Job Description

Working at Freudenberg: We will wow your world!

Responsibilities:

• Manufacturing Technologies: Explores, assesses and implements core and enabler technologies generating value-add for customers, and analyses processes continuously with the goal of optimization and efficiency gain in a safe and lean way, offers support for plant level initiatives and current processing challenges in the region

• Process Development: Focuses on technology leadership in Automation, executes development projects in a practical way and provides corporate framework and global standards for new equipment, installations and engineering changes, sets standards and prepares for global roll outs, leads projects on demand

• Technology Road mapping and Capital Expenditure Management: Acts as an active member along the "Technology Road map" on a strategic and holistic scale followed by subsequent Capital Expenditure Management, ensures availability and implementation of the latest manufacturing technologies including supplier selection and qualification

• Knowledge transfer: Coordinates a Subject Matter Expert platform globally and fosters know-how transfer on manufacturing technologies, scouts new technologies and circulates information accordingly, proactively utilizes department synergies

• Piloting: Evaluates, builds and runs process development pilot lines to achieve and sustain technology leadership

Qualifications:

• University degree in engineering (or comparable), preferably automation technology, electrical or process engineering, technical apprenticeship of benefit

• Several years of pertinent expertise in Automation and/or Packaging technologies and a proven track record of project leadership and management of international projects and have practical experience in an Operations environment of filter components (or comparable)

• Thorough understanding of manufacturing processes, Lean and structured approach as well as project management skills

• Preferably affinity / experience in the field of robotics, programming, Industry 4.0 and AI

• Business fluent in written and spoken English, preferably second foreign language

The Freudenberg Group is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion. Employment opportunities are available to all applicants and associates without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information, marital status, familial status, sexual orientation, protected military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Freudenberg & Vilene Nonwovens (Suzhou) Co. Ltd.