Head of Production

Ensuring production success through the planning, organization, and management of the manufacturing process within the area of responsibility

Work Schedule Model

Full-time; 40 hours; flexible hours

Location

Hoym

Main Responsibilities

• Overall responsibility for operations, including processing, optimization, and automation
• Disciplinary management responsibility for the department’s employees
• Organizing shop-floor management and ensuring smooth day-to-day operations
• Continuously optimizing existing manufacturing processes for series production and ensuring the successful launch of new products while meeting specified product and process quality targets
• Efficient use of resources through employee scheduling and a solution-oriented approach to ad hoc changes
• Development of personnel development plans and qualification matrices, and conducting employee performance reviews
• Ensuring quality by coordinating and guiding corrective actions in response to internal production complaints
• Contributing suggestions for improvement to a project or through the work of the management board
• Taking full responsibility for achieving departmental goals and quality standards
• Ensuring compliance with legal requirements, quality standards, occupational safety, and environmental regulations
• Responsible for ensuring occupational safety and cleanliness in the workplace
• Developing staff development plans and a competency matrix, and conducting performance reviews
• Collaborating with and supporting other departments
• Responsibility for compliance with legal requirements, quality standards, occupational safety, and waste management and environmental regulations
• Responsible for training new employees by demonstrating basic work procedures
• Ensuring and maintaining order and cleanliness in one’s own work area

Other

• Working knowledge of MS Office applications
• Progressive mindset and approach
• Affinity for numbers and a high degree of conscientiousness
• Analytical, goal-oriented approach with a strong understanding of processes
• Leadership qualities with a strong focus on goals, results, and solutions
• Financial expertise in budgeting, cost control, and profitability improvement
• Exceptionally strong sense of personal responsibility
• Analytical thinking; ability to work independently and in a structured manner
• Fluency in German and an advanced level of English (at least C1)
• Experience leading teams

At least 4 years of college education and several years of relevant professional experience

• Salary structure based on the IG Metall collective bargaining agreement for Saxony-Anhalt
• 30 days of vacation
• Vacation pay and Christmas bonus
• A cafeteria with discounted meals and free fruit
• Bicycle leasing
• Access to the Corporate Benefits portal
• Employee referral bonus
• Subsidy for health and wellness programs (e.g., gym membership) and voluntary pension contributions
• Autonomous work and flexible hours
• You’ll have the opportunity to grow personally and professionally and help shape the future of the company.
• Quick decision-making thanks to close collaboration, an open corporate culture, and a flat hierarchy