Operations Director - Joints & Seals

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CRH’s Filoform is seeking an Operations Director for Joints & Seals based in Geldermalsen, NL, with strategic operational responsibility across the Netherlands, Germany and the UK. The role leads safety and on site operations, steers the make or buy decisions, optimizes the manufacturing and logistics footprint, and drives continuous improvement and automation to support growth. You will develop and monitor KPIs, shape a customer focused operating culture, collaborate with HR, integrate best practices across the group, and manage CAPEX to digitalize and industrialize operations. Requirements include a relevant engineering degree, extensive senior manufacturing and supply chain experience, fluency in English and Dutch, and EU travel readiness. Apply to [email protected] by Friday 4 September 2026. Equal opportunity.

Country: Netherlands 
City:  
Req ID: 527379
Job Type: Full Time   
Workplace Type: Onsite
Seniority Level: Director 

About Filoform

At Filoform, our purpose is to create innovative solutions that make the energy & telecommunications industry safer, more efficient, and more sustainable. We are a leading manufacturer of sealing and protection products, with a reputation for quality and reliability that spans decades. Based in the United Kingdom, Netherlands and Germany, our key values include stability, responsibility, and creativity. We believe that these values are essential to our success and are reflected in everything we do.

We are committed to providing stable, long-lasting solutions that meet the needs of our customers. Our products are designed to withstand the toughest conditions and provide reliable performance year after year.

We take our responsibility to our customers, our employees, and the environment seriously. We are committed to sustainable practices and always strive to minimize our impact on the planet. We are constantly pushing the boundaries of innovation, developing new products and solutions that help our customers work smarter, not harder. We believe that creativity is essential to staying ahead in a rapidly changing industry.

We have a team of experienced professionals who are passionate about what they do and are always looking for new ways to improve our products and processes. We believe that collaboration is key to success, and we work closely with our customers to ensure that our products meet their specific needs.

Operations Director – Joints & Seals – Geldermalsen

Join Our Team at Filoform – Exciting Opportunities Await

At Infrastructure Products Europe, we’re innovators, problem-solvers, and collaborators with a shared mission: creating manufacturing solutions that simplify complex infrastructure challenges. We deliver innovative, sustainable products to clients around the world.

Our culture puts people at the centre of everything we do. Your ideas will be valued, your development supported, and your contributions will genuinely make a difference. Here, you’ll be part of a diverse and ambitious team that champions creativity, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary
• Company pension contribution
• A range of healthcare options
• Competitive holidays, including Christmas shutdown
• Employee Committees for Health & Wellbeing and Inclusion & Diversity
• Engagement & Wellbeing initiatives
• Employee referral programme
• Enhanced Family friendly policies
• Career development opportunities across IPE and the wider CRH Group

Reports to: Managing Director – Joints & Seals 

Role Overview: This role will be key to the strategic growth and development of Joints & Seals with strategic operational responsibility for the division, which includes sites in Netherlands, Germany & UK including directing and leading all safety and operational activities on-site, leadership and direction to all off-site operations, ensuring safe and efficient installations and support activities, being a key member of the J&S leadership team.   

What our new ‘Operations Director’ will be doing:

• Formulate and deliver strategies to stimulate innovation in operational processes to increase business competitiveness.
• Review, maintain and optimise manufacturing and logistical footprint, consisting of own facilities as well as 3rd party suppliers, to service the continued growth of the organisation. This includes ‘make or buy / 'insource or outsource’ decisions.
• Drive vision of operational excellence and develop operating culture to be customer focussed.
• Work with J&S leadership team to formulate and deliver annual strategic targets.
• Manage site KPIs of their Operational teams and play an instrumental role within a matrix structure, to support the development and integration of a functional J&S management model.
• Implement and lead continuous improvement programme to drive operational effectiveness.
• Deliver world class H&S management.
• Work closely with the HR Director to ensure efficient operation of the sites in accordance with all relevant laws and company policies.
• Manage all operational costs and overheads and report on agreed operational performance indicators.
• Collaborate with the wider company and Group to share best practice and build a better business.
• Develop the cultures of the organisations, organise appropriate training to motivate employees and foster a culture of coaching within the organisation to develop the next tier of management through a succession plan.
• Participate in CRH Group best practice sessions and develop a network to drive benefits of OneCRH.
• Create CAPEX plans to drive the business to automation where applicable.
• Drive the industrialisation of operations with the focus on automation and efficiency.
• Successfully deliver the live projects with the mixing, filling and assembly automation.
• Remain abreast of technological advances in equipment, processes or procedures and communicating this to the team.
• Create a strong customer service and quality culture at all levels. Review and approve equipment and other capital needs.
• Formal monthly reporting to the Managing Director – Joints & Seals.
• Work with HR Teams to support change within local Works Council.
• Support Integrations & Acquisitions in European locations.
• Support business growth through safety, automation and operational excellence.
• Ensure product availability for own manufacturing and 3rd party suppliers, and inter-company sources.
• Travel to all sites within the Group, as required, working mainly in the Netherlands but flexible to travel to Germany & the UK regularly. 

The experience our new ‘Operations Director’ will have includes:

• BSc Degree or equivalent in Production, Industrial, Manufacturing, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.
• Significant experience of operating at a senior operations management level within an engineering and manufacturing and supply chain environment.
• Candidates must be fluent in English & Dutch both written and verbal.
• Experience in a continuous improvement methodology and Health and Safety.
• Must be mobile to undertake EU wide travel between J&S and Group CRH whilst at the same time withstanding the rigors of what will be a very high-profile position within the organisation.
• Background in setting and measuring KPIs, metrics, best practice assessments and performance management against these.
• Proven experience of developing and implementing manufacturing strategies and growing the operational activities.
• Evidence of developing plans to increase capacity and improve delivery performance.
• Track record in managing organizational change and transfer of operations to include developing new production facilities and its personnel.
• Experience of closing and transferring production facilities.
• Must have experience driving business growth through safety, automation and operational excellence
• Having experience in business Integrations & Acquisitions in European locations is desirable.

How To Apply

Interested candidates should submit their applications to [email protected] by Friday 4th September 2026.

Filoform is an equal opportunity employer, which values differences in our people. We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds, and we provide equality through our career development opportunities regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, nationality, age, and disability.

Filoform is an equal opportunity employer, which values differences in our people. We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds, and we provide equality through our career development opportunities regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, nationality, age, and disability.

What Filoform Offers You

A culture that values opportunity for growth, development, and internal promotion

• Highly competitive salary package
• Comprehensive secondary benefits
• Significant contribution to your pension plan
• Excellent opportunities to develop and progress within the wider CRH Group

About CRH

CRH (NYSE: CRH, LSE: CRH) is the leading provider of building materials solutions that build, connect and improve our world. Employing c.78,500 people at c.3,390 operating locations in 28 countries, CRH has market leadership positions in both North America and Europe. As the essential partner for transportation and critical utility infrastructure projects, complex non-residential construction and outdoor living solutions, CRH’s unique offering of materials, products and value-added services helps to deliver a more resilient and sustainable built environment. The company is ranked among sector leaders by Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) rating agencies. A Fortune 500 company, CRH’s shares are listed on the NYSE and LSE.

For more information visit: www.crh.com