PU-Cable Manager

• Ensure strong synergy between Manufacturing Engineering and Production Operations
• Drive service excellence in a 3-shift manufacturing environment
• Improve quality, speed and cost-efficiency of Maintenance & Service execution
• Ensure on-time, in-full production of cables and semi-finished goods in defined quality, cost and safety standards
• Provide technical and disciplinary leadership to the PU Cable and Maintenance & Service teams
• Plan and manage resources for PU Cable and Maintenance & Service team
• Develop team skills, assign tasks, evaluate performance
• Clearly communicate strategy and objectives
• Implement global PU & Maintenance processes locally
• Ensure compliance with standards, procedures, and documentation
• Execute production plans in cooperation with SCM
• Provide the required capacity (people, machines, tools, fixtures)
• Support product transfers, troubleshooting, rework and evaluations
• Successfully support and stabilize a new production process during product transfers
• Manage operational and departmental costs in cooperation with Controlling
• Conduct strategic service location planning with top management
• Achieve agreed KPIs and the approved budget
• Lead Lean initiatives in maintenance and production service processes
• Identify and eliminate waste (downtime, scrap, over-processing, waiting time)
• Improve productivity, equipment uptime, and service response times
• Implement preventive and predictive maintenance strategies
• Apply data-driven decision making and root-cause problem solving methods
• Introduce standardized work, visual management, and KPI transparency
• Motivate operators and technicians to embrace in Lean thinking and continuous improvement

• Degree in Electrical Engineering, or Mechatronics Engineering with relevant experience in electronics and electrical engineering or with a secondary-level qualification in electrical engineering and relevant experience
• Experience in a technical production service or maintenance department
• Strong preventive maintenance and problem-solving skills
• First leadership experience
• Proven experience in efficiency improvement or Lean projects
• Business-fluent English and Hungarian

COMPETENTIES

• Strategic thinking with hands-on mindset
• Strong leadership and team development skills
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills
• Analytical problem-solving skills
• Leadership capability in high-pressure, 3-shift production environment
• Customer and operations focus
• Resilience and determination

• Work in an international high-tech manufacturing environment
• Lead a key function with real impact on plant performance
• Stable company with long-term growth opportunities
• This role requires a hands-on leader who can drive measurable efficiency improvements in a 3-shift production environment

Pepperl+Fuchs is a growing group of companies with nearly 6500 employees and manufactures and sells electronic sensors and components to the automation and process control technology market.
Our company has been operating in Hungary since 1997 as a member of the international Pepperl+Fuchs group. At our Veszprém site, nearly 450 employees are engaged in the production and sale of plastic parts and cable assemblies.

We are looking for a PU Cable Manager to lead Production Unit + Services in a 3-shift manufacturing environment, support a new product/process transfer, and drive Lean-based efficiency improvements across maintenance and service operations.

For your application, please attach your CV in English.