Operations Manager (m/f/d) - Global Engineering

Voith GmbH Group; Glo (KY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Voith Group is seeking an Operations Manager (m/f/d) for Global Engineering. The role focuses on KPI-based reporting, capacity planning, and cross-site coordination across Voith Hydro locations worldwide.

Strong analytical skills and experience with Power BI or QlikSense are essential, along with English fluency and travel readiness. The position requires a technical or business degree and several years in engineering reporting or related fields within international organizations.

Qualifications

• Requires technical or business degree relevant to engineering or analytics.
• Multiple years in engineering reporting, capacity planning, or related field, preferably international.
• Strong analytical skills with experience handling large data sets.
• Experience in KPI development, reporting processes and performance tracking.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for coordinating across sites and cultures.
• Ability to travel internationally up to 10%.
• Fluency in English, both written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Prepare KPI-based monthly engineering reporting at a global level and coordinate with regional teams.
• Implement and manage a regular working rhythm for the global OTC engineering organization.
• Plan capacity and ensure cross-location cooperation to prevent bottlenecks.
• Analyze data and ensure quality using tools like Power BI or QlikSense to derive KPIs.
• Coordinate cross-site engineering teams and communicate with management and various functions.
• Validate data streams and suggest simplifications and automation of processes.
• Create global monthly reporting and review regional monthly reporting.
• Support standardization and uniformity of regional engineering reporting.
• Track internal work packages related to KPI delivery and key project milestones.

Skills

KPI development

Data interpretation

Analytical thinking

Cross-cultural communication

Project coordination

Education

Engineering / Industrial Engineering / Business Analytics degree

Tools

Power BI

QlikSense

Job description

Operations Manager (m/f/d) - Global Engineering Job Description

About the Voith Group

The Voith Group is a global technology company. With its broad portfolio of systems, products, services and digital applications, Voith sets standards in the markets of energy, paper, raw materials and transport & automotive. Founded in 1867, the company today has around 20,700 employees, sales of € 4,8 billion and locations in over 60 countries worldwide and is thus one of the larger family-owned companies in Europe.

Operations Manager (m/f/d) - Global Engineering

Job ID 78034 | at any of our global Voith Hydro locations

Your tasks

• Accountable for the preparation of KPI-based, monthly engineering reporting at a global level and coordination with regional teams.
• Implementation and management of a regular working rhythm for the global OTC engineering organization in Voith Hydro.
• Systematic capacity planning and assurance of cross-location cooperation to proactively avoid and relieve capacity bottlenecks.
• Data analysis and quality assurance of large data sets using analytical tools (e.g., Qliksense, Power BI), from which KPIs are derived.
• Cross-site coordination of engineering teams and close communication with management, including Engineering Quality and Engineering Excellence functions.
• Validation of data streams and their consistency; providing suggestions for simplification and automation of processes.
• Creation of global monthly reporting and review of regional monthly reporting.
• Supporting and ensuring the standardization and uniformity of regional engineering reporting.
• Proactive tracking of internal work packages related to the KPIs of the global OTC engineering organization, especially the tracking of critical project deliverables.

Your profile

• Successfully completed technical or business degree (e.g., engineering, industrial engineering, business analytics) or comparable qualification.
• Several years of professional experience in engineering reporting, capacity planning, or a related field, preferably in an international organization.
• Strong analytical skills and experience in handling and interpreting large data sets, ideally with Qliksense, Power BI, or similar analysis tools.
• Sound knowledge of KPI development, reporting processes, and performance tracking.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to coordinate and motivate teams across different sites and cultural backgrounds.
• Manage cross-site teams and interface with management and various functions.
• Experience in process validation, automation, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• High degree of initiative, structured and solution-oriented working style, and ability to work independently.
• Fluent English skills, both written and spoken.
• Willingness to travel internationally as required (10%).

This position can be filled at any of our global Voith Hydro locations (except Germany). The remote work policies will adhere to the regulations of the specific location where you are based - this is not a fully remote position.