Staff Industrial Engineer – Contract Manufacturing & Operational Excellence - Corporate
On-siteBudapest, Budapest, Hungary or Brno, South Moravian, Czechia
Job Summary
Develop and maintain end-to-end manufacturing process models to evaluate capacity, throughput, and bottlenecks using simulation, value stream mapping, and digital process modeling. Lead Lean transformation initiatives across internal operations and Contract Manufacturers by facilitating Kaizen events, workshops, and operational excellence assessments. Support Contract Manufacturing strategy by evaluating partner readiness, tooling strategies, and automation opportunities while driving New Product Introduction and manufacturing transfers. Establish and track operational KPIs including productivity, cycle time, OEE, and yield to develop executive-level dashboards and fact-based recommendations for senior stakeholders. Mentor engineers on Lean methodologies and industrial engineering best practices to enable world-class operational performance through data-driven decision making and strategic footprint optimization.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Industrial and/or Mechanical Engineering or related technical discipline
- 10+ years of manufacturing, industrial engineering, operational excellence, or supply chain experience
- Demonstrated experience in Process modeling and simulation
- Demonstrated experience in Lean Manufacturing deployment
- Demonstrated experience in Electronics manufacturing (PCBA)
- Demonstrated experience in Mechanical and electromechanical assembly operations
- Demonstrated experience in Contract Manufacturing exposure (Mech/EMS)
- Demonstrated experience in Cost reduction and productivity improvement initiatives
Desired Qualifications
- Master's degree in engineering, Operations, or Business
- Lean Six Sigma Black Belt or Master Black Belt certification
- Experience within regulated industries: Life Sciences and/or Medical Devices
- Experience within Diagnostics
- Experience within Complex mechanical assembly (High Mix/Low volume)
- Experience with Witness Simulation, FlexSim and/or any similar tools
- Experience with Power BI
- Experience with Microsoft tools
- Experience with Minitab
- Experience with SAP
- Experience leading global manufacturing transformation programs
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