About this role
<p style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">As Plant Manager, you will assume full responsibility for the DRÄXLMAIER plant in Hunedoara – a site with around 1,000 employees and a strong focus on injection molding and assembly for international OEMs. Your mission is to lead the plant operationally, establish clear structures, and drive its ongoing modernization and digital transformation.</span></p> <p style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><strong><span style="color:#0097ac">Key Responsibilities:</span></strong></span></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"> </p> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.4px;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;text-indent:0.4px"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Full leadership responsibility for all employees and the site management team, both disciplinary and functional</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.4px;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;text-indent:0.4px"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">P&L ownership, budget planning and control and optimization of cost and value<span style="font-family:'Cambria Math', serif">‑</span>creation structures</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.4px;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;text-indent:0.4px"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Ensuring high<span style="font-family:'Cambria Math', serif">‑</span>quality, stable and on<span style="font-family:'Cambria Math', serif">‑</span>time production processes in line with customer requirements</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.4px;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;text-indent:0.4px"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Building clear workflows, advancing organizational development, and actively driving the digital transformation (including SAP S/4HANA)</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.4px;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;text-indent:0.4px"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Implementing Lean and Continuous Improvement initiatives (e.g. PDCA, Six Sigma) to sustainably increase productivity</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.4px;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;text-indent:0.4px"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Developing talent, strengthening leadership capability, and deriving site<span style="font-family:'Cambria Math', serif">‑</span>specific targets</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.4px;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;text-indent:0.4px"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Close collaboration with international DRÄXLMAIER plants and global functions</span></li> </ul> <p style="margin:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><strong><span style="color:#0097ac">Candidate Profile:</span></strong></span></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"> </p> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.4px;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;text-indent:0.4px"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Completed technical university degree (e.g. mechanical engineering), ideally with additional commercial training or corresponding professional background</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.4px;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;text-indent:0.4px"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Several years of leadership experience in a comparable role within the automotive supplier industry (Tier 1)</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.4px;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;text-indent:0.4px"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Strong expertise in injection molding and as well as automation and, ideally, tool technology in the thermoplastics or silicone sector</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.4px;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;text-indent:0.4px"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Proven competence in financial steering and P&L responsibility</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.4px;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;text-indent:0.4px"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Strong leadership and change management skills with a structured, hands<span style="font-family:'Cambria Math', serif">‑</span>on and execution<span style="font-family:'Cambria Math', serif">‑</span>driven approach</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.4px;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;text-indent:0.4px"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Willingness to relocate to the Hunedoara area and travel as required</span></li> </ul> <p style="margin:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><strong><span style="color:#0097ac">Our Offer: </span></strong></span></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><strong> </strong></span></p> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.4px;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;text-indent:0.4px"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">A key leadership position at a strategically important DRÄXLMAIER plant</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.4px;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;text-indent:0.4px"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Significant scope for shaping processes and structures during an ongoing modernization phase</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.4px;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;text-indent:0.4px"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Modern work equipment and the option of a local contract or expatriate arrangement</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.4px;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;text-indent:0.4px"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The opportunity to lead a high‑potential plant and its teams into the next phase of development</span></li> </ul><table style="width:1000.0px" border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:14.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">If you are an enthusiast person and you want to develop professionally in an international environment, please send us your application!</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">All candidates that fit the profile will be contacted in maximum 3 weeks.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify"> </p> <p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000">Contact person: <span contenteditable="false">Yulia Vaygel</span><br>Contact details: <span contenteditable="false">[email protected]</span></span></span></span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table>