Plant Manager

TN Germany; Gerstungen; Vor Ort; EUR 70.000 - 90.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading company in the building envelope segment is seeking a Plant Manager for its logistics and production site in Gerstungen, Thuringia. The role involves overseeing operations, ensuring quality, and leading a team of 220 employees to meet business objectives. Candidates should possess an engineering background and significant experience in production or logistics management.

Qualifikationen

• Minimum 5 to 10 years of experience as a production or logistics site manager.

Aufgaben

• Planning and managing all plant site functions.
• Overseeing production activities including logistics and maintenance.
• Developing the local team’s operational excellence skills.

Kenntnisse

Leadership

Communication

Operational Excellence

Ausbildung

5-year engineering diploma

Jobbeschreibung

Hydro Building Systems is seeking a Plant Manager for its logistics and production site in Gerstungen, dedicated to the Wicona Brand. The position will be based in Gerstungen (Thuringia), Germany.

Hydro Building Systems [HBS], with 3,500 employees, operates in the building envelope segment, from design to distribution of aluminum systems (facades, windows, doors, railings, sliding doors, etc.). We have leading positions in Europe through our brands Technal, Wicona, and Sapa.

About the job and your team

Reporting to the Plant Manager and overseeing 220 employees, you will lead and manage all resources in the logistics and manufacturing facility. Your goal is to ensure profitable operations that meet or exceed quality and service expectations, with maximum asset utilization. The Gerstungen site includes warehouses, a paint line, a value-added activities workshop, and logistics/transportation functions.

You will be responsible for logistics, warehousing, sourcing, manufacturing, EHS, Quality, and supply chain. Sales and support functions are based in the DACH region, reporting to central commercial management.

About the role

Your main responsibilities include:

1. Planning, organizing, and managing all plant site functions to meet short and long-term business objectives.
2. Overseeing all production activities, including coating, value-added activities (thermal break), logistics (inbound/outbound/warehousing/shipment), and maintenance of site facilities.
3. Leading the successful deployment of operational excellence strategies.
4. Ensuring environmentally safe and efficient logistics and manufacturing operations.
5. Developing the local team’s operational excellence skills.
6. Providing leadership to all functional and service groups to meet customer requirements and drive performance to achieve or surpass financial and strategic goals.
7. Building good relationships with employee representatives and leading monthly work council meetings.

Your qualifications and skills

You should have an engineering background (5-year diploma or equivalent experience) with solid knowledge of mechanics/processes, preferably from a strong industrial culture in metallurgy.

Minimum 5 to 10 years of experience as a production or logistics site manager, managing multiple workshops.

This role suits a rigorous, responsive individual motivated by technological challenges and committed to continuous improvement. Strong leadership and communication skills are essential, including effective written, verbal, and interpersonal communication to all organizational levels.

Lean manufacturing certification (Green or Yellow belt) is a plus.