General Information

Position

Chief Operating Officer (m/f/x)

Daily rate

By arrangement

Expenses

plus expenses

Project duration

as of now - 31.12.2025

Deployment country

Germany

Deployment city

Nord-Bayern

Required availability

100 %

Industry

Medical technology

Function

Corporate Management

Service

Operative vacancy

Tasks & Objectives

Tasks

The company is a leading global supplier of technology in the field of minimally invasive medicine.




POSITION SUMMARY



The COO / Vice President Global Operations is in charge of end-to-end operations at all sites, in particular 

  • The Vice President Global Operations is responsible for the safety, quality, delivery and costs associated with producing and other products within the facility.
  • The position has responsibility for all direct labor associated with manufacturing, assembly, test, and inspection of product
  • The position leads the necessary indirect quality, purchasing, planning, and manufacturing engineering resources to accomplish their objectives to deliver quality product to customers on a timely basis.
  • The position reports to the CEO




RESPONSIBILITY

  • Provide quality excellence with a state of the art quality system and robust processes leading to defect free products and an organization that operates in substantial quality compliance.
  • Establish a Continuous Improvement culture and drive Gross Margin improvement to achieve 500-700 bps of improvement by 2022
  • Ensure high service levels while reducing inventory.
  • Increase profitability with a focus on tube set production, consisting of plastic injection molding, tube set assembly and packing in a clean room environment.
  • Deploy change through lean management and operational excellence methods, move production from a functional to a value stream based organization, from push to pull and to small lot sizes using integrated supply chains with vendor managed inventory.
  • Implement automation in injection molding and assembly and drive material cost reductions with Value Analysis/Value Engineering together with suppliers.
  • Integrate operations of acquired companies into the organization and leverage local competencies, develop own LCR location by upgrading eventually acquired facility.
  • Retain and develop local operations talent, recruit additional expertise and prepare the team for long term growth

Personnel accountability

Not specified

Budget accountability

Not specified

Requirements & Expertise

Requirements

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE SUMMARY

  • 15 years leadership experience with building strong teams, managing change on shop floor as well on management level and recruiting talent.
  • 5+ years’ experience in the Medical Device Industry and built quality excellence based on state of the art quality tools and systems in an FDA regulated environment.
  • managed a plant with clean rooms or with very quality sensitive high volume products and device manufacturing; A thorough understanding of cost drivers in disposable manufacturing having managed a full P&L, and standard costing.
  • moved a functional oriented organization into value streams or significantly improved a value stream based organization by layout improvements and integration of indirect functions into value streams.
  • established pull principle based manufacturing; has taken a customer or supplier relationship from adverse logistic behavior to an integrated logistic behavior.
  • successfully automated labor intense, quality sensitive processes.
  • He/She shows a high quality and customer driven mindset with a good balance between strategic and hands-on orientation.
  • He/She is accustomed to driving growth, delivering results and achieving operational excellence, while motivating and developing their team.




PIVOTAL EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE



Medtech Experience

  • 5+ years’ experience in the Medical Device Industry and built quality excellence based on state of the art quality tools and systems in an FDA regulated environment.




Operations Management

  • managed a plant with clean rooms or with very quality sensitive high volume products and device manufacturing;
  • a thorough understanding of cost drivers in disposable manufacturing having managed a full P&L, and standard costing.
  • moved a functional oriented organization into value streams or significantly improved a value stream based organization by layout improvements and integration of indirect functions into value streams.
  • established pull principle based manufacturing; has taken a customer or supplier relationship from adverse logistic behavior to an integrated logistic behavior.
  • successfully automated labor intense, quality sensitive processes.



Stakeholder Management

  • Experience in demanding external customers in an OEM setting or internal business unit setting.
  • Excellent people and organizational skills and know how to communicate with stakeholders at all levels.



Personality

  • A global mindset with the ability to adapt into different national and cultural environments and to lead diverse teams.
  • Willing to drive into detail to fully understand the business and root causes for issues and shows a Go to Gemba mentality



other

  • Relevant education, University’ degree in engineering or business required.
  • Experience in working in a company with a strong performance culture that excels in operating processes
  • Prior experience in integration of acquired companies a plus.

Linguistic proficiency

English
Business fluent
German
Business fluent