Production and Planning Manager (f/m/div.)

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate daily production activities to meet safety, quality, delivery, and cost targets
• Monitor production performance (quality, delivery, cost) and take corrective actions to address deviations
• Collaborate closely with Quality, Engineering, Supply Chain, Maintenance ana continuous improvement teams
• Ensure compliance with company policies, customer requirements, and regulatory standards
• Own the production planning process, including capacity planning, scheduling, and load leveling
• Ensure alignment between customer demand, material availability, and manufacturing capacity
• Monitor and improve key planning KPIs such as OTD, lead time, WIP, and inventory levels
• Drive S&OP execution at site level in coordination with customer or KAM
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives using Lean, Six Sigma, and other CI methodologies
• Identify and eliminate waste, bottlenecks, and inefficiencies across manufacturing and planning processes
• Facilitate Kaizen events, value stream mapping, and root cause analysis
• Standardize best practices and support deployment across lines or sites
• Lead, coach, and develop production and planning teams
• Promote a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement
• Promote the employee satisfaction in the team with continuous involvement
• Foster strong communication across cross-functional and multicultural teams