ZEISS | Germany | 73xxx Oberkochen (Baden-Württemberg) | Permanent position | Full time | Published since: 01.09.2025 on stepstone.de
Head of Global Production Engineering (m/w/x)
English
Trust something new, grow beyond itself and redefine the boundaries of the feasible. That is exactly what our employees can and should live daily. To set the pace with our innovations and make it great. Because there are a lot of fascinating people behind every successful company. ZEISS employees work in an open and modern environment with numerous development and further training opportunities. Our culture is characterized by expert knowledge and team spirit. All this is supported by the special ownership structure and the long-term goal of the Carl-Zeiss Foundation: to advance science and society together.
Today dare. Inspire tomorrow.
Diversity is part of ZEISS. We look forward to your application regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion, world view, disability, age as well as sexual orientation and identity.
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English
Trust something new, grow beyond itself and redefine the boundaries of the feasible. That is exactly what our employees can and should live daily. To set the pace with our innovations and make it great. Because there are a lot of fascinating people behind every successful company. ZEISS employees work in an open and modern environment with numerous development and further training opportunities. Our culture is characterized by expert knowledge and team spirit. All this is supported by the special ownership structure and the long-term goal of the Carl-Zeiss Foundation: to advance science and society together.
Today dare. Inspire tomorrow.
Diversity is part of ZEISS. We look forward to your application regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion, world view, disability, age as well as sexual orientation and identity.
Apply now! In less than 10 minutes.
The future of measuring technology begins at ZEISS
ZEISS Industrial Quality Solution stands for ground-breaking measurement technology with more than 100 years of tradition. We develop and produce high-performance tactile, optical 3D and X-ray measuring instruments and simultaneously offer suitable software solutions for evaluating the measurement data. With a strong and broad technology and software portfolio, comprehensive know-how as well as a global set-up, ZEISS is a leading partner in a wide range of industrial sectors, such as electromobility, medical technology, additive manufacturing and aircraft engineering.
Construction and design of a global production engineering organization structure to maximize synergies of the production network
Establish production and support processes and develop (further) to increase competitiveness
Development and establishment of a coordinated production system with interface divisions from Operations
Responsibility for improving transit times (time to market) and the development and implementation of new production strategies (medium & long term)
regular communication with factory managers of our international production sites, as well as the global functions (logistics, quality, purchasing) in the field of operations to strengthen cooperation in order to coordinate priorities and to be able to target resources
Head of highly qualified teams in a complex and dynamic production environment
Conducting, designing, assessing, controlling and developing the employees under the management principles of the company
Implementation of measures for the efficient design of the organisation of structures and procedures in the area of responsibility
Studies (economic, scientific) and additional GPM / IPMA training at least. Level B
more than 10 years of leadership experience and several years of professional experience in measuring technology
LEAN and Sig Sigma training at least. Green Belt
Experience in the strategic planning and construction of new departments/organisational structures and in conceptual work-ups
intercultural knowledge through stays abroad in different cultures
English knowledge: fluent & negotiated (Level C2). Other language skills such as Italian and Chinese are of advantage
readiness to travel to the national and international IQS production sites
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Oberkochen (Baden-Württemberg) | ||
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