Job Description

Your Mission As Vice President Operations you become part of the Vacuum Technique Business Area and will be responsible for the global operations strategy for our Scientific Vacuum Division. Your mission is to create an environment of high-tech manuf

Your Mission As Vice President Operations you become part of the Vacuum Technique Business Area and will be responsible for the global operations strategy for our Scientific Vacuum Division. Your mission is to create an environment of high-tech manufacturing, engineering and supply chain solutions, that focuses on our customers' needs as well as on our sustainability goals. Your role As part of our leadership team you actively shape our customer focus 'First in Mind - First in Choice' by creating an innovative and agile manufacturing strategy that brings us closer to our customers. You work closely with your stakeholders to build and enable successful teams that collaborate and lift synergies. This includes, among others: General Managers and their teams in the factories and our sales & service entities the global engineering, procurement and process development teams our customers, suppliers and other strategic partners and your peers in other Divisions We care about being close to our customers as much as we care about improving our environmental footprint, for which you actively review where we machine and assemble our products to optimize our speed to market, improve our logistics footprint and drive our customer experience for best-in-class quality and delivery performance. As a leader of our global organization that currently spans across 5 factories, 23 sales and service entities and a global customer and supplier base, you actively embrace diverse backgrounds and global perspectives, and cultivate diversity by respecting, including, and valuing one another. Who you are You love machine shops as much as we do and get excited about driving manufacturing tolerances down to micrometers. You enjoy shaping a vision for machining, assembly and supply chain solutions that focus on sustainability and customer experience. You appreciate the importance of data, the potential of digital twins in engineering and manufacturing and are curious about exploring better ways to do things to increase our quality, output and lead times. You lead change and enjoy building, coaching and leading global teams. Managing a balance sheet and profit & loss statement and preparing compelling business cases for our investment ambitions is well within your comfort zone. Your experience of working in interdisciplinary and intercultural teams contributes to shaping a diverse and inclusive culture focused not only on what we do but especially also about how we do things. What we offer Our products and solutions help scientists around the world improve our lives every day in universities, national and corporate R&D labs and of course a wide range of large & global as well as small & local customers. This defines our purpose and why we love what we do. Become part of our dynamic, curious, and international culture with room for your ideas and creativity in an atmosphere focused on collaboration and teamwork. We truly believe in driving a learning culture. We offer industry leading learning and development opportunities through our digital learning platform and have partnered with the world's leading universities and training centers to deliver trainings with a focus on professional and personal development. We believe that wellbeing is important for us all and that our shared success as a team will be measured by long-term, sustainable performance and not just tomorrow's results. We appreciate that we all have individual needs beyond our team and corporate mission and encourage and support you to find a balance that allows you to perform throughout your entire career with us, not just our next quarter. We love to celebrate our results and achievements as a team and always enjoy a good laugh. At the same time we are comfortable challenging each other, ensuring we have the broadest set of opinions shared openly within the team to ensure a strong alignment on shared goals. Job Location We are a global team and if your location works for you and your family and you know it will work as part of our team, that is all we really care for. Our factories are based in Germany, Czech Republic, Great Britain and USA with an ambition to expand our footprint to further regions in the future, too. About Atlas Copco Vacuum Technique Atlas Copco Vacuum Technique is one of four business areas within the Atlas Copco Group and is comprised of six divisions. A division is the highest operational unit within the group, responsible for delivering results in line with the strategies and objectives set by the business area and group. Each division has global responsibility for a specific product or service offering. In 2021, the Vacuum Technique Business Area reported revenues of EUR 2.879m at 24.2% operating margin with 9700 employees worldwide. About Scientific Vacuum Division The Scientific Vacuum Division currently includes 5 product companies (factories / units responsible for product development, manufacturing and product marketing) and more than 20 customer centers (sales entities / units responsible for customer contacts, sales and service) and operates through 3 global brands: Edwards Vacuum, Leybold Vacuum and Gamma Vacuum. Passionate people create exceptional things At Atlas Copco we believe in challenging the status quo, always looking for a better way. Our leading-edge technology enables us to innovate for a sustainable future. We believe that people make it happen and with us you are empowered to act. Your ideas can make a real difference and contribute to the quality of life for people everywhere. We offer a wide range of interesting job roles and many opportunities to grow. This is where it begins - Join us at the Home of Industrial Ideas.