Plant Manager (m/f/d)

Job Description

What you can look forward to as Plant Manager (m/f/d):

• Responsible for the following main areas: EHS, Technical Management, Logistic, Quality, Production, Lean, ensure legal requirement compliance ,provide excellent services for all stakeholder, achieve business results (FCM) and develop the team.
• Assure and ensure appropriate assets (manpower, equipment / infrastructure and materials) of the plant are available and deployed to deliver the required and agreed operational performance and new product introduction.
• Lead, manage, coach, mentor, find and develop plant leadership team with passion to ensure that a diverse result/process and problem solving-orientated organization is in place and is cascaded throughout the plant by empowerment, clear accountability and compliance based on ZF PD standards & methods.
• Drive the organization in achieving agreed operational performance/budgets, ensuring the achievement of Daily (SFM Process), Weekly, Monthly (BCC process), Quarterly and Annual (OP/SP), Plant Targets of: Safety Performance, Quality Performance, Internal and External Customer Delivery Performance, Production Volumes, Manufacturing Costs, Productivity, Working Capital, Profit, Cash, Production KPIs and the “6 Vital Few” (LTAR,OPV,ITR, PPP, OEE, FCP) and long-term business objectives based on ZF OP/SP. 
• Drives and fosters an environment of continuous improvement, ensures that there is a long-term vision for the plant supported by a detailed plant roadmap following the “ZF PS Way” with a clear correlation between action and results, following Div/Corp Strategy and ZF PS.
• Based on the ZF planning cycles, the plant manager will construct the Plant OP/SP and resource / infra-structure plan with their superior. 
• Ensure that customers and Unions internally and externally are fully understood and that reliable relationships are established and maintained to the mutual benefit of both parties. 
• Ensure 24 hour support of Production Unit leading the daily agenda and the observation approach

Your profile as Plant Manager (m/f/d): 

• Successfully completed university degree in engineering, economics, manufacturing or comparable area
• Multiple years solid working experience in Operations and relevant Functions
• Multiple years leadership experience incl. coaching/mentoring skills
• Experience in Project Management
• Lean Management, Lean Manufacturing and Continuous Improvement
• Transformation competence and organizational development skills
• Coaching and Mentoring Skills as well as Business / Finance Management Acumen 
• Results/Process/Problem Solving - Oriented as well as in Depth knowledge in Safety, Quality, Delivery, Production and Launch Readiness
• Fluent in English and German language

Why should you choose ZF in Koblenz?

• Corporate health management: with annual activities for employees (e.g. campaigns for colon cancer screening, flu vaccinations, etc.)
• Bike leasing
• Cafeteria
• Purchase benefits (employee discounts)
• Company sports club
• Flexible working hours, mobile work