Vice President Operations - Coating & Brazing Technologies (CBT) (m/w/d)

About The Position

Are you ready to take the next step in your leadership career and make a real impact in a global industrial company? We are looking for a strategic and hands-on leader to take on the role of Vice President Operations – Coating & Brazing Technologies. In this position, you will lead and shape the operational direction of a dynamic division focused on delivering advanced materials to customers worldwide. If you\’re passionate about continuous improvement, team development, and driving operational excellence, we invite you to explore this exciting opportunity.

As Vice President Operations, you will be responsible for overseeing all operational activities and ensuring that productivity, efficiency, and safety standards are consistently met. In close collaboration with senior leadership, you will contribute to strategic planning, implement best operational practices, and lead the organization toward higher levels of excellence including the requirements of health, safety, environment, quality, and sustainability. Your role will be key in shaping the operational direction of the division while ensuring full compliance and strong cross-functional collaboration.

Your Key Responsibilities Include

1. Developing policies, practices, and plans to enhance products and processes in alignment with divisional goals and growth objectives
2. Leading the implementation of new processes to improve quality, productivity, profitability, and sustainability
3. Ensuring the execution of division policies that align with the group’s safety strategy and promoting a proactive safety culture
4. Evaluating operational risks and leading quality assurance initiatives
5. Overseeing and steering HSEQ, Product Stewardship, and Operational Product Management
6. Preparing and managing budgets for capital expenditures and operational expenses based on business plans
7. Recommending and executing capital improvements, ensuring timely, budget-compliant, and high-quality project delivery
8. Monitoring expenses and budgeting to optimize operational costs and benefits
9. Ensuring compliance with local, national, and international laws and regulations affecting business operations
10. Managing contracts and maintaining strong relationships with vendors, partners, and other stakeholders
11. Overseeing workforce planning and manpower management within Operations
12. Demonstrating leadership capabilities, mentoring and motivating teams to drive high engagement and performance
13. Regularly reporting operational performance and key metrics to the Division President

This position will be located at one of Höganäs\‘ sites in Germany, Belgium, or Sweden, depending on the chosen candidate\’s location.

Your Profile

We are looking for a results-oriented, forward-thinking leader with strong industrial operations expertise and a strategic mindset. You hold a degree in Engineering or a related field and bring at least 15 years of progressive experience in senior operational roles – ideally within powder manufacturing or a similar industry. You bring deep knowledge of operational excellence methods, including lean approaches, and have a strong strategic background in occupational health and safety, as well as in managing safety initiatives and compliance programs. Your experience spans across core business functions such as HR, finance, supply chain, and IT, enabling you to work effectively in a cross-functional leadership context.

You are fluent in both English and German and possess excellent communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills. Your leadership style is characterized by integrity, inclusiveness, and the ability to inspire and empower diverse, multicultural teams. Finally, you are passionate about driving continuous improvement and sustainability at every level of operations.

Your Contact Persons

Hans Keller
Division President CBT

Bettina Raufer
Vice President HR CBT

Working at Höganäs

We aim to offer a great and meaningful place to work where you can fulfill your potential and ambitions. We welcome all applicants and strive for diversity. We have a clear management philosophy, and just like us, you believe that through collaboration and openness we develop as individuals and as a company. We see all employees, regardless of position, as leaders when we approach the challenges that the world – and we – face. Höganäs\‘ ambition is to lead the transformation to better meet the needs of tomorrow and become the preferred supplier of sustainable metal powder on a global scale – join us in our journey of sustainable change and towards net-zero climate emissions.

More About Höganäs

Höganäs is the world leader in the market for metal powders, with a yearly capacity of 500,000 tons. Höganäs\‘ vision is to inspire the industry to make more with less, and its ambition is to be the preferred supplier of sustainable metal powders. In close cooperation with customers, Höganäs develops tomorrow\’s solutions for automotive components, electrical motors, brazing, surface coating, and additive manufacturing. Höganäs operates 17 production centres across the globe and has a workforce of 2,400 employees. The turnover for 2024 was €1.034 billion. Höganäs, founded in 1797, is owned by Lindéngruppen and Wallenberg-owned FAM.

Interested? Apply today!

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