Plant Manager - Konz (M/F)

With a history of more than 140 years, Tarkett is a worldwide leader in innovative and sustainable flooring and sports surface solutions, generating revenue of €3.3 billion in 2025.

The Group has close to 12,000 employees, 25 R&D centers, 8 recycling centers and 33 production sites. Tarkett designs and manufactures solutions for hospitals, schools, housing, hotels, offices, stores and sports fields, serving customers in more than 100 countries.

To build “The Way to Better Floors,” the Group is committed to circular economy and sustainability, in line with its Tarkett Human-Conscious Design® approach.www.tarkett-group.com

As part of thedevelopment and transformation of our industrial activities within theHome & LVT BU, we are looking for aPlant Manager to take responsibility for our industrial site based inKonz, Germany.

TheKonz site plays an important role in the Group’sEuropean industrial organization. Specialized in the manufacture ofresidential vinyl flooring, particularly in rolls, the site operates in a demanding industrial environment focused onprocess efficiency, operational performance, product quality and continuous improvement.

In this context, your mission will be to manage theoverall performance of the site, sustainably strengthen itsindustrial competitiveness and support itstransformation. As a truefield leader, you will unite the teams around aclear vision, astrong safety culture and acollective performance mindset.

Reporting to theVP Home & LVT BU, you will be member of the BU Home & LVT BU Leadership Team.

As this recruitment process will be conducted in English, we kindly ask to submit your CV in English.

Your responsibilities

You will takeoverall responsibility for the Konz site and manage all activities:production, logistics, technical services, quality, HSE, human resources, controlling and purchasing.

Site leadership and transformation

• Define and deploy aclear industrial vision, in line with the priorities of the division and the Group.

• Lead theindustrial, organizational and managerial transformation of the site.

• Unite the teams around a new dynamic ofperformance, accountability and continuous improvement.

• Lead thesite management team, set priorities, monitor action plans and conductperformance reviews.

• Ensure regular, transparent and structured communication with the teams, the division and the Group.

Operational excellence and industrial performance

• Ensure the achievement of the site’s objectives in terms ofsafety, quality, costs, lead times, productivity, customer service and environment.

• Monitor and challenge site performance through key KPIs:CPM, OEE, budget, quality, delivery, safety and productivity.

• Lead continuous improvement initiatives:WCM, Lean, safety, cost reduction, process reliability and flow optimization.

• Sustainably improve theefficiency, stability and competitiveness of production and logistics processes.

• Contribute to theSIOP process in coordination with the division and Supply Chain teams.

Financial management, budget and investments

• Take responsibility for the site’seconomic performance: costs, productivity, budget, results and competitiveness.

• Manage thesite budget, monthly and annual closings, in coordination with controlling.

• Prioritize and monitor industrial investments, particularlyCAPEX projects.

• Ensure the optimal use of the site’shuman, technical and financial resources.

Health, safety, environment, quality and compliance

• Embody and promote astrong and sustainable safety culture across the entire site.

• Ensure compliance with legal, regulatory and internal requirements in terms ofsafety, environment, quality, compliance and ethics.

• Ensure that the site complies withGroup standards, customer requirements and applicable regulations.

• Manageinternal, external, customer or authority audits, and ensure the implementation of the related action plans.

Management, social dialogue and talent development

• Lead, develop and empower thesite management team.

• Adapt the site organization to meetperformance, transformation and competitiveness challenges.

• Ensureconstructive social dialogue with employee representative bodies.

• Developskills, leadership and succession plans within the site.

• Fosteremployee engagement and maintain a social climate that supports transformation.

Site representation and management of critical situations

• Represent the site with internal and external stakeholders:division, Group, customers, authorities, social partners and local stakeholders.

• Ensure clear communication on the progress ofobjectives, projects, indicators and action plans.

• Act as anescalation point for critical operational, social or strategic matters.

• Manage exceptional situations while ensuringbusiness continuity and appropriate decision-making.

Your qualifications and skills

• You hold a higher education degree inengineering, industrial production, supply chain or equivalent, and have confirmed experience as aPlant Manager, Site Director or Operations Director.

• You have worked in ademanding industrial environment, ideally incontinuous processes, materials, flooring or an industry with strongsafety, quality, cost and productivity challenges.

• As afield-oriented leader, you know how tounite teams, empower managers and support a site through a transformation journey.

• You have demonstrated your ability to sustainably improve industrial performance:safety, productivity, quality, costs, lead times, social climate and employee engagement.

• You have a strong culture ofoperational excellence:Lean, WCM, continuous improvement, KPI management, budget management and CAPEX projects.

• Comfortable in aninternational and matrix environment, you know how tocommunicate with impact and maintainconstructive social dialogue.

• Fluency inGerman and English is required.French would be an asset.

Why join us?

Take the lead of astrategic industrial site at European level.

Drive ahigh-impact industrial and human transformation.

Join aFrench international group, a pioneer and leader insustainable development within the building finishing sector, enabling its employees to developimpactful initiatives in their roles and for society.

Recruitment process

• Initial discussions withAxel, Talent Acquisition team

• Interview withPierre, VP Home & LVT BU

• Interview withDelphine, France HR Director

• Interview withEric, VP Division Industrial Management

• Interview withSanja, EMEA HR Director

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Tarkett recruits based on skills and promotes equal opportunities and diversity within its teams, particularly in favor of gender equality, social diversity, disability inclusion and intergenerational diversity.

By joining us, you will be part of an international culture where you can expand your horizons, change the game and design the future of society. And where our values of collaboration, creativity, commitment and caring underpin our success.

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