Global Project Lead Lean Management (m/f/d)

Role Summary

As part of our Global Lean Management Team, you share responsibility for the development and implementation of the Lean strategy for the Life Science & Environment division of MANN+HUMMEL GmbH and report to the Director Global Production LSE.

Your Responsibilities

• Planning and implementing the Lean strategy for the Life Science & Environment division
• Ensuring Operational Excellence and its contribution to day-to-day business
• Developing and delivering training as well as coaching for managers and Lean experts
• Establishing and actively managing value stream development across the plants
• Standardizing and sustainably embedding Lean principles and Lean tools, as well as continuously improving them
• Leading, facilitating, and following up on workshops
• Developing and conducting Lean assessments at the plants

Your Profile

• Education: You have successfully completed a technical degree in mechanical engineering, production engineering, or a related field, or possess a comparable qualification
• Experience: Several years of solid experience in a Lean-focused environment within a company with a strong Lean culture, particularly in Operations, SCM, or Logistics
• Expertise:
  • Experience in developing and implementing Lean strategies, ideally in globally operating companies
  • Knowledge and experience in executing Lean projects, training, and standardization
  • Experience managing technical projects across multiple plants within an international network
  • Experience in implementing and promoting a continuous improvement culture (e.g., project management, Kaizen, Six Sigma)
  • Strong MS Office and SAP (PP module) skills
• Language Skills: Fluent in English and German
• Personality:
  • An analytically strong manager/doer with a clear focus on efficiency and effectiveness in operational processes
  • Hands‑on mentality and experience in a dynamic work environment
  • Determination and persistence, combined with a strong sense of teamwork
  • Empathetic communication skills across all levels (from shopfloor to management)
  • High willingness to travel (50%–75%), including extended stays in the USA
  • Strong ambition and potential to grow into an operational leadership role within 2–3 years.

Social Benefits

• You work with a high degree of autonomy and decision‑making freedom
• A 40-hour work week
• Performance‑based compensation and comprehensive social benefits
• Flexible working hours/trust‑based working time, plus 30 days of vacation
• Hybrid working option: 4 days office - 1 day home (children unter 12: 3 days office - 2 days home)
• Everyone has Talent: Our talent management process supports your professional development
• In‑house company restaurant
• Reserved places in a private daycare center nearby (for both under‑3 and over‑3 children)
• A modern company pension plan to complement your statutory pension insurance
• Additional private health insurance (e.g., dental insurance)
• A wide range of discounts through our Corporate Benefits Portal (e.g., on vacations, fashion, insurance, etc.)
• Mobility benefits: subsidy for the Germany Ticket, JobRad leasing, and e‑charging stations in the free company parking garage with a company charging rate

Diversity and inclusion are part of our DNA. We select solely based on the best talent. We therefore welcome applications from all individuals regardless of age, gender, origin, ethnicity, disability, or any other characteristics protected by law.