Manager Manufacturing

As
Team Lead Production – Positioners & Sensors (m/f/d), you will take both functional and disciplinary responsibility for one of our production teams and ensure that high-quality finished products are reliably assembled from supplied components and subassemblies. You will drive stable operations, high process quality, and on-time execution of manufacturing orders.
This role requires strong leadership skills combined with a solid technical background, process-oriented thinking, decisiveness, and a clear commitment to continuous improvement. When production challenges arise, you work closely with your team to quickly identify and implement customer-focused solutions. You confidently collaborate across functions while balancing safety, quality, cost efficiency, delivery performance, and employee engagement.

• Lead and develop the Positioners & Sensors production team, including workforce planning, employee development, and performance management.
• Ensure a stable, safe, and efficient manufacturing process, from released production input to tested finished product.
• Manage and monitor production execution with respect to safety, quality, cost, delivery performance, and team effectiveness.
• Continuously analyze and improve processes, workflows, and production conditions.
• Proactively identify, elevate, and resolve deviations, bottlenecks, and disruptions in daily operations.
• Collaborate closely with Planning, R&D, Manufacturing Engineering, Procurement, and Quality.
• Support product introductions, engineering changes, prototypes, and pre-series production activities in cooperation with relevant stakeholders.
• Actively promote continuous improvement (CIP), standardization, lean principles, and digital collaboration.

• Completed technical vocational training with further qualification as a Master Craftsman (Meister) or Technician, or alternatively a degree in an engineering or related technical discipline.
• Several years of experience in a manufacturing environment, ideally within a technically demanding assembly or precision manufacturing setting.
• Proven experience in leading and developing employees.
• Strong technical understanding of products and manufacturing processes, including component, subassembly, and final assembly operations.
• Experience with shop floor management, KPI systems, lean methodologies, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Proficiency in ERP systems, Microsoft Office applications, and digital manufacturing tools.
• Strong communication and conflict-resolution skills, sound decision-making ability, and a passion for driving and implementing change.

• An exciting opportunity with an internationally active and well-established mid-sized company, offering flat hierarchies and short decision-making paths
• Flexibility for goal-oriented and results-driven work in a collaborative, open, and respectful environment
• We support flexibility and work-life balance through flexible working hours, remote work options, and 30 days of annual leave
• A structured and personalized onboarding experience, including support from your dedicated atto Buddy
• A strong commitment to lifelong learning, supported by targeted professional development and training opportunities
• A state-of-the-art office building with excellent access to Munich's suburban rail network, employee parking, Job Rad bicycle leasing, bike parking facilities, and on-site showers
• Access to a wide range of employee discounts through our Corporate Benefits program
• Regular company and team events, because enjoying what we do together is important to us
• Support for your well-being through our atto
  
  Care program, company pension scheme, and health & wellness initiatives
• Complimentary fresh fruit and beverages, as well as subsidized freshly prepared meals in our company restaurant
• EGYM Wellpass membership

Fabienne von Hessen