Product Industrialisation Lead: Scale & Automate Production

HENSOLDT AG; Irene; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working models

Competitive salary

Structured talent development

Job summary

HENSOLDT South Africa is seeking a Product Industrialisation Manager to lead end-to-end industrialisation of products, translating designs into efficient production solutions. The role defines processes, establishes facilities, and oversees commissioning and handover while driving automation and digitalisation.

The candidate should have a strong engineering background (BEng-level) with 8+ years in industrialisation, DFMA/DFMAS, and cross-functional leadership across the value chain.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years’ relevant experience; 10+ years preferred.
• Experience in DFMA/DFMAS and in design/manufacturing-process optimisation.
• Strong background in electro-mechanical product design and development.
• Experience across end-to-end supply value chain from business development to delivery.
• Knowledge of system acquisition and product lifecycle principles.

Responsibilities

• Establish and continuously improve product-industrialisation frameworks across the lifecycle.
• Define industrialisation roadmaps aligning engineering, programme and operations.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams to clarify objectives, dependencies and resources.
• Direct manufacturing readiness, commissioning and handover activities to Operations.
• Build and lead the Product Industrialisation team with structured skills development.

Skills

System lifecycle understanding

Industrialisation leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

BEng in Industrial Engineering / BEng Honours / BEng Management or related

Tools

System Acquisition & Product Lifecycle

Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA/DFMAS)

LEAN Manufacturing

Manufacturing Process Design

Production Facility Planning

Manufacturing Readiness & Commissioning

Production Automation & Digitalisation

Job description

HENSOLDT South Africa is seeking a Product Industrialisation Manager to lead end-to-end industrialisation of products, translating designs into efficient production solutions. The role defines processes, establishes facilities, and oversees commissioning and handover while driving automation and digitalisation.

The candidate should have a strong engineering background (BEng-level) with 8+ years in industrialisation, DFMA/DFMAS, and cross-functional leadership across the value chain.