Project Manager Operational Excellence (m/w/d) — Rheinmetall Air Defence AG

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WHERE FOR WE SEE YOU Want to sustainably improve business processes and actively promote the continuous development of an international company? As Project Manager Operational Excellence (m/f/d), you take over the management of cross-divisional optimization projects and contribute to increasing our process efficiency and customer satisfaction through the targeted use of modern methods. The following activities await you:

  • Management and implementation of medium and large projects for process optimization and efficiency increase
  • Analysis of end-to-end business processes as well as identification and implementation of improvement potential
  • Introduction and further development of Lean Management, Six Sigma and Continuous Improvement Process (CIP) methods
  • Control of interdisciplinary project teams and ensure the achievement of defined project goals
  • Identification, monitoring and evaluation of relevant key figures (KPIs) for evaluating process performance
  • Advising departments on operational excellence, in particular on the implementation and use of performance indicators
  • Planning and implementation of workshops and training for the sustainable anchoring of improvement initiatives
  • Supporting knowledge management through coaching, creation of process documentation and development of standardized templates WHAT YOU SHOULD TEACH
  • Completed commercial vocational training or a completed degree, for example in business administration, industrial engineering or economics
  • Strong interest in process optimization, operational excellence and continuous improvement
  • Initial knowledge in the management of interdisciplinary projects
  • Secure handling of MS Office and ideally knowledge of SAP, Confluence and Jira
  • Very good knowledge of German and good knowledge of English in word and writing
  • Analytical thinking skills, a structured and independent way of working as well as strong communication and team skills WHAT WE ARE TO YOU
  • A dynamic working environment with exciting projects
  • Flexible working hours (active and trusted working hours)
  • Very good social benefits and a super-compulsory pension fund
  • Employee benefits of a large corporation, employee share purchase program
  • Promotion of needs-based training
  • Staff restaurant and external catering and shopping facilities nearby
  • Individual internal and external personnel development measures in cooperation with our Rheinmetall Academy
  • Workplace a few minutes walk from the Zurich-Oerlikon train station KONTAKTDETAILS Responsible contact person: Jascha Köster For questions about your application, please use the contact form. Please note that dossiers of recruiters are not taken into account.

Job details

  • Company: Rheinmetall Air Defence AG
  • Position: Project Manager Operational Excellence (m/w/d)
  • Location: Zürich, Zürich
  • Salary: CHF 101'500 - 154'000 (source unverified)
  • Sector: Difesa / Industria
  • Posted on: 2026-10-28
  • Expired on: 2026-11-04

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