Operations Manager

Vetaion; Garching bei München; In loco; EUR 80.000 - 120.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Lunch allowance

Subsidized sports membership

New office in Garching

Descrizione del lavoro

Vetaion is seeking an Operations Manager to own the production of control cabinets, from order to finished cabinet, in Munich/Garching. You will drive end-to-end process improvement, automate manual tasks with AI, and collaborate closely with the Founder, Head of Production, and software team to set standards.

The role combines project management with industrial engineering in a fast-paced startup environment, offering ownership through ESOP and a path to scale from 0 to 1 on a new, AI-first

Competenze

• Master's degree in industrial engineering or a related field.
• 2+ years in a high-paced environment such as consulting or a startup.
• Humble, low ego; hands-on in manufacturing or process optimization.
• AI-first mindset with automated personal processes.
• Fluent in English; German is a plus.
• Ability to own projects through ESOP and scale from 0 to 1.

Mansioni

• Own project management from customer order through procurement, production, and shipping.
• Improve end-to-end production process including layout and inventory on the floor.
• Identify bottlenecks and implement fixes to enable scaling.
• Build automations with our AI and Automation Engineer for procurement, logistics and planning.
• Collaborate with Head of Production, Founder, and software team to set production standards.

Conoscenze

Project management

Manufacturing

Process optimization

AI automation

English fluency

German language (plus)

Startup experience

Cross-functional collaboration

Ownership mindset

Formazione

Master's degree in industrial or mechanical engineering

Descrizione del lavoro

We are looking for an Operations Manager to own how a Vetaion control cabinet gets built, from the customer order to the finished cabinet. The role combines project management and industrial engineering: you run our customer projects end-to-end and improve the process they run through. This is a rare opportunity to build an AI-first production company from 0 to 1.

Tasks

• Own the project management from customer order, through procurement and tracking of parts, production and shipping the cabinet.
• Improve our end-to-end production process: process steps, station layout, and inventory management on the floor.
• Find the bottlenecks that keep us from scaling, and fix them.
• Build automations for manual tasks around procurement, logistics and production planning together with our AI and Automation Engineer
• Collaborate with our Head of Production, the Founder, and our software team to set and implement production standards.

Requirements

• Master's degree in industrial engineering, mechanical engineering or a production-related field with strong grades.
• 2+ years in a high paced environment, such as consulting or a startup.
• Humble, low ego, not afraid to get your hands dirty.
• Hands-on experience in manufacturing or process optimization.
• Get things done mentality: prioritising progress and results over process.
• AI first: you automate your own work before anyone asks you to.
• Fluent in English, German is a plus.
• Ownership through ESOP.
• Scaling from 0 to 1: you shape how this company works, from the processes to the team around you.
• An interdisciplinary team of top performers that will both support and challenge your growth.
• Lunch allowance, a subsidized sports membership and modern tech.
• A new office in Garching, right on top of our own production floor.

Vetaion is building a fully automated production facility for control cabinets in Munich. We use digital twins and robotics to automate the manufacturing process, orchestrated by VetaionOS, our own operating system for the factory.

Our mission is to strengthen Germany as a leading industrial hub. Join our team and our mission, let's reinvent the future of production together!