Head of Global Production Engineering (f/m/x)

Step out of your comfort zone, excel and redefine the limits of what is possible. That's just what our employees are doing every single day – in order to set the pace through our innovations and enable outstanding achievements. After all, behind every successful company are many great fascinating people.

In a spacious modern setting full of opportunities for further development, ZEISS employees work in a place where expert knowledge and team spirit reign supreme. All of this is supported by a special ownership structure and the long-term goal of the Carl Zeiss Foundation: to bring science and society into the future together.

Join us today. Inspire people tomorrow.

Diversity is a part of ZEISS. We look forward to receiving your application silence of gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion, philosophy of life, disability, age, sexual orientation or identity.

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The future of metrology begins at ZEISS

ZEISS Industrial Quality Solution for pioneering measurement technology with more than 100 years of tradition. We develop and produce high-performance tactile, optical 3D and X-ray measuring devices and so offer suitable software solutions for analysing measurement data. With a strong and broad technology and software portfolio, comprehensive expertise and a global presence, ZEISS is a preferred partner in a wide range of industries, electromobility, medical technology, additive manufacturing and aircraft construction. establish and design a global production engineering organizational structure to maximize synergies within the production network. Develop and establish standardization of production and support processes to increase competitiveness

develop and establish a coordinated production system with interface departments from the Operations area

You are responsible for improving lead times (time to market) and developing and implementing new production strategies (medium & long-term)

regular communication with plant managers and global functions (logistics, quality, procurement) from the Operations area to strengthen collaboration, align priorities, and allocate resources purposefully

lead highly qualified teams in a complex and dynamic production environment.

lead, motivate, assess, manage, and develop subordinate employees according to the company's leadership

implement measures for efficient design of the organizational structure processes within your area of responsibility

education (business administration, natural sciences) and additional GPM/IPMA training at least Level B

more than 10 years of leadership experience as well as several years of professional experience in metrology

LEAN and Six Sigma training at least Green Belt

experience in strategic planning and the establishment of new departments/organizational structures, as well as in conceptual processing

intercultural knowledge through stays abroad in different cultural regions

English skills: fluent & proficient in negotiations (Level C2). Additional language skills search as Italian and Chinese are balancing

willingness to travel to national and international IQS production sites

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