Senior Lean Manager (m/f/d)

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.

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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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ZEISS Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology Enabler for smaller, more powerful and more energy-efficient microchips

Work where the morning arises. What can't be missing from a smartphone? Exactly, the microchip – the heart of any electronically controlled system. About 80 percent of all microchips worldwide are manufactured using ZEISS technologies. ZEISS is a technology leader in semiconductor manufacturing equipment. With high-precision lithography optics, photomask systems and solutions for process control, ZEISS enables the production of increasingly smaller, more powerful and more energy-efficient microchips – and thus decisively shapes the age of microelectronics and nanoelectronics with its innovations.

Work where the morning arises. In the field of Operational Excellence, you actively shape the factory of the future and make a direct contribution to the production of our high-precision lithography optics and other key components for the production of modern microchips. As a cross-functional team, together with the production areas, we lift the full potential of our production, develop lean standards and smart methods and bring them directly to the shop floor. With innovative digitization and automation solutions, we continue to shape our Smart Factory and ensure a continuously optimized value chain across all production sections.

Your role You initiate, control and responsible for cross-departmental optimization and transformation projects in operations

You analyze challenging production and business processes with high technological innovation and actively promote the further development of our Smart Factory

You conduct independent experiments directly at the shopfloor, promote data-based decisions and consistently question the status quo

You coach executives and teams, promote sustainable optimization culture and ensure strategic reporting for senior management in operations

You work closely at the interface between operations, development, quality, supply chain and business fields to effectively interlink process and technology optimization

You are prepared specifically for further management or management tasks and develop the necessary skills

Successfully completed studies of production technology, mechanical engineering or a comparable discipline, ideally you have a doctorate

At least five years of professional experience, ideally in consulting, with detectable successes in efficiency and change management projects

Enthusiasm for change, joy in challenging the status quo and strong will for design

A high level of self-sufficiency, readiness to use, flexibility and sense of responsibility as well as a targeted and efficient operation

Funded knowledge in different production processes as well as deep methodology and expertise (e.g. Lean, Six Sigma, ERP, MES, Industry 4.0)

German and English knowledge in word and writing