Department Manager (m/f/d)

Description du poste

* 27 June 2026 * 100% * Permanent position * Widnau Department Manager (m/f/d) Area of activity: Production Location: Widnau, St. Gallen, CH, 9443 Work region (field service): Work flexibility: On-site (office/production) Job ID: 5645 Your mission * Overall responsibility for the operational management of the department: You ensure quality, productivity, costs and delivery capability within your area of responsibility and manage capacity planning and efficient resource utilisation. * Leading a team of 20 employees: You lead and develop a committed team and create a positive learning environment. * Ensuring maintenance and availability of production facilities and equipment: You guarantee smooth operations through proactive maintenance planning, coordinate maintenance measures and ensure high equipment availability. * Compliance with quality standards according to ISO 13485, occupational safety and internal processes: You are responsible for creating, maintaining and further developing technical documentation in your own area as well as for compliance with all regulations. * Budget responsibility for cost centre and investment planning: You contribute your know-how to budget planning and always keep costs in view. * Continuous improvement of processes, quality and efficiency: You drive continuous improvements and innovations and sustainably optimise processes, quality and profitability. * Cross-departmental collaboration with production, quality assurance and supply chain: You ensure transparent and effective information flow. Your talents * Technical training and further education towards process specialist, certified technician HF or equivalent * Several years of leadership experience * Strong quality awareness and enjoyment of precision work * Structured, goal-oriented working style * Assertiveness, commitment and self-motivation * Teamwork skills and high social competence * Very good German skills, English skills advantageous Your benefits * Flexible working hours & mobile working: In many areas, working time and location can be arranged as needed * Profit sharing and corporate benefits offers * Training opportunities: Open in-house seminar programme, extensive e-learning offerings, professional training and much more * Varied activities in a collegial team * Work in a family-run and future-oriented company Petra Schawalder petra.schawalder@karlstorz.com 5645