Vice President Global Industrial Engineering (m/f/d) LOCATION: Munich / Germany | COMPANY: Knorr-Bremse Systeme für Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH | REQUISITION ID: 10885 | Full-time | Regular | ON-SITE/REMOTE: Hybrid <img src="https://rmkcdn.successfactors.com/ed7b1383/2674b0e3-a535-42d7-ad8c-8.jpg" style="height:auto;width:100%"> YOUR TASKS <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 24.4px;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;text-indent:0.4px">Own strategic manufacturing planning, including decisions on the global manufacturing footprint, plant and network structure, and product allocation</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 24.4px;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;text-indent:0.4px">Coordinate all Industrial Engineering activities together with the lead plants; define global equipment standards and align them with lead plants and regions</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 24.4px;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;text-indent:0.4px">Decide on the strategic allocation of investment projects and manage the overall Capex budget</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 24.4px;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;text-indent:0.4px">Guide and oversee decision‑making processes related to equipment investments</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 24.4px;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;text-indent:0.4px">Take end‑to‑end responsibility for the operational product creation process and the industrialization of new products</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 24.4px;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;text-indent:0.4px">Drive digitization in manufacturing and ensure the effective deployment of digital solutions on the shop floor</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 24.4px;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;text-indent:0.4px">Monitor and analyze plant performance, ensuring transparency of key KPIs across all sites</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 24.4px;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;text-indent:0.4px">Define specific strategies, policies and standards for Industrial Engineering and production systems</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 24.4px;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;text-indent:0.4px">Develop and maintain strategic target systems for the global production network</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 24.4px;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;text-indent:0.4px">Take final decisions on budget and allocation of financial, material and human resources within your scope</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 24.4px;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;text-indent:0.4px">Plan the strategic and mid‑term technical development of production technologies</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 24.4px;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;text-indent:0.4px">Ensure aligned production and logistics technologies along the entire value chain</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 24.4px;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;text-indent:0.4px">Ensure continuous analysis and high technical efficiency of all production processes</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 24.4px;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;text-indent:0.4px">Ensure the planning and successful implementation of strategically relevant investment projects in the plants</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt 24.4px;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;text-indent:0.4px">Act as key interface for regions, Business Units and the COO on topics such as standardization, digitization, KPI tracking, footprint decisions and investments</li> </ul> YOUR PROFILE <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 24.4px;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;text-indent:0.4px">Extensive experience in the manufacturing industry, preferably in the automotive or commercial vehicle sector</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 24.4px;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;text-indent:0.4px">Proven leadership track record in Operations, including responsibility for complex production organizations</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 24.4px;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;text-indent:0.4px">In‑depth understanding of manufacturing processes, supply chain management and quality management</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 24.4px;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;text-indent:0.4px">Experience managing global production organizations and dealing with diverse markets, cultures and regulatory environments</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 24.4px;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;text-indent:0.4px">Demonstrated expertise in digitization, operational excellence and resilience in manufacturing operations</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 24.4px;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;text-indent:0.4px">Fluent in English and German</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 24.4px;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;text-indent:0.4px">Demonstrated ability to lead large teams and drive operational excellence</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 24.4px;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;text-indent:0.4px">Strong change‑management capabilities, high social competence and empathy, with a keen sense for nuances</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 24.4px;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;text-indent:0.4px">Outstanding communication skills and the ability to interact confidently across all hierarchical levels</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 24.4px;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;text-indent:0.4px">Strong intuition for priorities and time management, with the ability to advance projects in a focused and pragmatic way</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 24.4px;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;text-indent:0.4px">High level of team spirit, flexibility and pragmatism combined with a structured, analytical and self‑responsible working style, as well as strong integration skills</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt 24.4px;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;text-indent:0.4px">Hands‑on mentality and strong implementation focus</li> </ul> Come and join our team! Let’s shape the future of mobility together! Who are we? Some 32,000 team players around the world, hard at work in over 100 locations across more than 30 countries. As a force for progress on road and rail, we prioritize technical excellence, sustainable business practices and social responsibility. At the last count, our global revenues totaled EUR 7.9 billion. Join us, and you can expect exciting, varied work in an international environment with attractive working conditions – including flexible working hours, sabbaticals and remote work. In addition, you can work up to twenty days a year from abroad in the EU. A broad selection of continuing education programs offers you plenty of opportunities to develop both professionally and personally. And you can look forward to many other benefits, such as sports and healthcare programs, corporate volunteering, JobRad bicycle leasing, subsidized public transit options, and a state-of-the-art workplace with a rich choice of in-house catering options. <img src="https://rmkcdn.successfactors.com/ed7b1383/58166bfe-34ee-42af-80a0-e.jpg" style="height:auto;width:11%"> <img src="https://rmkcdn.successfactors.com/ed7b1383/9ee74945-63e5-4a27-8db1-6.jpg" style="height:auto;width:5%">

Vice President Global Industrial Engineering (m/f/d) (München, DE, 80809) @ Knorr-Bremse

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