Your Opportunities

• Permanent full-time position with GEWISS Deutschland GmbH
• Responsible and diverse role within a financially strong and future-oriented company
• Comprehensive onboarding and professional training
• High degree of autonomy with excellent opportunities for personal and professional development
• Flat hierarchies and short decision-making processes
• Opportunity to work in an international, innovative, and sustainability-focused environment
• Career development prospects toward a Plant Manager position and within an internationally operating corporate group

Your Responsibilities

As Deputy Plant Manager (m/f/d), you will support and relieve the Plant Manager in the leadership and continuous development of our production facility. Your key responsibilities include:

Production Planning and Control

• Ensuring on-time, cost-effective, and high-quality production
• Planning and coordinating personnel, materials, and machine capacities
• Monitoring compliance with production and quality standards
• Analyzing existing production processes and identifying optimization opportunities

Technical Management

• Ensuring the technical availability and reliability of all production equipment
• Planning and overseeing maintenance and servicing activities
• Optimizing production facilities and manufacturing processes
• Ensuring compliance with legal, technical, and health & safety requirements

Process Optimization and Lean Management

• Implementing and further developing Lean Manufacturing methodologies (e.g., 5S)
• Managing and monitoring continuous improvement activities (CIP)
• Developing and implementing new processes, quality control systems, and efficiency measures
• Driving initiatives to reduce costs and increase productivity

Quality Management

• Ensuring product quality in accordance with Total Quality Management (TQM) principles and relevant industry standards
• Supporting the maintenance and continuous improvement of management systems according to:
  • ISO 9001
  • ISO 14001
  • ISO 45001
• Assisting with audits and certification processes

Budget and Project Responsibility

• Supporting budget planning and cost controlling activities
• Coordinating and monitoring investment and maintenance projects
• Collaborating with internal and external experts

International Collaboration

• Willingness to travel to the GEWISS Headquarters in Italy
• Coordinating with suppliers and participating in joint analyses and projects
• Supporting investments and modernization projects for production equipment

People Leadership

• Functional and disciplinary leadership of production employees
• Workforce and resource planning
• Motivating, developing, and supporting team members

Health, Safety and Environmental Management

• Ensuring compliance with all occupational health, safety, and environmental regulations
• Promoting a sustainable culture of safety, quality, and continuous improvement

Your Profile

Qualifications

• Completed vocational training with further qualification as a State-Certified Technician (m/f/d) or a degree in Electrical Engineering
• Alternatively, a comparable technical qualification

Professional Experience

• Several years of leadership experience in an industrial manufacturing environment
• Knowledge of modern production technologies and quality assurance methods
• Experience in production management and process optimization

Technical Expertise

• Strong technical understanding and analytical thinking skills
• Solid knowledge of manufacturing technologies, cost calculation, and technical process management
• Experience with Lean Management and Continuous Improvement Processes (CIP) is an advantage

IT Skills

• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications (Outlook, Word, Excel)
• Experience with ERP systems, ideally SAP

Language Skills

• Native-level German proficiency or at least C2 level
• English proficiency at preferably C1 level

Personal Strengths

• Strong leadership and communication skills
• Structured, independent, and results-oriented approach to work
• Assertiveness and strong decision-making abilities
• High level of problem-solving capability and a hands-on mentality