Global Factory Investment Director (all genders)
Global Factory Investment Director (all genders)
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At Beiersdorf we want to help people feel good about their skin and our commitment goes far beyond caring for skin. For 140 years we have developed innovative skin and body care products for well-known brands such as NIVEA Eucerin La Prairie Hansaplast and Labello. We act according to our purpose WE CARE BEYOND SKIN and take responsibility for our consumers our employees the environment and society.
Behind every brand every product and every accomplishment are our more than 20000 employees. It is for them that we live a culture of inclusion respect and trust that is strongly aligned with our values CARE COURAGE SIMPLICITY and TRUST. We embrace diversity by valuing the uniqueness of each individual and being committed to equal opportunities for all.
Beiersdorf is transforming its global production network to be more agile sustainable and competitiveanchored in strategic forward-looking capital investments. To lead this transformation we are seeking a Global Factory Investment Director a key leadership role within our global engineering team.
Your Impact & Responsibilities
Your Impact
- Define and execute strategies and master plans for the capital investment pipeline across all production centers.
- Lead four specialized teams (Factory Development Process Systems Filling/Packaging and Factory Logistics) to develop and strengthen global equipment design standards.
- Shape the future of our manufacturing footprint ensuring growth efficiency innovation and sustainability.
- Develop a diverse pipeline of technical talent and future leaders enhancing Beiersdorfs engineering capabilities globally.
- Drive strong collaborations and set robust project management processes together with peers in the engineering and technology finance procurement real estate legal and other critical stakeholders.
Strategic Leadership & Governance:
- Report directly to the Global VP Supply Chain Technology & Engineering serving as a lead member of the Global SCET function.
- Translate the global Supply Chain and SCET strategy into actionable engineering priorities aligning teams and stakeholders toward a shared vision.
- Shape the long-term vision for Beiersdorfs global production network ensuring alignment with business strategy and future growth.
Investment & CapEx Management:
- Develop and execute 5-year Masterplans for each Production Center ensuring a structured and future-ready investment approach.
- Oversee a 150-200M annual CapEx pipeline prioritizing investments that drive growth efficiency capacity expansion innovation and sustainability.
- Ensure project delivery is On Time In Full and In Budget (OTIFIB) with designs that fulfill committed business objectives.
- Lead the financial steering of Return on Assets (ROA) ensuring optimal investment decisions with measurable impact.
- Deploys maintains and improves global engineering processes and tools ensuring excellence execution in the regions.
Manufacturing & Asset Development:
- Systematically identify investment needs across the global production network addressing obsolescence capacity expansion innovation and sustainability goals.
- Drive the development and implementation of global manufacturing initiatives focusing on areas like productivity optimization and energy efficiency.
- Establish and enforce core design standards for utilities compounding and filling/packing equipment logistics solutions and factory design to ensure consistency reliability and performance excellence.
- Collaborate closely with the Real Estate function which owns site construction and facility management standards.
Supplier & Ecosystem Management:
- Build and manage strategic supplier partnerships working closely with Procurement to optimize costs quality and innovation.
- Ensure a robust global supplier network fostering long-term collaborations that align with Beiersdorfs production and sustainability ambitions.
Capability Building & Talent Development:
- Develop a strong and diverse talent pipeline of leaders and experts in Engineering and influence the development of teams within the SCET.
- Strengthen technical expertise across the manufacturing network by leading the Technical Subject Matter Expert (SME) Communities.
- Design and operate the Global Engineering Academy creating structured training programs to upskill engineering talent and foster innovation.
Your Profile
- Bachelors degree in engineering or related field (mandatory).
- Masters degree in engineering management Operations or MBA (preferred).
- 10 years of work experience in technical roles in manufacturing and investment projects.
- 5 years in senior leadership roles with regional/global scope.
- Proven record managing multi-million Euro/dollar engineering investments.
- Expertise in CAPEX planning technology implementation and sustainability initiatives.
- Experience in FMCG or high-volume manufacturing industries (preferred).
- Leadership: Proven ability to build inspire and lead cross-functional multicultural teams while fostering a culture of innovation and accountability.
- TPM: Strong experience in leading Early Equipment Management (EEM) processes; experience with Preventive Maintenance (PM) is a plus.
- Project Management: Cross-functional and cross-border project delivery.
- Strategic: Data-driven decision-making and aligning strategies with organizational goals.
- Fluent in English (mandatory). German is a bonus.
We embrace Diversity and Inclusion and are committed to providing equal opportunities to all of our applicants regardless of race gender age religion and beliefs sexual orientation & gender identity disability cultural ethnic or national origins. We would therefore kindly ask you to include only information and data in your documents which are relevant for the assessment of your application (e.g. curriculum vitae with relevant references and certificates) and encourage you to upload your CV without a picture.
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Employment Type
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