Head of Production - 4NE1 (Mensch)

Your mission & challenges

You lead and develop our assembly of electromechanical components, optimize our manufacturing processes in a lasting way and create the operational foundation for our continued growth.

• Leading around 40 employees in assembly, both disciplinarily and professionally

• Ensuring on-time, high-quality and cost-effective production in line with all safety standards, and planning personnel, capacity and orders based on material availability

• Keeping production flows stable, spotting bottlenecks early and consistently implementing countermeasures

• Analyzing, standardizing and continuously improving assembly processes with lean management, KAIZEN and CIP

• Building a KPI-based shopfloor management with clear responsibilities and binding control loops

• Developing scalable production structures, planning capacity expansions and guiding new products from industrialization into stable series production

• Working closely with Engineering, Work Preparation, Quality Assurance, Purchasing and Logistics

• Developing a high-performing, accountable production organization, qualifying employees and leaders, and supporting change together with your teams

What we can look forward to

• A completed engineering degree in production engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, mechatronics or a comparable field, and/or vocational training in a metalworking or electrical trade

• Several years of professional and leadership experience in industrial production, ideally in the assembly of demanding electromechanical components or systems

• Solid knowledge of production organization, planning and operational control of assembly, as well as ERP systems

• Solid knowledge of lean production, KAIZEN, CIP and shopfloor management, and confident handling of production KPIs

• Experience steering change processes and building up production structures in a growing environment

• A situational, appreciative and consistent leadership style, with a hands-on mentality and presence on the shopfloor

• Open, clear and reliable communication, from the assembly line to top management

• The ability to set priorities, decide under time pressure, think analytically and act as a role model

Nice to have: Experience in industrialization and production ramp-up of new products.