Operations Director – Market & Production Operations (Automotive)

Location: Boulogne-Billancourt, France

Company

Nissan United Europe coordinates European markets, agencies, and localization production partners to deliver consistent market adaptations.

What you will do

• Serve as the senior operational contact for Nissan United stakeholders, translating market needs into production requirements and aligned priorities.
• Improve the operating model, governance, workflows, KPIs, and SLAs across local markets, agencies, and the central production operation.
• Oversee localization and adaptation projects across audiovisual, digital, and print content, including priorities, capacity, timelines, quality, and budgets.
• Anticipate production constraints, resolve escalations and bottlenecks, and implement structural solutions to recurring issues.
• Lead continuous improvement through data, feedback, technology, automation, and AI while supporting the adoption of new ways of working.

Requirements

• Master’s degree or Bac+5 equivalent in Communications, Marketing, Business, Project Management, Production, or a related field.
• Experience in operations and production management within a complex, international, multi-market environment.
• Experience managing localization or adaptation workflows at scale across multiple agencies and stakeholders.
• Strong senior stakeholder, relationship, project, workflow, priority, and capacity management skills.
• Understanding of budgets, SLAs, operational KPIs, content production, localization, and adaptation processes.
• Fluent English required; additional languages are advantageous.

Nice to have

• Experience in the automotive sector or with a global brand.
• Ability to operate effectively in a matrix organization and influence without direct authority.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, solution-oriented work across local markets, agencies, and production partners.
• Focus on consistent quality, delivery efficiency, cost control, and market relevance.
• Opportunity to drive continuous improvement and adoption of technology, automation, and AI.