Process Excellence Manager (m/w/d) Global Breeding Stations Network

As a Process Excellence Manager (m/f/d) for our Breeding Stations, you’ll play a pivotal role in driving operational excellence and continuous improvement. Your responsibilities will span a wide range of process-related activities, ensuring efficiency, quality, and sustainability across our organization.

This position is preferably to be filled in Einbeck / Berlin or within our global station network and the role is in full-time with a permanent contract.

Your Tasks:

• Lead and execute Lean Management and Six Sigma improvement projects and generate sustainable results that enhance organizational performance.
• Identify improvement opportunities across various internal customer groups and prioritize and derive optimization measures using state-of-the-art process improvement approaches.
• Ensure alignment with the overall R&D process landscape.
• Support the function to adapt the active usage of process life-cycle management from discovery, mapping, performance management and operations, standardization, improvement, automation, and digitalization.
• Develop compelling Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for global administrative functions. Ensure effective process management through data-driven metrics.
• Implement internal controls to manage risks and safeguard global business continuity within the organization.

Your profile:

• Successful completion of a master’s degree in engineering, economics, or related fields
• Several years of relevant professional experience in an Operational or Transactional function
• Applied expertise in Lean Management, Six Sigma, and Continuous Improvement.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-moving, ever-changing environment.
• Proficiency in dealing with difficult situations (demonstrated change and conflict management skills).
• Capability to lead improvement projects and support Lean Management/Six Sigma initiatives.
• LEAN SIX SIGMA certification (green belt or higher).
• Proven experience with Value Stream Mapping and other Lean Management/Continuous Improvement tools.
• Execution of Kaizen workshops/events.
• Familiarity with Business Process Management and Continuous Improvement using common methods.
• Professional experience with discovering, modeling, and implementing Business Process Management (BPM) and Workflow Management systems (BPMN 2.0, Signavio).
• Fluent in English and one other language (German is advantageous).
• Hands-on and detail-oriented mentality combined with the ability to see the big picture.
• Strategic thinking and a general management standpoint.
• Strong customer focus and excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

What You Can Expect:

• A location within our global R&D Breeding Stations network
• A positive and appreciative working environment
• Flat hierarchies and open communication
• As a family-run company, we live a culture with the values of team spirit, closeness, and trust, independence, and foresight. 
• True to our motto "Make yourself grow!", we promote individual professional and personal development. 
• We create the appropriate framework conditions for you: Capital-forming benefits, company pension plan, Christmas and vacation bonus, childcare allowance, job bike, flexible working hours and a reasonable work-life balance. 

Join our team and contribute to shaping efficient and effective processes that drive our breeding station’s success!