Job Description
Posting Start Date:  4/8/26
Offer ID:  1982
Unit:  Vilmorin-Mikado
Job Title:  Chef de projet Amélioration Continue
Job Location:  La Ménitré
Contract type:  Permanent
Job Description: 

Function

Following the creation of the Operational Excellence Unit in September 2025, we are looking for two Improvement Project Managers with complementary experiences and skills.

Reporting to the Head of Performance & Operational Excellence, you will be part of a team of 5 people dedicated to supporting and optimizing the factory's activities.



Main Goal

For this position, you'll be in charge of :

  • Leading strategic or complex continuous improvement projects and monitoring their impact on corporate culture and supporting the operational optimization of the plant.

  • Participate in the preparation and analysis of production process datas in collaboration with the factory teams, up to the identification of areas for improvement in workshops to define the projects with the greatest potential for gains. Therefore, building, implementing and formalizing roadmaps.

  • Participate in the development, choices, implementation and deployment of LEAN methods and tools within teams, standardize and harmonize practices. Lead LEAN workshops.

  • Supporting teams in their skills development, training and raising awareness of LEAN principles, delivering certain training courses. Maintaining a knowledge database and updated toolkits.

  • Encourage the sharing of best practices among workers through different communication channels.

For this role, you will also be in contact with the manufacturing teams and the QHSE, Supply Chain, Maintenance, Agricultural Production, and Seed Tech R&D departments. Operational French is required as well as English.

Job description

Creation of 2 new positions.

What we expect of you

You hold a Bachelor's or Master's degree (or equivalent) in production management, continuous improvement, or a related field. You have at least 5 years of experience in the industrial or seed sector. You are familiar with LEAN tools and methods (Green Belt certification would be an asset), but also industry-centered tools and techniques (DMAIC, PDCA, VSM, 5W2H, Ishikawa diagram, FTA, 8D, 5S, Kaizen, etc.). You are comfortable with computers and data manipulation. As a good communicator, you will be able to listen to your colleagues and understand the situations and challenges faced by our teams. Solution-oriented, you will be able to analyze situations rigorously to propose projects tailored to their needs.

Your benefits and working environment

  • Salary paid over 13 months (depending on experience), Executive status without direct management

     

  • Daily package (211 days/year), with 5 weeks of paid vacation plus 14 to 19 paid-off days per year. Occasional remote work possible.

     

  • Profit-sharing bonus, team performance bonus (up to 1 extra month)

     

  • Benefits: Family health insurance, access to a discounted company restaurant, employee benefits (holiday vouchers, gift vouchers, discounted tickets, etc.), free on-site activities.

  • Progressive support and skills development within a new department and a close-knit team (5 people).

     

  • Finally, by joining Vilmorin-Mikado, you will become part of the Limagrain cooperative group, where the diversity of positions allows for long-term career development.

Recruitment process

  • 1 Motivationnal Interview with the recruiter (online)
  • 1 Technical Interview with the manager (on-site)
  • 1 Confirmation Interview with the Head of Operations + one HR member (on-site)
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Vilmorin-Mikado is a Franco-Japanese seed producer that has specialized in creating, producing, and selling vegetable seeds for professionals since 1743. As a responsible partner in the vegetable food chain, Vilmorin-Mikado is committed to helping better nourish people everywhere. Our wide range of unique, original seeds is distributed on five continents in more than 100 countries. Vilmorin-Mikado has more than 1,000 employees and recorded sales of €230 million in 2022-2023, of which 15% was entirely devoted to research. World leader in carrots and witloof chicory, Vilmorin-Mikado is also a major player in salads, tomatoes, sweet peppers, kabocha squashes, daikon radishes and bunching onions. Nearly three centuries ago, Vilmorin-Mikado's founders began our Tree Seeds work, which actively contributes to rebuilding sustainable forests.

Limagrain is a global company with deep local roots. Our parent company is an agricultural cooperative based in the Limagne-Val d’Allier plain, in the heart of Central France’s Auvergne region, while we are an international seed and agri-food group with some 9,600 employees working in 53 countries. As the 4th largest seed company in the world, we achieved sales of 2.522 billion euros in 2023-2024, with additional sales of 729 million euros from activities carried out in collaboration with our strategic partners.
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