Production Manager

Position: Production & Site Manager Location: Kungsbacka, Sweden Department: Operations / Production Type: Permanent About Piab Group At Piab Group we improve our customers' productivity, sustainability, and safety through evolving industrial automation and have done so since 1951. We believe in an automated world where no resources are wasted, and no humans are injured. With annual sales of ~3 billion SEK and more than 1400 employees, Piab is a global organization, serving customers in more than 100 countries from a vast network of subsidiaries and channel partners. Since 2018, Piab Group has been owned by Patricia Industries, part of Investor AB. The Lifting Automation Division specializes in smart lifting solutions using vacuum technology, which can be implemented in industries such as logistics, food & beverage, pharma, automotive, woodworking, and aviation. We are global leaders in ergonomic handling with the most advanced products in the market. You can expect the following with us Innovative Culture: Be part of a team that thrives on creativity and innovation. Global Impact: Work with a company that is a world leader in vacuum transport solutions. Global Presence: Piab has 25+ sales offices and over 900 partners worldwide, ensuring a vast network and global reach. Sustainable Vision: Contribute to an automated world, promoting safety and efficiency. Professional Growth: Access opportunities for continuous learning and career advancement. Diverse and Inclusive: Join a workplace that values diversity and fosters an inclusive environment. Stable employer: As part of Patricia Industries and connected to the Wallenberg family, Piab benefits from strong support and a commitment to long-term growth and sustainability. Job Mission As Production & Site Manager, you will lead the production organization at the Kungsbacka site and ensure safe, high-quality, and efficient assembly-based production. You will drive the site’s continued journey towards a more scalable, structured, and quality-focused setup, with strong daily management, clear KPI follow-up, and continuous improvement. This is a hands-on leadership role, reporting to the Operations Director. Key Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the production organization at the Kungsbacka site, including team leaders, production employees, and continuous improvement/production coordination resources.
• Ensure safe, high-quality, and efficient production by driving structure, standards, good order, and clear ways of working in assembly-based manufacturing.
• Execute the production plan by securing resources, competence, material flow, and production efficiency in close collaboration with relevant functions.
• Develop daily management and visual management routines that create transparency, accountability, and clear follow-up of performance.
• Strengthen KPI follow-up across production, including productivity, delivery performance, quality, efficiency, competence flexibility, and improvement progress.
• Drive Lean, 5S, standard work, and continuous improvement to improve flow, reduce variation, and create sustainable ways of working.
• Build structured problem-solving capabilities in production, including root cause analysis, corrective actions, and follow-up of improvement initiatives.
• Increase production’s ownership of quality follow-up, including scrap, non-conformities, root cause analysis, and corrective actions in close cooperation with the Quality function.
• Improve competence flexibility by supporting skills development, cross-training, and more scalable staffing and resource planning.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional stakeholders, including production planning, purchasing, order-related functions, quality, R&D, finance, and HR.
• Coordinate selected site responsibilities and contribute to a well-functioning, structured, and improvement-oriented site environment.

Preferred Competencies

• Structured, present, and pragmatic leader who enjoys being close to the shop floor.
• Motivated by creating structure, improving flow, and building sustainable ways of working that make production more predictable and less person-dependent over time.
• Strong change leader who can engage people, challenge old ways of working, and make new standards stick.
• Hands-on and self-driven, with the ability to both lead through others and personally drive improvements when needed.
• Calm under pressure and used to environments with demanding customers and high delivery expectations.
• Strong knowledge of daily management, visual management, KPI follow-up, Lean, 5S, standard work, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement.
• Able to analyze production and quality data together with relevant functions and translate insights into concrete improvement actions.

Experience and Education

• Solid experience from leading production teams in assembly-based manufacturing, industrial operations, or a similar production environment.
• Experience leading through team leaders or supervisors is highly preferred.
• Good understanding of material flow, resource planning, competence flexibility, and production efficiency.
• Experience working with production and quality data, including follow-up of deviations, scrap, non-conformities, root cause analysis, and corrective actions.
• Confidence using ERP systems and production-related digital tools.
• Relevant education within production, engineering, operations management, industrial management, or equivalent experience.
• Strong communication skills in Swedish and English, both written and spoken.

How to Apply If you are passionate about innovation, production leadership, and continuous improvement, and want to make a difference in the world of automation, we would love to hear from you. Use the following link to upload your CV. Please be advised that a valid work permit for the country where we offer the open vacancy is required for non-EU citizens. Unfortunately, applications without a valid work permit cannot be considered.