Global Product Owner, Manufacturing Systems

Embla Medical; Eindhoven; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Strategic impact

Enterprise-wide transformation

International collaboration

Culture of trust

Learning & development

Purpose-driven organization

Job summary

Embla Medical is seeking a Global Product Owner, Manufacturing Systems to lead the definition and governance of the Manufacturing Product across Operations. You will guide transformation across processes, systems, data, governance, and ways of working worldwide.

You will collaborate with Operations, IT and stakeholders to ensure capabilities support operational excellence and enterprise priorities, driving decisions across multiple sites and functions.

Qualifications

• Extensive leadership experience in manufacturing or transformation programs.
• Proven ability to drive large-scale跨-site transformation and governance.
• Strong stakeholder influence without formal authority.

Responsibilities

• Define End-to-End Manufacturing Product vision, roadmap, and operating model.
• Serve as primary business counterpart to IT, aligning tech with manufacturing priorities.
• Establish governance, decision forums, and escalation paths across locations.
• Translate requirements into priorities and investment decisions with balance.
• Lead跨-functional alignment across Manufacturing, Planning, Distribution, and Quality.

Skills

Leadership experience

Stakeholder management

Strategic thinking

Execution

Change management

Communication skills

Tools

ERP systems

MES

APS

Shop-floor systems

Master data management

Job description

Global Product Owner, Manufacturing Systems | Embla Medical

Are you an experienced manufacturing and transformation leader who thrives at the intersection of operations, technology, and business change? Do you enjoy shaping future-state manufacturing capabilities while driving alignment across global sites and functions? Then this could be your next challenge.

Your Role

As a Global Product Owner, Manufacturing Systems, you will lead the definition, governance, and continuous evolution of Embla Medical's Manufacturing Product on behalf of Operations. Acting as the senior business owner for manufacturing process and system transformation, you will shape the future-state manufacturing landscape across processes, systems, data, governance, and ways of working.

You will work closely with Operations leaders, IT, and business stakeholders to ensure manufacturing capabilities support both operational excellence and enterprise priorities. This is a highly strategic and influential role that requires strong operational credibility, leadership presence, and the ability to drive decisions and transformation across multiple manufacturing sites, products, and functions globally.

Your tasks include:

• Define and continuously evolve the End-to-End system ownership (Manufacturing Product) vision, roadmap, governance, and target operating model.
• Act as the primary business counterpart to IT, ensuring technology decisions support manufacturing priorities and business objectives.
• Establish governance structures, decision forums, prioritization principles, and escalation paths across functions and locations.
• Translate manufacturing system requirements into clear priorities and investment decisions while balancing strategic objectives and operational realities.
• Drive alignment across Manufacturing, Planning, Distribution, Procurement, Service, Quality & Regulatory, and other key business functions.
• Lead transformation initiatives involving processes, systems, data, and organizational change.
• Ensure manufacturing, ERP, MES, APS, master data, traceability, quality, and compliance requirements are embedded in future-state solutions.
• Create clarity and structure in complex environments and take ownership for delivering outcomes across multiple stakeholders.

Who Are You?

You are a manufacturing or transformation leader who combines strategic thinking with practical execution. You enjoy navigating complexity, influencing stakeholders, and building alignment across diverse teams and locations. You bring:

• Extensive leadership experience in manufacturing, operations transformation, digital manufacturing, or enterprise product ownership.
• Strong knowledge of ERP, MES, APS, manufacturing platforms, shop-floor systems, master data, and enterprise architecture.
• Deep understanding of manufacturing processes, including planning, production execution, materials flow, capacity management, quality, traceability, and operational performance.
• Experience leading large-scale business transformation, process redesign, or digital manufacturing initiatives.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to build consensus without formal authority.
• Strong analytical and decision-making capabilities, balancing business needs, technical possibilities, and organizational constraints.
• Outstanding communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively from shop-floor teams to executive leadership.
• A proactive, action-oriented mindset and the ability to thrive in environments where not everything is fully defined.

What We Can Offer

At Embla Medical, you will have the opportunity to shape the future of manufacturing within a global organization dedicated to improving people's mobility. You will work alongside talented colleagues across Operations, Digital, and Business functions while influencing strategic decisions that impact our global footprint. We also offer:

• A meaningful role with significant strategic impact across our manufacturing network.
• The opportunity to lead enterprise-wide transformation initiatives.
• Collaboration with international stakeholders and leadership teams.
• A culture built on trust, empowerment, and continuous improvement.
• Professional development opportunities and ongoing learning.
• A purpose-driven organization committed to helping people live a life without limitations.

Join us in our mission to improve people's mobility.