Plant Manager

Wesconi; Baden-Württemberg; Remote; EUR 110.000 - 170.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Wesconi in Germany seeks an experienced Plant Manager to lead a high-visibility production site with more than 400 employees, focusing on shopfloor leadership and production performance.

You will drive operational excellence, coordinate production, engineering, quality, maintenance and supply chain, and develop the plant management team while ensuring safety, quality and adherence to company standards.

Qualifikationen

• Senior leadership experience in a large industrial plant (400+ employees).
• Strong technical/manufacturing background with deep production process knowledge.
• Shopfloor-focused leadership style with hands-on approach.

Aufgaben

• Overall responsibility for the operational performance of the production plant.
• Lead and develop plant management and production organization.
• Drive productivity, quality, delivery, and cost improvements.
• Ensure safety, quality, and compliance with standards.
• Collaborate with engineering, quality, maintenance, and supply chain.

Kenntnisse

Shopfloor leadership

People leadership

Operational excellence

Production management

Process improvement

Ausbildung

Engineering/Technical degree

Jobbeschreibung

We are looking for an experienced Plant Manager with a strong technical background for our client, a German manufacturing company, to lead a production site in Southern Germany with responsibility for more than 400 employees and a strong focus on shopfloor leadership and production performance.

Southern Germany

ASAP

Duration: unlimited

Responsibilities:

• Overall responsibility for the operational performance of the production plant.
• Lead and manage a manufacturing organization with more than 400 employees.
• Ensure efficient, stable, and high-quality production operations.
• Maintain a strong presence on the shopfloor and work closely with production teams and operational management.
• Drive improvements in productivity, manufacturing processes, quality, delivery performance, and cost efficiency.
• Lead, develop, and motivate the plant management team and production organization.
• Identify operational challenges and implement effective corrective and improvement measures.
• Promote a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.
• Ensure effective cooperation between production, engineering, quality, maintenance, supply chain, and other plant functions.
• Ensure compliance with applicable safety, quality, and company standards.

Requirements:

• Several years of successful experience as Plant Manager, Operations Manager, Production Director, or in a comparable senior manufacturing leadership position.
• Proven experience leading a large industrial production organization, ideally with 400+ employees.
• Strong technical and manufacturing background with a deep understanding of production processes.
• Demonstrated ability to manage operations directly from the shopfloor and to work effectively with production teams at all organizational levels.
• Strong expertise in production management, operational excellence, process improvement, and performance management.
• Hands-on, pragmatic, and results-oriented leadership style.
• Strong people leadership skills with the ability to develop managers and build high-performing teams.
• Technical or engineering education is strongly preferred.
• Fluent German is required, English is an advantage.
• Willingness to work on-site in Southern Germany.