Your missions
As a Site Manager (m/f/d) at our Donauwörth site, you will lead and coordinate internal industrial activities within your area of responsibility. You will ensure smooth day-to-day operations, enable the production teams to meet delivery targets, and drive continuous improvement across quality, productivity and HSE.
Your responsibilities:
- Draft quotations/offers and support contract review preparation and execution
- Track tenders and specifications and align with relevant stakeholders
- Coordinate and steer work across additional production areas within your scope of responsibility
- Manage and prioritize projects within the unit, including schedule, resources and budget overview
- Align and coordinate objectives across operational team leaders
- Ensure consistency between capacity/workload planning and production planning
- Plan and control people and material resources
- Ensure coverage/backup planning to manage absences within the team
- Maintain and develop customer relationships (existing and potential) in alignment with key interfaces
- Own and steer financial KPIs for the area (e.g., revenue, productivity and performance ratios)
- Monitor and control relevant performance ratios within the scope
- Initiate and implement improvements in reliability, quality and productivity (e.g., Lean/Industrial Excellence)
- Coordinate the roll-out and continuous development of Industrial Excellence standards
- Ensure purchasing and procurement requirements are in place prior to service start
- Ensure recurring issues are addressed in a structured way and resolved sustainably
- Participate in coordination meetings related to aircraft handover processes
- Actively contribute to a positive working and social environment at the Donauwörth site
- Ensure compliance with labor regulations and HSE rules (health, safety, environment, hygiene)
- Provide regular reporting to site/area management
Reporting & interfaces
Direct reporting line: Head of Operations
Key interfaces (internal/external): HR, Sales, Administration & Finance, Quality, further operational areas and customer contacts
Your profile
What you bring:
- Completed vocational training or degree (e.g., engineering, aviation, production/industrial engineering) or comparable qualification
- Several years (ideally 8–10+ years) of experience in an industrial/operational environment, preferably within aviation
Technical & professional skills:
- Strong understanding of the industrial and business environment
- Sound technical understanding (e.g., mechanics, systems and processes) and the ability to translate technical requirements into operational execution
- Confident handling of internal processes as well as customer and quality requirements
- Very good MS Office skills (especially Excel, Word); ideally experience with project planning tools
- Fluent German and English (spoken and written) is required for day-to-day stakeholder communication and technical documentation.
- Experience in site/operations management and leadership within a production organization
- Basic understanding of cost/financial steering (KPIs, budgets, business cases)
Ways of working & competencies:
- Leadership and steering via KPIs and management reporting
- Strong ability to assess and plan logistics, material and workforce needs
- Excellent time and priority management
- Strong end-to-end process understanding and continuous improvement mindset
- Consistent implementation of occupational safety, security and working condition standards
- Confident handling of financial steering levers (KPIs, ratios, profitability)
- Ability to derive and implement offers/scope of work from specifications
- Strong customer orientation and stakeholder management
- Systematically capture and increase customer satisfaction
- Initiate effective corrective actions and track implementation
- Facilitate steering and recurring meetings (e.g., shop floor/steering meetings)
Personal strengths:
- Leadership skills and strong execution focus
- Strong communication skills and diplomacy
- High social competence and strong teamwork
- Structured, thorough and solution-oriented working style
- Proactive, dynamic and hands-on mindset
- High level of independence and organizational skills
- Very good planning skills, structured methods and prioritization
- Mediation and conflict-resolution skills
Why join Derichebourg?
Why join Derichebourg?
Elevate your career in a diverse and inclusive setting that celebrates differences. Join us and experience:
- Positive Work Environment: Immerse yourself in a good and pleasant atmosphere that values diversity, fostering creativity and collaboration.
- Dynamic Team Culture: Be part of a motivated and cooperative team that thrives on the strength of its multicultural dynamics, making every day a unique and enriching experience.
- Seamless Integration: Our welcoming integration process ensures you feel at home from day one, embracing the richness of diverse backgrounds and perspectives.
- HVV Proficard Contribution: Enjoy the convenience of a contribution towards your HVV Proficard, making your daily commute hassle-free in our vibrant, multicultural city.
- Personal Development Support: Experience active promotion of your personal and professional growth in an environment where global perspectives open doors to new horizons.
- Generous Time Off: Revel in 28 days of holidays per year and a flexible working time account, allowing you to appreciate cultural holidays and festivals that matter to you.
- Financial Security: Secure your future with a company retirement savings plan, ensuring peace of mind as you plan for the years ahead in our globally minded organization.
- Fitness Perks: We care about your well-being! Benefit from our contribution to your gym membership fees, promoting a healthy and active lifestyle in our multicultural community.
- Corporate Benefits: Unlock exclusive perks and discounts through our participation in the "Corporate Benefits" programme, enhancing your experience in a workplace that celebrates global perspectives.
Join us, where your career journey is complemented by a vibrant and supportive multicultural environment. Your success knows no boundaries!
Apply now and embrace a future full of opportunities on a global scale.