Bellach
Project Manager Process Improvement (m/f/d)
- 24 August 2026
- 100%
- Permanent position
About the job
Project Manager Process Improvement (m/f/d | 100%)
HESS - The Swiss Pioneer in Vehicle Construction
As a leading Swiss company for the development, manufacture and repair of vehicles and kits, we employ 600 staff in Bellach (SO). In addition to our local production, we support and supply licence partners on five continents with our modular system "Co-Bolt". As the only Swiss bus manufacturer, we operate far beyond the borders with our high-quality electric and trolleybuses. The culture of innovation is the fuel of our company.
To complement our Bus & Trolley division, we are looking for a process-oriented Project Manager for the Process Improvement team. Are you technically skilled, process-oriented and experienced in an industrial environment? Then you are a perfect fit for us! As a Project Manager in the Process Improvement team, you contribute to continuously improving quality and punctuality in our bus production through the use of lean management methods. With your know-how and experience, you actively help ensure that electric buses continue to be built to the highest standards at the Bellach site and in our second assembly plant in Portugal.Your Tasks
- Development and implementation of lean production in bus assembly
- Leadership and participation in projects to realise smoother processes in the various production groups
- Ensuring higher efficiency in bus assembly through process changes and optimisations
- Optimisation of the material flow concept in coordination with materials management
- Embedding workplace organisation according to the 5S model
- Implementation of lean production at our production site in Portugal
- Project-related work in Portugal (travel share 30-60%)
Our Requirements
- Completed vocational training in industry
- Further training in process technology
- Several years of professional and project management experience
- Good language skills in German and English (Portuguese an advantage)
- Willingness for regular business trips to Portugal
- Production- and process-oriented personality
- Resilience and ability to work in a team
- Willingness to learn new things
We Offer You
- Interesting and challenging permanent position in e-mobility
- International project experience through regular assignments in Portugal with personal and professional development
- Expansion of intercultural skills
- Collegial, appreciative working environment
- Flexible working hours
- Performance-based employment conditions
If you feel addressed, please send us your complete application documents including a cover letter via the link (Apply now).
Your QUESTIONS about this position will be answered by
Christoph Wenger (Head of HR)
+41 32 617 34 33
Carrosserie HESS AG | Bielstrasse 7 | 4512 Bellach
jobs@hess-ag.ch | www.hess-ag.ch