Project Manager - COO Office / Production Scaling & Operations Excellence (human)

Your mission & challenges

• You support the planning and execution of projects aimed at scaling production by conducting capacity and resource analyses and actively contributing to structured project management.

• You coordinate collaboration between production, purchasing, supply chain, R&D, and quality management and ensure transparency through the continuous tracking of project progress, risks, and relevant KPIs.

• You actively participate in lean initiatives and conduct smaller analyses on key metrics such as OEE, lead times, or material flow.

• You derive well-founded improvement proposals from your analyses and support the implementation of these measures to ensure the continuous optimization of operational processes.

• You support the establishment of standardized manufacturing, logistics, and quality processes and ensure sustainable process documentation by creating and maintaining work instructions, SOPs, and process maps.

• You contribute to the implementation and further development of company-wide processes.

• You identify bottlenecks and develop appropriate improvement measures.

• You support the COO Office in preparing sound decision-making materials, creating structured reports and presentations, and preparing complex topics in a clear and target-oriented manner for the leadership team.

• You assist in the preparation and follow-up of management workshops, thereby contributing to the effective steering of key company initiatives.

What we can look forward to

• You have a completed degree in industrial engineering, production technology, or a comparable field, and you have already gained practical experience in production fields, supply chain, industrial engineering, or project management.

• You ideally also bring knowledge in the robotics or electronics field, which helps you quickly understand technical interconnections.

• You have knowledge of both classical and agile project management and have already gained experience with Lean methods, 5S, or value stream analysis.

• You understand production processes in areas such as assembly, quality, logistics, and material flow, and you are able to perform data analyses independently using tools like Excel or Google Sheets, with knowledge of PowerBI considered an advantage.

• You are eager to learn and enjoy building new structures while actively contributing to process development.

• You work analytically and in a structured way, are flexible, and approach tasks proactively, acting independently with a hands-on mentality.

• You are strong in communication, practice effective stakeholder management, and are a reliable team player who remains resilient, pragmatic, and focused even in a fast-growing environment.