Your role is to identify inefficiencies, uncover root causes, and translate operational data into clear insights, concrete actions, and measurable results. You will play a central role in strengthening Operational Excellence, standardizing KPIs, and supporting continuous improvement initiatives across all sites.
Key Responsibilities:
Performance Partnering & Operational Transparency
- Act as a trusted sparring partner to the COO, plant managers, and operations leaders on performance, efficiency, cost, and improvement topics
- Establish and continuously improve standardized operational KPIs, reporting structures, and controlling processes across all production sites
- Prepare concise, decision-oriented management reports and presentations for the executive team
Operational Performance Management & Improvement
- Identify slow, inefficient, or error-prone processes and proactively propose data-driven improvement measures
- Analyze, harmonize, and continuously optimize global operational KPIs, including productivity, throughput, scrap, rework, lead time, and capacity utilization
- Identify cost drivers, operational risks, and performance gaps across the global production network
Continuous Improvement & Operational Controlling
- Challenge and support plant managers with clear analyses, insights, and actionable recommendations
- Support global Lean and Continuous Improvement initiatives with robust performance tracking
- Monitor production performance, margins, variances, and inventory levels; analyze deviations and explain root causes at group level
- Support global budgeting, forecasting, and long-term operational planning processes
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Work closely with production, procurement, logistics, quality, engineering, and group controlling teams worldwide to ensure alignment and execution excellence