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General Manager (f/m/d) Harbour

Stock Market company

Our client is a European, stock listed company, within the metal industry. Because of the company’s logistical requirements and their need to have guaranteed access to raw materials, they own and operate their own harbour facility in northern Germany. Since the early 1980s, the port handling plants of the harbour were modernized and automated. That level of automation allowed the amount of goods being handled to double while the number of employees remained the same.

The previous General Manager came from within the process automation department of the parent company and they developed the modernization of the harbour’s equipment based on his expertise. Using laser, GPS and radio controlled technology, they are able to take care of unloading, carriage and transportation of the goods.

The level of automation at this harbour makes it a world-leading facility.

The successful candidate will oversee the technical progress of the facility, optimize the maintenance and plan extensions. Another important task for this position is to ensure a positive relationship with the authorities, regulators and politicians. Knowledge of port environments is desirable but not crucial.

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Managing Director (f/m/d) North America

midsize company

Our client is a private company within the machine manufacturing industry and employs more than 600 people worldwide. They are looking for a general manager for North America who will oversee their American and Canadian operations.

This company has an Illinois location with 35 employees. Within this location, there are both a sales management team and an application engineering team. The current acting general manager is planning to revert to his former position as the manager for only the application engineering team.

The successful candidate will be focussing on sales management and will need in-depth knowledge and understanding of european culture and business practices. The position does not require fluency in German.

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Systems Engineer (f/m/d) power electronics

OEM

Our client is a German automaker with a well revered international reputation. Due to the current changes within the automotive sector which are specifically focused on e-mobility, our client decided to enlarge its’ Research and Development department to meet the needs of the market.

The dependency on automotive suppliers in the field of power electronics and battery management is something our client wants to limit in the not too distant future. To gain more know-how in this sector it is imperative to build up an in-house department with highly trained specialists.

The principal task of power electronics is the control and conversion of electric power. The effectiveness of electric cars is based on efficient power electronics units. Apart from e-mobility it is also a basic component in the power generation sector (especially wind and solar power), in modern production lines (robotics and industry 4.0) and in power transmission. Next to classic street used BEV you can find electric drives in Automated Guided Vehicles (AGV´s), in material handling equipment and in small vehicles (Golf carts and Post cars).

As an OEM our client works closely with automotive suppliers and engineering service companies which has led to a high demand for personnel that are able to track all projects both internally and externally. For this project we were mandated to search for system engineers.

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General Manager (f/m/d) Italy

midsize German construction company

The company, a German privately owned civil engineering firm with international operations, is looking to hire a new General Manager (f/m) for their Italian subsidiary. The successful candidate will oversee 100 employees and will be expected to expand their product base as well as increase revenues and operations within Italy.

They will also be expected to better integrate the working relationship between the application engineering and sales departments.

The perfect candidate will have a business or engineering university degree and experience in sales or project management. They should also have a proven track record in a leadership position and with revenue responsibilities.

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Health and Safety Officer (f/m/d)

Stock market company

Our client, a large stock market listed company within the heavy industry sector is looking for a HSEQ manager. Throughout the manufacturing industry, the issue of safety is extremely important.

Keeping the accident rate as low as possible and creating an overall pleasant working environment in which issues such as ergonomics risk assessment come into focus, leads to greater motivation within the workplace and increased productivity. Integrated management concepts, in which fields such as health, safety, environmental protection and quality management (HSEQ) are combined, are now standard within larger companies. The core tasks include the direct management of the largest and most important subsidiary within the organisation and the oversight of a number of other, smaller, subsidiaries. In the long term, the goal of the targeted position will be to focus on a stronger connection between the various departments amongst the subsidiary companies and to unify the overall strategy. The ideal candidate should have a degree in engineering along with the additional qualifications from within the field of occupational health and safety.

The candidate should also have at least 7-10 years of professional experience. Furthermore, knowledge of integrative occupational safety concepts is important, as well as having a strong personality with the ability to work under pressure, complete the profile picture. The candidate must be able to identify and rectify any barriers to effective communication with employees at the production level as well as within management.

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General Manager (f/m/d) Czech

midsize company

The company is a German producer of metal forming machines, with 800 employees and 10 international locations and they are looking for a General Manager (f/m) for their Czech subsidiary. The Czech branch office employs five people. Of these, three are responsible for sales in the Baltic States, Russia and Poland, one is responsible for the Czech Republic and one is an administrative assistant.

The headquarters in Germany are not satisfied with the revenue growth of this location. In the medium-term, the company wants to progress from only selling machinery in Eastern Europe to also providing maintenance services for their current and potential clientele.

As a result, on the one hand, our client is looking for candidates with extensive sales experience, while on the one hand, have experience in working within large corporate structures so as to be able to lead this expansion process. Also, the candidate needs to be able to speak English proficiently, as this is our client’s international operational language.

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Head of Team (f/m/d) Service

Stock market company

Our client, a well known German company in the special purpose machine manufacturing industry, is looking for a Team Leader for the service department of its refrigeration business unit.

The company operates worldwide and employs more than 20,000 people. Many companies in Germany are doing commercial refrigeration (e.g. for supermarkets) but only a few develop complete refrigeration solutions for industrial usage (e.g. for production plants) like our client. It is a very crucial and challenging job to lead a service team within this industry and handle the servicing of products such as huge refrigeration compressors, tunnel freezers or screw packages. The candidate must also have the necessary experience to become the Service Manager for the entire DACH (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) area. Some large companies within our client‘s industry sector are also specialized in constructing and manufacturing huge refrigeration solutions, while many smaller companies only offer maintenance and after sales services.

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