Maintenance Operations & Continuous Improvement Manager (m/f/d)

Meyandy LLC; Potsdam; Hybrid; EUR 90.000 - 120.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Company car (private use)

Zusammenfassung

Meyandy LLC seeks a Maintenance Operations & Continuous Improvement Manager to own the performance and ongoing development of our material handling equipment at a new Falkensee site in the Berlin/Brandenburg area.

You will translate site goals into concrete improvement initiatives, use data to identify optimization opportunities, and ensure equipment availability and operational efficiency across teams, suppliers and analytics partners.

Qualifikationen

• Master’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 5+ years in maintenance, operations strategy, continuous improvement or process engineering.
• Interest/experience in automation, robotics and facility maintenance systems.
• Proven Lean, Six Sigma or Kaizen in high-volume automated environments.
• Analytical mindset with data tools experience (Tableau, Excel, SQL).
• Strategic thinker able to influence cross-functional teams.
• Fluency in English; German is a strong plus.

Aufgaben

• Hands-on leadership of the Maintenance value stream and coaching of engineers and supervisors.
• Define and execute long-term performance roadmap with KPIs across safety, quality, throughput.
• Lead Kaizen, Lean, and root-cause analysis to improve processes and embed continuous improvement.
• Analyze operational and maintenance workflows to boost reliability and availability.
• Bridge maintenance with suppliers, planning, analysts, and operations for end-to-end flow.
• Oversee safety standards, 5S principles, and governance without daily engineering management.

Kenntnisse

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Lean/Six Sigma/Kaizen

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

English fluency

Ausbildung

Master’s degree in Supply Chain Management or Engineering

Tools

Tableau

Excel

SQL

Jobbeschreibung

In a nutshell

Our Fulfilment Centers are among the most advanced of their kind, delivering fresh groceries to thousands of households every day. Next, we are planning to open our brand-new hybrid Fulfilment Center in the Berlin/Brandenburg area (Falkensee). Falkensee will be one of the first sites where we build our internal maintenance function for automated equipment. As Maintenance Operations & Continuous Improvement Manager (m/f/d), you will take strategic ownership of the performance and continuous development of our material handling equipment and maintenance processes on site.

You will act as the key interface between the automated and manual processes within the Fulfilment Center, the operational teams, your Maintenance team, our Engineering and Analytics teams, and external partners. You will translate overarching site goals into concrete improvement initiatives, use data to identify optimization opportunities, and ensure that equipment availability, operational efficiency, and continuous improvement remain at a high level in the long term.

What you’ll do

• Hands-on leadership: Lead the Maintenance value stream day-by-day, coaching Maintenance Engineers and Supervisors to effectively lead their teams and ensuring equipment availability targets are met with indirect leadership.
• Strategic Value Stream Ownership: Define and execute the long-term performance roadmap, taking full ownership of structural strategy and high-level KPIs across safety, quality, throughput, and operational efficiency.
• Continuous Improvement & Operational Excellence: Lead site-wide Kaizen initiatives, Lean methodologies, and root-cause analyses to drive structural process enhancements and embed a culture of continuous improvement.
• Data-Driven Process & Automation Optimization: Analyze complex operational and maintenance workflows using data to eliminate bottlenecks, boost system reliability, and improve equipment availability alongside technical teams.
• Cross-Functional Strategic Alignment: Act as the strategic bridge between maintenance, our suppliers, planning, analysts, and operations to ensure seamless, end-to-end operational flow.
• Operational Standards & Governance: Oversee site-wide adherence to safety standards, 5S principles, and operational best practices without getting bogged down in daily engineering management.

What you bring

• Master’s degree (MSc) in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, or a related technical field
• 5+ years of experience focused on maintenance, operational strategy, continuous improvement, or process engineering
• Strong interest in, or exposure to, automation, robotics, and facility maintenance systems
• Proven track record in applying Lean, Six Sigma, or Kaizen frameworks in high-volume, automated environments
• High analytical proficiency, with strong capability in data analysis tools (e.g., Tableau, Excel, SQL)
• Strategic mindset with the ability to influence cross-functional teams and drive high-level initiatives
• Fluency in English (German is a strong plus)

What you can look forward to

• Smart Commute: Choose the way you move. You will get a company car (with private use) and can make use of…