Production Supervisor – Automotive Manufacturing (m/f/d) – Jülich

Your mission

• Take overall responsibility for all production operations within the automotive manufacturing workshop.
• Oversee the department’s production output, quality, costs, delivery performance, safety and overall team management.
• Draw up comprehensive daily, weekly and monthly production plans.
• Allocate production resources effectively to ensure on-time order delivery and stable production capacity.
• Establish and optimize standardized production workflows within the workshop.
• Implement the IATF 16949 quality management system, ESD control requirements and applicable automotive industry standards.
• Continuously improve product yield and production stability.
• Lead the cross-departmental resolution of production abnormalities.
• Conduct systematic analyses of recurring defects, production-line downtime and quality deviations.
• Perform root-cause analyses and ensure the implementation and completion of permanent corrective actions using 8D and PDCA methodologies.
• Fully implement the lean production system across the workshop.
• Drive targeted improvement initiatives in the areas of 5S, Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), continuous improvement, Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), line balancing, cost reduction and operational efficiency.
• Manage multiple production lines and shift teams, including employee training, performance appraisals, workforce optimization and multicultural team building.
• Coordinate with engineering, quality, supply chain, procurement and clients to ensure stable new product launches, production ramp-ups and series production.
• Prepare monthly production KPI analysis reports and review production issues.
• Develop medium- and long-term plans for optimizing production.
• Ensure strict compliance with German labour law, occupational health and safety regulations and the factory’s environmental management standards.

Your profile

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in mechanical engineering, electronics, industrial engineering, automotive engineering or a related discipline.
• More than five years of professional experience in automotive electronics or automotive component manufacturing.
• At least three years of management experience at manufacturing supervisor level.
• Comprehensive knowledge of the entire series-production cycle for automotive products.
• Experience managing a complete production workshop at a Tier 1 automotive supplier is considered a strong advantage.
• Advanced knowledge of the IATF 16949 quality management system and lean production tools.
• Strong capabilities in production data analysis and KPI management.
• Familiarity with SAP and MES systems.
• Ability to manage end-to-end production workshop processes.
• Outstanding planning, problem-solving and on-site emergency-response capabilities.
• Proven experience managing multinational teams.
• Strong leadership, communication and coordination skills.
• Fluent English for daily business communication, meetings and client presentations.
• German language skills at B2 level are considered an advantage.
• Rigorous, composed and highly responsible working style.
• Ability to handle the pressure associated with the overall management of an entire production workshop.

Why us?

• Competitive compensation ranging from 60,000 € to 75,000 €, depending on the candidate’s level of expertise.
• Flat hierarchies and an open company culture.
• Subsidies for company pension schemes and additional benefits