KNDS | Germany | 34xxx Kassel | Permanent position | Full time | Published since: 16.02.2026 on stepstone.de
Senior Manager Operational Excellence (m/f/d)
KNDS Germany develops, manufactures and maintains a wide-spread product portfolio as a system house. These include combat tanks, highly protected wheel vehicles, artillery systems, military bridges, customer service and training solutions. As part of the KNDS Group, we stand for the start of the consolidation of the industry for military land systems in Europe. We offer highly interesting, complex and challenging activities in a collegial environment. Our employees appreciate this, whether in development, production or administration. We successfully combine innovative capability with tradition and many years of experience.
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You are responsible for the development and continuous implementation of a holistic lean and surgical extract strategy to increase efficiency, quality and competitiveness. In addition, you conduct a comprehensive analysis of existing processes, identify potential improvements and implement sustainable measures to achieve the company's long-term goals. In addition, you plan, manage and manage cross-departmental lean and digitization projects, ensuring that You are implemented in a timely, secure, regulatory and budget-oriented manner. In addition, you build, develop and control a comprehensive KPI system for the transparent measurement of progress, effectiveness and success of lean and digitization initiatives and report regularly to overriding bodies. You take over the professional leadership and further development of an interdisciplinary team of Lean experts and KVP-Coaches and advise the specialist areas regarding relevant methods in production. Furthermore, you promote and control the anchoring of continuous improvement processes in day-to-day business by driving the implementation of lean principles and best practices sustainably.
You have a successfully completed degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Economics or an equivalent qualification. Long-term, relevant professional experience in the Lean/Opex environment as well as in the digitization of production and supply chain processes you have already been able to collect. Finding knowledge of Lean methods (e.g. Kaizen, Six Sigma, 5S, VSM) as well as experience with digitalization platforms and automation solutions are your expertise. In addition, you have detectable experience in the management and professional control of interdisciplinary teams. A high readiness to travel and proven experience from industrially producing companies are yours. You bring well-founded project management experiences and knowledge of English (min. B2-Level). Your very good business knowledge as well as comprehensive MS Office knowledge and your strong communication and moderation capability complete your profile.
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Location
 | KNDS | |
| 34127 Kassel | ||
| Germany |
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