Lean Manufacturing Leader (d/f/m)
Full-time
Düsseldorf, Germany
Posted on Sep 9, 2026
About This Position
What you´ll do
Some perks of joining Henkel
What you´ll do
- Manage all Continuous Improvement (CI) activities and projects in the plant
- Implement a Continuous Improvement strategy to ensure efficient production and high quality products
- Deliver against production performance KPIs, budget and projects
- Set up and executes development plans for production personnel, esp. regarding CI training; coaches HPS practitioners on HPS deployment
- Ensure operations processes and solutions are implemented according to global procedures and local regulations
- Organize and facilitate improvement workshops; lead the team in the workshop, co-ordinates and follows up on implementation
- Train the participants and trainers on the standards and uses them consistently Involves the relevant people and departments to ensure full ownership of the actions and results
- Manage and oversee the HPS program deployment; develops and manages the HPS capability development program
- Act as role model of continuous improvement culture and behaviors
- Validate and certifie accomplishment of the different capability levels
- Coache the use of HPS principles and tools, and the mindset and behaviors required to sustain the HPS program
- Track progress of the master plan and gives appropriate advice and detects possible obstacles
- Bachelor/Master degree in a technical field
- Minimum 5 - 10 years of relevant work experience in plant environment
- Great leadership and influential skills. Ability to deliver the breakthrough results and difficult environment
- Hunger to be the best
- Fluent English and German language skills
Some perks of joining Henkel
- Flexible work scheme with flexible hours, hybrid work model, and work from anywhere policy for up to 30 days per year
- 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
- Company Pension Plan 100% financed by Henkel
- MEGA Preventive Health Insurance
- CareFlex Supplementary Care Insurance
- Mobility offer: My Henkel Bike and Jobticket
