Third-Party Manufacturing Specialist (m/f)
Full-time
Budapest, Hungary · Hungary
Posted on Sep 6, 2026
About this Position At Henkel, you can build on a strong legacy and leading positions in both industrial and consumer businesses to reimagine and improve life every day. If you love challenging the status quo, join our community of over 47.000 pioneers around the globe. Our teams at Henkel Adhesive Technologies help to transform entire industries and provide our customers with a competitive advantage through adhesives, sealants and functional coatings. With our trusted brands, our cutting-edge technologies and our disruptive solutions, you will have countless opportunities to explore new paths and develop What makes you a good fit. Grow within our future-led businesses, our diverse and vibrant culture and find a place where you simply belong. All to leave your mark for more sustainable growth.
What You´ll Do
What You´ll Do
- Lead regional contract manufacturing and supplier transformation projects, including outsourcing, production relocation, tendering, supplier onboarding, new product implementation, and supplier optimization.
- Organize and coordinate production ramp-ups at European contract manufacturers.
- Optimize and manage processing costs within the assigned portfolio.
- Collaborate closely with relevant stakeholders, including purchasing, supply chain, R&D, business functions, and external partners
- Support safety, health, and environmental audits, as well as quality audits.
- Coordinate relevant topics (e.g., technical specifications) between Henkel and the supplier
- Master’s degree in Economics, Engineering or related field
- Min. 3 years of professional work experience in the field of operations/manufacturing, project management or supply chain management
- Proven project management skills to coordinate a cross-functional project team
- Open minded with willingness to find solutions out of the box
- Fluent English skills are a must
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence and engage stakeholders at all levels, including technical teams
- Good MS Office skills are required, SAP experience is an advantage
- Willingness to travel
- B category driving licence
- Flexible work scheme with flexible hours and hybrid working type
- Diverse national and international growth opportunities
- Global wellbeing standards with health and preventive care programs
- Gender-neutral parental leave for a minimum of 8 weeks
- Employee Share Plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares
- Cafeteria: 836.000 HUF gross/year
- 13th and 14th month salary
- Private clinic services
- Sports Club
