• Active support and guidance in PD and daily management meetings • Planning Kaizen events and maintaining a Kaizen event funnel • Preparing, implementing and maintaining improvements at Kaizen events • Leading the diagnosis of workflow and process impediments and other waste across the organisation • and providing experienced advice on appropriate JBS methods to optimise them • Instil the JBS mindset to promote improvement thinking, continuous learning and business acumen • Improve JBS training and facilitation skills, develop plans for and contribute to the training of certified practitioners • Lead employee development in various JBS tools and Kaizen leadership • Completed university degree in economics, engineering or comparable specialisation • Several years of experience in an industrial environment • Ability to accurately assess key business metrics and situations from a general manager's perspective • Ability to design, develop and implement a roadmap for an operational business • Ability to participate at all levels of the organisation, from senior leaders, functional leaders to project managers and practitioners in all functional areas • Very good methodological skills in lean and project management • Excellent communication skills • Strategic thinking, assertiveness, coaching skills • Very customer-orientated and independent way of working • Very good teamwork skills and networking affinity Jenoptik is an international photonics group with representatives in over 80 countries. Optical technologies are the foundation of our business. We employ around 4,000 people worldwide.