Head Of Product Section (Production Manager)

Job description

Company Description

LEONI is a global provider of products, solutions and services for energy and data management in the automotive industry. The group of companies has around 86,000 employees in 21 countries and generated consolidated sales of EUR 3.9 billion in 2025.

The value chain ranges from standardized cables and special and data cables to highly complex wiring systems and related components, from development to production. As an innovation partner with distinctive development and systems expertise, we support our customers on the path to increasingly sustainable and connected mobility concepts from autonomous driving to alternative drives as well as charging systems.

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced Production Manager to lead and continuously improve our automotive wiring harness production operations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end production operations, ensuring Safety, Quality, Delivery & Cost targets are achieved.

• Drive Lean Manufacturing & Continuous Improvement, including Kaizen, line balancing, cycle time, standard work and waste elimination.

• Lead and develop a large production workforce, including supervisors, line leaders and operators.

• Optimize manpower, capacity, productivity and production flow.

• Ensure compliance with automotive quality standards and customer requirements.

• Drive shop-floor performance, problem solving and operational discipline.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Manufacturing, Industrial, Mechanical, Electrical or related field.

• 10–14 years of manufacturing experience, including 3–5 years in a production leadership role.

• Strong experience in automotive manufacturing, wiring harness, cable assembly or high-volume manufacturing.

• Strong knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen, 5S, PDCA, 5 Why, line balancing and productivity improvement.

• Proven experience leading large blue-collar teams.

• Hands-on, data-driven and strong in people leadership and problem solving.

• Lean Six Sigma certification and knowledge of IATF 16949 are highly desirable.