Vice President Global Industrial Engineering

Knorr-Bremse AG
München, Germany
27 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English, German

Tech stack

Performance Monitor Enterprise Integration

Job description

  • Coordinate all Industrial Engineering activities together with the lead plants; define global equipment standards and align them with lead plants and regions
  • Decide on the strategic allocation of investment projects and manage the overall Capex budget
  • Guide and oversee decision-making processes related to equipment investments
  • Take end-to-end responsibility for the operational product creation process and the industrialization of new products
  • Drive digitization in manufacturing and ensure the effective deployment of digital solutions on the shop floor
  • Monitor and analyze plant performance, ensuring transparency of key KPIs across all sites
  • Define specific strategies, policies and standards for Industrial Engineering and production systems
  • Develop and maintain strategic target systems for the global production network
  • Take final decisions on budget and allocation of financial, material and human resources within your scope
  • Plan the strategic and mid-term technical development of production technologies
  • Ensure aligned production and logistics technologies along the entire value chain
  • Ensure continuous analysis and high technical efficiency of all production processes
  • Ensure the planning and successful implementation of strategically relevant investment projects in the plants
  • Act as key interface for regions, Business Units and the COO on topics such as standardization, digitization, KPI tracking, footprint decisions and investments

Requirements

  • Extensive experience in the manufacturing industry, preferably in the automotive or commercial vehicle sector
  • Proven leadership track record in Operations, including responsibility for complex production organizations
  • In-depth understanding of manufacturing processes, supply chain management and quality management
  • Experience managing global production organizations and dealing with diverse markets, cultures and regulatory environments
  • Demonstrated expertise in digitization, operational excellence and resilience in manufacturing operations
  • Fluent in English and German
  • Demonstrated ability to lead large teams and drive operational excellence
  • Strong change-management capabilities, high social competence and empathy, with a keen sense for nuances
  • Outstanding communication skills and the ability to interact confidently across all hierarchical levels
  • Strong intuition for priorities and time management, with the ability to advance projects in a focused and pragmatic way
  • High level of team spirit, flexibility and pragmatism combined with a structured, analytical and self-responsible working style, as well as strong integration skills
  • Hands-on mentality and strong implementation focus

About the company

Who are we? Some 32,000 team players around the world, hard at work in over 100 locations across more than 30 countries. As a force for progress on road and rail, we prioritize technical excellence, sustainable business practices and social responsibility. At the last count, our global revenues totaled EUR 7.9 billion. Join us, and you can expect exciting, varied work in an international environment with attractive working conditions - including flexible working hours, sabbaticals and remote work. In addition, you can work up to twenty days a year from abroad in the EU. A broad selection of continuing education programs offers you plenty of opportunities to develop both professionally and personally. And you can look forward to many other benefits, such as sports and healthcare programs, corporate volunteering, JobRad bicycle leasing, subsidized public transit options, and a state-of-the-art workplace with a rich choice of in-house catering options.

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