Production/Manufacturing Manager

Production/Manufacturing Manager, Surveying and Mapping Devices, Jena, Germany

Location: Germany - Jena | Type: Full time

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What You Will Do

Embark on an exciting journey as a Product/ion Manager, driving the evolution, efficiency, and quality of manufacturing processes. Collaborate with design engineering to introduce new products and engage with suppliers to ensure top-tier selections. Nurture partnerships with the quality team to establish superior methodologies. Gauge manufacturing costs, set time standards, and guide tooling and process enhancements for both new and existing product lines.

• Drive daily operations of current products, continuously enhancing cost-effectiveness through lean manufacturing practices

• Coordinates transition of new products and product enhancements from concept through the manufacturing process to a finished product

• Develops test plans and procedures dealing with material acquisition and substitution problems, as well as technical issues impacting shipments. Analyzes manufacturing and test defect data and trends to define root cause and implement corrective actions

• Ensures product development plan is complete and properly implemented, ensuring manufacturing resources are properly directed during the entire product life cycle.

• Ensures plans and documentation are in place for test, assembly, training, process, materials transition and manufacturability

• Negotiate manufacturing costs and cooperation conditions.

What Skills & Experience You Should Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial, Systems, Electrical or Mechanical Engineering or equivalent.

• Minimum of 5 years of experience with a general technical background in electronics and mechanical manufacturing methods

• Experience with production processes, assembly processes, test systems, control software, and electronics processes

• Understanding of general manufacturing processes and systems (inventory control, scheduling, new model development, and quality)

• Demonstrable experience in electronic manufacturing/test environment.

• Ability to analyze production processes and systems, and identify concerns

• Ability to manage production, negotiate with external and internal production sites managers.

• Fluent in English and German language.

About Your Location

This position will follow a flexible work arrangement (hybrid) This resource primarily supports the Trimble Operations Sector and works collaboratively across the Geospatial teams.

In a hybrid role, you will work with your manager to establish a mutually agreeable schedule for your time working in the office based on the position and the business need. Typically hybrid positions are 1-3 days per week, or 20%-60% of the month in the office. Some travel will be required between the Trimble Design centers and Trimble Manufacturing centers.

About the Trimble Operations Product Engineering Division

The Product Engineering team has members all over the world. The team is responsible for seeing that systems are created for producing the designs that have been created by engineering. Additionally, the team is responsible for ensuring that the product is consistently and reliably produced. Finally, the team is responsible for the safe delivery to the distribution centers.

Trimble’s Inclusiveness Commitment

We believe in celebrating our differences. That is why our diversity is our strength. To us, that means actively participating in opportunities to be inclusive. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion have guided our current success while also moving our desire to improve. We actively seek to add members to our community who represent our customers and the places we live and work.

We have programs in place to make sure our people are seen, heard, and welcomed and most importantly that they know they belong, no matter who they are or where they are coming from.