Senior Production Excellence Manager

About tonies:

tonies is the globally leading interactive audio platform for children with more than 10 million Tonieboxes and 125 million Tonies sold. The intuitive and award-winning audio system has changed the way young children play and learn independently with its child-safe, wireless, and screen-free approach. Tonieboxes have been activated in over 100 countries, the content portfolio includes around 1,400 Tonies in several languages.

Since its inception, tonies has achieved significant milestones, including listing on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in November 2021 as well as a globally present team of over 550 dedicated professionals operating from various countries.

Your Profile

• University degree in Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Production Technology, or a comparable field

• At least 5 years of professional experience in Production Excellence, Lean Manufacturing, Operational Excellence, or Supplier Development

• Strong knowledge of common Lean methodologies and continuous improvement approaches

• Six Sigma Black Belt

• Hands‑on experience on the shopfloor and in facilitating workshops

• Analytical strength combined with pragmatic execution skills

• Solid experience in supplier development, ideally in an international environment

• Confident appearance, assertiveness, and strong communication skills

• Excellent English skills and willingness to travel to production sites

What Sets You Apart

• End‑to‑end thinking and data‑driven decision‑making

• Hands‑on mentality with high implementation strength

• Ability to actively drive change and embed improvements sustainably

• High personal responsibility and structured working style

• Excellent communication and influencing skills

• Global Teamwork: We collaborate across departmental and country borders on our vision to bring the Toniebox into every child's room in the world.
• Come as you are: This applies not only to the dress code but also to everything else. Because only where you truly feel comfortable can you give your best.
• Mobility: Choose the option that suits you best - a Deutschlandticket (public transport ticket) for unlimited mobility, a monthly contribution for an office parking space, a leasing bicycle, or a remote work subsidy.
• Enhanced Security: Benefit from subsidies for company pension plans, occupational pension schemes, and occupational disability insurance.
• Rest & Time Off:Enjoy 30 days of paid annual leave as well as three additional days off such as Rosenmontag, Christmas Eve, and New Year's Eve. After one year of employment, you can also use up to 10 "toniecation days" (unpaid leave days).
• Continuous Learning: Benefit from our internal and external training opportunities as well as an individual learning budget to continuously expand your knowledge.
• Language Learning & Relaxation: Improve your communication skills with the language learning app Babbel and find relaxation through our access to the meditation app Calm.
• Discounts: Benefit from attractive discounts on our entire range of tonies products.

As part of our principles, we are committed to supporting inclusion and diversity at tonies®. We actively celebrate our colleagues’ different abilities, ethnicities, faith and gender. Everyone is welcome and supported in their development at all stages in their journey with us.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Your Role

As a (Senior) Production Excellence Manager, you actively contribute to building and shaping our Production Excellence framework across our external manufacturing network. Your focus lies on developing our suppliers and implementing and sustainably embedding Lean principles - both internally and externally.

You will work closely with Global Procurement, Supply Chain, Product, Engineering, Quality, and our suppliers to ensure processes are efficient, stable, scalable, and cost‑optimized.

Your Responsibilities

• Develop and implement supplier development programs with a focus on Lean Manufacturing

• Conduct and facilitate Kaizen events, Gemba walks, and value stream analyses at suppliers and internally

• Analyze production and quality processes and derive sustainable improvement measures

• Coach suppliers and internal teams in Lean methodologies (e.g., 5S, Standard Work, PDCA)

• Drive improvement initiatives to reduce costs, lead times, and waste

• Define and use KPIs to identify improvement potential and drive sustainable performance improvements

• Support ramp‑ups, production stabilization, and escalation management

• Collaborate closely with cross‑functional teams to ensure end‑to‑end operational excellence