Department Head Production
Confidential client
Department Head Production
Managing a production department with responsibility for achieving production, quality, cost, and safety objectives. Central tasks include leading and developing the assigned production managers, as well as the operational and strategic management of the production areas.
Your responsibilities
- Take responsibility for a part of the production
- Lead and develop production managers professionally, disciplinarily, and organizationally
- Ensure production, quality, cost, and safety objectives are met
- Establish a leadership culture and implement decisions consistently
- Implement the specifications of plant management in the production areas
- Ensure compliance with management systems and legal requirements
- Analyze production, quality, and cost indicators and derive actions
- Strengthen Lean and CIP culture and implement improvements
- Coordinate and implement projects with plant management and relevant interfaces
- Identify investment needs, evaluate projects, and support their implementation
Your profile
- Completed technical education in mechanical engineering, metal technology, production technology or a comparable field
- Ideally an HTL degree or equivalent qualification
- Several years of leadership experience in a manufacturing company; took responsibility for larger teams, multiple production areas, or a department
- Experience in leading and developing managers
- Experience in process optimization and handling relevant production indicators
- Confident handling of ERP systems
- High standard of quality
- Strong awareness of work safety, costs, productivity, and reliability
- Entrepreneurial thinking and solution-oriented actions
- Clear communication, decisiveness, assertiveness, and an appreciative leadership culture
Benefits
- Flexible working hours
- Varied responsibilities
- On-site cafeteria with daily meal allowance
- Internal and external training opportunities
- Company physician
- Bike leasing through a partner
- Free parking, EV charging stations, and bike room
- Support for future pension schemes (company pension)
- Home office options depending on the company department
- Discounts through corporate benefits and partners
About the company
The recruiting company is seeking reinforcement at the Bad Sankt Leonhard im Lavanttal location.
The client is treated confidentially in this process. You will learn the name during the application process.
Your contact person

Markus Bauer
Recruiting Consultant IT & Technology
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