KARL STORZ Endoskop Produktions GmbH
Widnau
Department Manager (m/f/d)
- 27 June 2026
- 100%
- Permanent position
- Widnau
About the job
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
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