You lead and develop engineering teams while ensuring product readiness and fostering effective collaboration across departments. Your role includes managing external partnerships and continuously improving engineering processes to boost production efficiency.
Anforderungen
- •Bachelor's degree in Engineering
- •Minimum 12 years of engineering experience
- •Extensive experience in shoe manufacturing
- •Broad knowledge of 2D/3D grading systems
- •Proficiency in MS Office and project management
- •Fluent in English; German is an advantage
- •Proactive and able to work under pressure
- •Willingness to travel as needed
Deine Aufgaben
- •Lead and mentor engineering and operational teams.
- •Foster a collaborative and high-performing team culture.
- •Collaborate with Head of PD/INOP for handovers.
- •Ensure technical documentation is prepared for teams.
- •Work with managers to ensure product readiness.
- •Plan and execute upper serial trials with teams.
- •Provide detailed reports to VPs and CPOs.
- •Manage relationships with external partners and mold makers.
- •Oversee price negotiations and tooling development.
- •Review and improve engineering processes continuously.
- •Share best practices across departments.
- •Stay informed on new methods and technologies.
- •Lead integration of innovations into production.
- •Participate in cross-functional projects for alignment.
- •Manage team operations, including evaluations and resource allocation.
Deine Vorteile
Dynamic work environment
Considerable design freedom
Authentic corporate culture
Excellent development opportunities
Original Beschreibung
<p>For our division<b> Quality Management & Product Engineering</b> ,at our location in <b>Köln</b> we are looking for a</p>
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<p><span style="font-size:28.0px"><b>Director Footwear Engineering (m/f/d)</b></span></p>
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<p><span><span><span style="color:#373a3c"><span>Your Shoes to fill:</span></span></span></span></p>
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<p><span><span><span style="color:#373a3c">Lead, mentor, and develop the engineering and operational teams to ensure they perform tasks efficiently and effectively. Foster a collaborative and high-performing team culture.</span></span></span></p>
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<p><span><span><span style="color:#373a3c">Collaborate closely with the Head of PD/INOP to ensure timely and accurate handovers, ensuring all technical aspects and documentation are properly prepared for COMM/Production teams.</span></span></span></p>
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<p><span><span><span style="color:#373a3c">Work with Construction, Technical, and Operational Managers to ensure product readiness from both technical and planning perspectives. Collaborate with QM, COMM, and Planning/Production teams to ensure upper serial trials are properly planned and executed.</span></span></span></p>
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<p><span><span><span style="color:#373a3c">Provide regular, detailed reports to VPs and CPOs on the status of product development and engineering activities, ensuring transparency and open communication.</span></span></span></p>
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<p><span><span><span style="color:#373a3c">Manage relationships with external partners, particularly mold makers, overseeing price negotiations, tooling development, and deliveries. Stay updated on new technologies and advancements in the industry.</span></span></span></p>
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<p><span><span><span style="color:#373a3c">Continuously review, improve, and develop engineering processes to ensure efficiency and alignment with best practices. Share these practices across departments to drive improvement across the organization.</span></span></span></p>
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<p><span><span><span style="color:#373a3c">Stay informed of new methods, technologies, machinery, and materials that could benefit the production process. Lead the integration of new innovations where applicable.</span></span></span></p>
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<p><span><span><span style="color:#373a3c">Participate in cross-functional projects both within the product team and in collaboration with production, ensuring alignment of goals and objectives.</span></span></span></p>
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<p><span><span><span style="color:#373a3c">Effectively manage team operations, including performance evaluations, resource allocation, and team development to support the company’s production goals.</span></span></span></p>
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<p><span><span><span style="color:#373a3c"><span>your walk of life:</span></span></span></span></p>
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<p><span><span><span style="color:#373a3c">Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, or a related field.</span></span></span></p>
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<p><span><span><span style="color:#373a3c">Minimum of 12 years of experience in engineering, with at least 5 years in a leadership role overseeing technical teams.</span></span></span></p>
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<p><span><span><span style="color:#373a3c">Extensive experience in shoe manufacturing and a deep understanding of all construction types.</span></span></span></p>
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<p><span><span><span style="color:#373a3c">Broad knowledge of 2D/3D grading systems, lasts, and last-making processes. Ability to read blueprints; technical and pattern knowledge is an advantage.</span></span></span></p>
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<p><span><span><span style="color:#373a3c">Proficiency in MS Office, project management, and reporting tools. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to make decisions under pressure.</span></span></span></p>
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<p><span><span><span style="color:#373a3c">Fluent in English; proficiency in German is an advantage.</span></span></span></p>
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<p><span><span><span style="color:#373a3c">Proactive, transparent, and able to work under pressure. A systematic, precise, and team-oriented approach is essential for success in this role.</span></span></span></p>
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<p><span><span><span style="color:#373a3c">Willingness to travel as needed to collaborate with external and internal stakeholders.</span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:22.0px">WE OFFER:</span></p>
<p><span>BIRKENSTOCK offers you all the advantages of a successful, fast growing, global company: dynamic work environment, considerable design freedom, authentic and open corporate culture and excellent development opportunities. Sounds exciting? It is.</span></p>