Plant Manager - Konz (M/F)

Company Overview

With a history of more than 140 years, Tarkett is a worldwide leader in innovative and sustainable flooring and sports surface solutions, generating revenue of €3.3 billion in 2025. The Group has close to 12,000 employees, 25 R&D centers, 8 recycling centers and 33 production sites. Tarkett designs and manufactures solutions for hospitals, schools, housing, hotels, offices, stores and sports fields, serving customers in more than 100 countries.

Job Summary

As part of the development and transformation of our industrial activities within the Home & LVT BU, we are looking for a Plant Manager to take responsibility for our industrial site based in Konz, Germany. The Konz site plays an important role in the Group’s European industrial organization, specializing in the manufacture of residential vinyl flooring rolls in a demanding industrial environment focused on process efficiency, operational performance, product quality and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Take overall responsibility for the Konz site and manage all activities: production, logistics, technical services, quality, HSE, human resources, controlling and purchasing.
• Define and deploy a clear industrial vision aligned with the division and Group priorities.
• Lead the industrial, organizational and managerial transformation of the site.
• Unite the teams around a new dynamic of performance, accountability and continuous improvement.
• Lead the site management team, set priorities, monitor action plans and conduct performance reviews.
• Ensure regular, transparent and structured communication with the teams, the division and the Group.
• Achieve site objectives in safety, quality, costs, lead times, productivity, customer service and environment.
• Monitor and challenge site performance through key KPIs: CPM, OEE, budget, quality, delivery, safety and productivity.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives: WCM, Lean, safety, cost reduction, process reliability and flow optimization.
• Sustainably improve the efficiency, stability and competitiveness of production and logistics processes.
• Contribute to the SIOP process in coordination with the division and Supply Chain teams.
• Manage the site’s economic performance: costs, productivity, budget, results and competitiveness.
• Prioritize and monitor industrial investments, particularly CAPEX projects.
• Ensure the optimal use of the site’s human, technical and financial resources.
• Embed and promote a strong and sustainable safety culture across the entire site.
• Ensure compliance with legal, regulatory and internal requirements in safety, environment, quality, compliance and ethics.
• Manage internal, external, customer or authority audits and implement related action plans.
• Lead, develop and empower the site management team and adapt the site organization to meet performance, transformation and competitiveness challenges.
• Maintain constructive social dialogue with employee representative bodies and develop leadership and succession plans.
• Foster employee engagement and maintain a social climate that supports transformation.
• Represent the site with internal and external stakeholders and act as an escalation point for critical operational, social or strategic matters.
• Manage exceptional situations while ensuring business continuity and appropriate decision‑making.

Qualifications

• Higher education degree in engineering, industrial production, supply chain or equivalent.
• Confirmed experience as a Plant Manager, Site Director or Operations Director in a demanding industrial environment.
• Experience in continuous processes, materials, flooring or an industry with strong safety, quality, cost and productivity challenges.
• Field‑oriented leadership with the ability to unite teams, empower managers and support transformation.
• Demonstrated ability to sustainably improve industrial performance: safety, productivity, quality, costs, lead times, social climate and employee engagement.
• Strong culture of operational excellence: Lean, WCM, continuous improvement, KPI management, budget management and CAPEX projects.
• Comfortable in an international and matrix environment; able to communicate with impact and maintain constructive social dialogue.
• Fluency in German and English is required; French is an asset.

Equal Opportunity

Tarkett recruits based on skills and promotes equal opportunities and diversity within its teams, particularly in favor of gender equality, social diversity, disability inclusion and intergenerational diversity.