Geschäftsführer/in

How You'll Make an Impact

• Take overall leadership responsibility for the Power Transformers operations in Linz, including Order Management, Manufacturing, Testing, Logistics and Quality Management.
• Provide indirect leadership across key local cluster functions including Factory Loading & Operational Excellence, Offer Management, Offer & Order Engineering and Procurement.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key customers, understanding their requirements and ensuring consistently high levels of customer satisfaction.
• Strengthen international collaboration across the MPT cluster, particularly with the sister factories in Dresden, Germany and Trento, Italy, leveraging the global manufacturing footprint to capture market opportunities.
• Drive the continuous development and optimization of state-of-the-art manufacturing processes and quality methodologies.
• Implement cross-factory processes in partnership with the wider cluster and identify opportunities to create synergies and share best practices across the organization.
• Deliver sustainable improvements in process and cost efficiency, productivity, LEAN performance and quality leadership.
• Lead and support transformation initiatives, including digital transformation, automation and the continued development of best-in-class manufacturing capabilities.
• Take a central leadership role in Environment, Health & Safety (EHS) as the site's legally responsible Managing Director (gewerberechtlicher Geschäftsführer) and VBAS.
• Establish trusted and constructive relationships with the wider cluster, other factories, leadership teams, Finance and the Works Council.
• Create a high-performance culture that combines operational discipline with collaboration, continuous improvement and a strong focus on customers.

What You'll Bring

• A successfully completed degree in Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics or a comparable discipline.
• Extensive leadership experience as a Plant Manager, Manufacturing Manager or equivalent senior operations leader, or significant leadership responsibility across at least two areas such as Engineering, Procurement, Planning, Industrial Engineering, Quality Management or Project Management.
• Strong experience within an Engineering-to-Order (ETO) business and an understanding of the operational complexity associated with highly engineered products.
• A proven track record of building, developing and leading best-in-class manufacturing operations.
• Demonstrable experience working directly with customers, identifying their needs and translating these into operational priorities and solutions.
• Experience initiating and leading significant change and transformation programs, particularly within digital transformation and manufacturing automation.
• Deep knowledge of LEAN and Six Sigma methodologies, combined with practical experience successfully applying them within manufacturing environments.
• Strong operational and process-oriented business understanding, together with the ability to balance quality, productivity, cost, delivery and customer requirements.
• Strategic foresight and an entrepreneurial mindset, combined with a collaborative leadership style, resilience and the ability to operate effectively in a complex environment.
• Experience working across international and multicultural organizations, with the ability to collaborate and influence successfully across different countries and functions.
• Business-fluent German and English, with the communication and stakeholder-management skills required to operate confidently at senior leadership level.

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