skills and thrive with responsibility for both people and results

• Are committed, responsible, and diligent

• Have an understanding of quality, food safety, and production standards

• Have knowledge of GMP and HACCP

• Have experience with or knowledge of registration procedures and relevant production systems, for example, SAP and NEMA

• Have an understanding of personnel management and employee development

• Can maintain an overview in a busy production while focusing on quality, safety, and efficiency

• Are a motivating leader who leads by example

It is an advantage if you speak multiple languages, such as Greenlandic, Danish, and English.

We offer

You will have a central leadership position with significant influence on the daily operations and development of production. You will have the opportunity to work closely with both employees, middle managers, and the rest of the factory management and help ensure an efficient, safe, and quality-conscious production.

Workplace: Sisimiut
Position: Production Manager
Reference: Factory Manager

If you want to know more about the position, feel free to contact the factory manager in Sisimiut, Hans Lars Olsen at +299 522620, haol@royalgreenland.com

Application

Are you our new production manager in Sisimiut? Send your application and CV via our recruitment system.

Applications sent by email will not be considered.

The application deadline is set for December 10, 2026.