Director of Manufacturing Sweden to Cibes Lift

Cibes Lift Group is Europe's leading manufacturer of space-efficient, modular lifts of Swedish quality and design. The products are adapted for the public and private market. Sales, mounting and maintenance are provided by the company's global network of subsidiaries and partners. Cibes is headquartered in Gävle and has +1000 employees, a collaborative network in over 50 countries and subsidiaries in around 20 countries. Sales in 2022 are forecast to exceed 2 billion SEK.

Are you a business-oriented manufacturing senior manager and a self-starter who demonstrates proactive awareness and possess the drive to get things done? Are you a growth-oriented manager who enjoys leading people? Then it can be you we are looking for!

Are you a business-oriented manufacturing senior manager and a self-starter who demonstrates proactive awareness and possess the drive to get things done? Are you a growth-oriented manager who enjoys leading people? Would you be considered a resourceful problem solver who does not make excuses? If you are an empathetic mentor who is realistic in your approach coupled with a will to dig in and make a difference, then we would like to talk to you!

At Cibes Lift Group, our strength is the efficiency with which we design and manufacture high quality modular lifts. To help us continue our growth, we are looking for an experienced business-oriented Director of Manufacturing for our skilled management team. You will work closely with our other executives to lay out strategy and develop long-term plans that leads to new levels of productivity and increased profitability at Cibes Lift Group.

In your role, you, together with your colleagues in the other countries, will have a fantastic opportunity to be part of and drive the expansion and development journey that is now taking place within Cibes Lift Group. As Director of Manufacturing Sweden, you will operate at both operational and strategic levels.

You are overall responsible for our quality management and leading our product unit at our global

HQ with a total of 150 employees on site, with six directly reporting managers within Production, R&D, Product Quality Assurance, Product Unit Controlling and Supply Chain who also are a part of your management team.

Through your work with supply chain and strategic sourcing, you ensure efficient, quality- and cost-conscious production to continuously improve our products and profitability. You ensure that we work both safely and sustainably, and you have an overall work environment responsibility. The work can to some extent be done remotely, but you need to be on site a few times a month.

About you

You are relational and build trusting relationships both internally and externally with our customers and suppliers. As an ideal candidate, you have minimum 5+ years in a senior leadership role in a manufacturing and supply chain work environment. You have documented experience from Lean manufacturing and process improvement preferably within manufacturing of electro-mechanical products, to create speed, efficiency, and support rapidly shifting business demands.

You have superior negotiation skills in both internal and external settings and experience with budget and business plan development. You have excellent organizational, communication, and leadership skills, demonstrated by previous professional success. Strong familiarity with technical drawings, manufacturing process documents, statistical process control and other industry standard tools is a must. You also have a strong working knowledge of data analysis and performance metrics using business management software (e.g., SAP, ERP, CRM)

You are fluent in both spoken and written English. Bachelor's or Master's degree in business, (MBA), finance, management or engineering can be a plus but we can also see that you are self-taught through your experience in the field.

Application

In this recruitment, Cibes Lift Group collaborates with Jefferson Wells, for questions about the position, you are welcome to contact recruitment consultant Marjo Carlson, 070-377 06 64, alternatively marjo.carlson@jeffersonwells.se

Welcome with your application as soon as possible, but no later than 2022- 06-05. Selection may take place on an ongoing basis and the position may be filled before the last application date.