Plant Business Office Manager (VCK)

Let's introduce ourselves

Plant Business Office (PBO) is the plant's central unit for strategy and efficiency, responsible for defining, securing, and driving the long-term vision, capacity, efficiency, and investment planning across the entire facility. PBO organization includes several project managers, project leaders, and analysts and falls under Plant Engineering, together with other central functions such as Environment, Plant Maintenance (center of excellence for maintenance) and Facility Management. PBO works very closely with the Plant Management Team as well as central functions on topics such as capacity, efficiencies, new technology roll-out, or high-priority complex projects (such as permitting).

What you'll do

The Head of the Plant Business Office (PBO) is the plant's principal strategist, responsible for defining, securing, and driving the long-term vision, capacity, efficiency, and investment planning across the entire facility. This role acts as the central orchestrator for all strategic planning and project governance at the plant level, ensuring a sustainable path for future growth and operational excellence. The studies and projects can be cross-functional (Insource/Outsource studies, Vehicle Cycle plan studies, New installations projects, Plant efficiency projects, Model year programs) and require close collaboration with experts from all internal functions such as R&D, Procurement, Legal and Supply Chain.
The PBO Manager is responsible for a team of Project Managers and coordinators (~5 FTE) and is a key liaison between the plant and central Manufacturing Business, Program Office, and Manufacturing Engineering functions.

In doing so, you will be responsible for:

• Plant Strategy, Vision, and Master Planning: Strategic Interface, Technical Masterplan Ownership, Vision Layout & Footprint, Innovation & Automation.
• Efficiency and Capacity Management: Efficiency Target Setting, Manning & Forecast, Production Loading.
• Investment and Project Governance: Capex Management, Pre-Studies Ideation, Project Scope Definition, Project Approval, Phase Out.
• Plant Support and External Business: Industrial Structure, Working Processes, External Sales.

What you'll bring

• Several years of previous working experience in a Program Manager role in a highly automated industrial environment, preferably OEM and/or under an organization in a transformation period, or green-field project;
• Demonstrated experience with strategy development and deployment; 
• Demonstrated experience with managing a team of project managers;
• Extensive knowledge of methods, tools, processes, production systems, quality standards, and ways of working in automotive production;
• University education in Industrial, Mechanical/Mechatronic, Manufacturing, Automation, Electrical Engineering, Economics or related field;
• PMP or equivalent Project Management certification, knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, or related process improvement methodologies;
• Strong financial acumen and experience with developing business cases and managing budgets;
• Extensive collaboration, networking, and argumentation skills, but also deep knowledge of process design;
• Demonstrated flexibility and ability to manage ambiguity, being able to work under an organisation in a transformation period, or green-field project;
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, ability to give clear directions and reports on ambitions, purposes and results, conversational in English (written and spoken), while Slovak language skills will be a preferred merit;
• Proven ability to work within a multinational team, influence and collaborate with stakeholders at all levels of the organisation;
• Ability and willingness to occasionally travel, although based in Košice, Slovakia.

Compensation Data

Base Monthly Salary (Gross) for this position starts from 3.800 EUR.
* The salary amount represents the minimum guaranteed amount of the basic salary component applicable to the job. Final salary is negotiable and will be adjusted in accordance with seniority level and previous experience of candidate.

Additional benefits:

• Summer & Winter Pay;
• Annual Volvo Bonus depending on performance and company's financial results;
• Company car with a monthly fuel benefit;
• Contribution for Supplementary Pension Savings (lll. Pillar);
• Cafeteria Benefit Program;
• Contribution for meals exceeding legal requirements;
• Compensation for dioptric glasses & contact lenses beyond the legal requirements;
• Life insurance for cases of loss of life, disability, work injury;
• Flexible working hours.