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About the job

Our Client is a leading, internationally recognised food manufacturer, supplying high‑quality products to customers in more than 100 countries. With a strong heritage and ongoing investment in manufacturing, innovation and sustainability, the organisation is known for its operational excellence and commitment to continuous improvement.

We are hiring for Finance Manager position, Reporting to the Group Head of Finance and will play a pivotal role in leading the financial reporting, planning and analysis activities for a key manufacturing site. As a member of the site leadership team, the successful candidate will partner closely with Operations, Engineering, HR, Supply Chain and Commercial teams to provide financial insight that drives business performance and supports strategic decision-making. This is a highly visible role offering the opportunity to influence operational excellence, capital investment, continuous improvement initiatives and long-term business growth within a dynamic manufacturing environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the preparation of monthly management accounts, budgets and forecasts.
• Provide commercial and financial analysis to support operational and strategic decision making.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to identify cost-saving opportunities and drive continuous improvement.
• Maintain robust financial controls, governance and compliance across the site.
• Lead, coach and develop the site finance team while contributing as a member of the site leadership team.
• Monitor site performance, analysing key operational metrics including yield, labour, energy, waste and conversion costs to identify trends and opportunities.
• Support audit and year-end financial processes while ensuring accurate financial reporting and strong balance sheet management.

Essential Requirements

• Professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
• Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related discipline.
• Significant post-qualification finance leadership experience, ideally within manufacturing, FMCG or a similar operational environment.
• Strong financial planning, reporting, forecasting and business partnering experience.
• Experience supporting operational and commercial decision-making with financial insights.
• Experience leading, coaching and developing finance team members.
• Experience supporting audits and year-end financial processes.

Note: “Commutable from Cavan and surrounding areas, including parts of Monaghan, Meath, Louth and Westmeath.”

Interested? Please submit your CV to mehwish@intersearch.ie

Please only apply if you meet the criteria. Only those meeting the criteria will be responded to.

About the job
 Our client is a leading food manufacturing business and internationally recognised producer, supplying high-quality products to customers in over 100 countries. With a long-established heritage and continued investment in manufacturing, innovation and sustainability, the organisation is recognised for its operational excellence and commitment to continuous improvement.

We are hiring for Health & Safety Manager, who will be Reporting to the Head of Site Operations and will lead the Health & Safety function across two manufacturing sites, providing both strategic direction and operational leadership. Working closely with site leadership teams and the Group Health & Safety function, the successful candidate will drive a proactive safety culture, ensure compliance with statutory and company standards, and lead continuous improvement initiatives. This is a highly visible leadership role, offering the opportunity to influence business performance, support major operational and capital projects, and embed Health & Safety as a core organisational priority.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership for Health & Safety across two manufacturing sites, ensuring a consistent approach to governance, compliance and best practice.
• Lead the development and continuous improvement of Health & Safety management systems, policies, procedures and safe systems of work.
• Ensure compliance with al relevant legislation and regulatory requirements through effective auditing, risk assessment and governance processes.
• Lead investigations into incidents, accidents and near misses, ensuring robust root cause analysis and implementation of corrective actions.
• Partner with operational leadership teams to integrate Health & Safety into day-to-day manufacturing activities, organisational change and business planning.
• Provide Health & Safety leadership for engineering and capital investment projects, ensuring compliance throughout design, construction and commissioning.

Essential Requirements

• Degree, diploma or professional qualification in Occupational Health & Safety, Environmental Health & Safety or a related discipline.
• Chartered IOSH membership (CMIOSH) or working towards chartered status.
• Health & Safety leadership experience within a manufacturing, food production, FMCG or industrial environment.
  Strong knowledge of Irish Health & Safety legislation and regulatory requirements.
• Proven experience leading audits, inspections, investigations and compliance programmes.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Excellent analytical, communication and reporting capabilities.
• Full clean driving licence and ability to travel regularly between sites
   

Interested? Please submit your CV to mehwish@intersearch.ie

Please only apply if you meet the criteria. Only those meeting the criteria will be responded to.

The Company

The company is a MedTech CDMO specializing in the development and manufacturing of catheters for minimally invasive surgical applications, notably in cardiology, neurology, gastroenterology, and oncology.

The organisation operates in a highly regulated environment and has built a reputation for combining technical excellence, research-driven development, and customer-focused solutions. With ambitious growth plans, the business is seeking a talented professional to join its team and play a key role in advancing next-generation medical device solutions.

Key Responsibilities

Market Expansion – Ireland:

Develop and execute the company’s commercial strategy in Ireland.

Strategic Development – Europe:

Expand the Business’s footprint across priority European medical device markets.

Team Leadership:

Contribute to the development, mentoring and coordination of the European Business Development team over the next 5 years.

Cross-functional Collaboration:

Work closely with Marketing, Engineering, Operations, Quality and Regulatory Affairs teams to ensure successful customer acquisition and project execution.

Market Intelligence:

Monitor market dynamics, competitive activities, regulatory developments and industry trends.

Pipeline Management & Forecasting:

Maintain an accurate sales pipeline and forecast.

Qualifications:

• Proven track record in business development within the medical device, healthcare or contract manufacturing industry.
• Experience working with catheters, medical tubing, minimally invasive devices or related technologies is highly desirable.
• Existing network within the Irish MedTech market is a significant advantage.
• Strategic mindset combined with hands-on execution capability.
• Fluency in English is mandatory.

Interested? Please submit your CV to jack@intersearch.ie

Please only apply if you meet the criteria. Only those meeting the criteria will be responded to.

The Head of R&D is a key strategic leadership role within the R&D function accountable for setting and delivering the R&D agenda in close partnership with the leadership of the Category. The role ensures that scientific excellence, innovation, and technical capability are tightly aligned with commercial priorities, customer needs, and long-term business strategy. This role leads a multidisciplinary team while acting as a trusted strategic advisor to the Category, translating market and commercial ambition into actionable, value-creating R&D programs.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, inspire and develop a high-performing multidisciplinary R&D team.
• Contribute to enterprise-wide R&D strategy, capability building and organisational leadership.
• Drive talent development, succession planning, employee engagement and performance management.
• Oversee R&D portfolio management, resource allocation, pipeline health, risk management and innovation delivery.
  Provide technical leadership across R&D, ensuring scientific excellence, governance, quality and compliance.
• Influence strategic investment decisions by balancing technical feasibility, manufacturing capability, regulatory requirements, market opportunity and financial return.
• Shape future innovation capability through horizon scanning across food science, processing technologies and nutrition.
• Represent the company with customers, partners, industry bodies and the wider innovation ecosystem.

Essential Requirements

• Master's or PhD in Food Science, Dairy Science, Chemistry or a related technical discipline.
• Proven experience leading multidisciplinary R&D teams across multiple technical disciplines.
• Senior leadership experience with demonstrated contribution to business strategy, culture and capability development.
• Experience developing innovation strategies aligned with business growth and portfolio priorities.
• Strong commercial acumen with the ability to link R&D investment and technical decisions to customer value, market opportunity and financial return.
• Experience influencing senior stakeholders and acting as a trusted strategic advisor.
• Track record of delivering innovation through internal capabilities and external partnerships.
• Confident executive decision-maker with experience making complex decisions in ambiguous environments.
• Executive presence with the ability to engage senior leaders, customers and external partners.
• Active involvement in industry, scientific or innovation networks.

Interested? Please submit your CV to ciara@intersearch.ie

Please only apply if you meet the criteria. Only those meeting the criteria will be responded to.