Head of Manufacturing Excellence (m/f/d)

Would you like to redesign your work and work in a dynamic environment? In a family-owned company operating throughout Europe, which offers you interesting tasks and challenges? Do you share our corporate values of respect, commitment and sustainability?

Then we are the right company for you. We are looking forward to your application!

Your Tasks:

• You drive organizational development in our plants by strengthening technical, methodological, and leadership capabilities.
• You develop and implement the ManEx strategy, engaging key stakeholders and ensuring alignment across management and mills.
• You foster a collaborative leadership culture within the ManEx Team and across mill operations.
• You introduce and standardize company-wide practices to enhance efficiency, technological leadership, and overall profitability.
• Maintenance Excellence program is part of the ManEx program.
• You create and implement technical training packages to build operational capability.
• You support cost‑reduction and efficiency initiatives to continuously increase mill competitiveness.
• You organize networking and knowledge exchange between mills, OPM, and Group Functions.
• You coach and develop the ManEx Team using WEPA tools such as PEP, StrengthsFinder, Engagement Surveys, and Development & Succession Planning.

Your Profile:

• Qualification: You hold a degree in engineering or a related field.
• Experience & Know-How: 
  • At least 10 years of professional experience in the field of manufacturing excellence.
  • You have extensive Leadership experience in leading big organizations (plant Manager position).
  • Extensive operational experience in production processes and their development and optimization.
  • You have experience of successfully leading cross-functional teams across multiple, international locations.
  • Good knowledge of manufacturing excellence tools and experience in their implementation.
• Working: You improve ways of working, drive performance and make smart decisions based on solid business understanding.
• Languages: You have excellent English skills, both written and spoken; German, French, Italian are of advantage.

• Personality: You are a continuously learning, adaptable, responsible, collaborative, supportive, and clear‑communicating leader who gives purpose and empowers others.

Your Benefits:

• Attractive remuneration: You will be paid in accordance with the collective agreement, which provides for an attractive basic salary as well as vacation and Christmas bonuses.
• Flexible and mobile working: We offer you flexible working (time) models to enable the right balance between mobile working and office presence.
• Company pension scheme and lifetime working time account: We support you with a company pension scheme as well as a lifetime working time account, enabling various models of individual life planning, e.g. early retirement or a sabbatical.
• WEPA Academy: With our holistic training concept we identify and facilitate personal career and development opportunities. Qualified and committed employees are and remain the most important success factor for WEPA.
• Sustainable personnel policy: A low fluctuation rate and long periods of employment characterise working at WEPA.
• Health & Wellbeing: You can expect a wide range of health activities, cooperation with various fitness studios and the external employee support programme OTHEB.

The benefits shown may vary slightly depending on the position and location.