Managing Director (m/f/d)

Entrepreneurial Site Leadership for Operational Excellence and Growth

Our client is a well-established European technology company specializing in advanced electric drive and control solutions for industrial automation. Its Bulgarian manufacturing site, with around 130 employees, is a strategically important part of the Group's value chain and works closely with the German headquarters. The operation focuses on high-quality electromechanical production and has recently benefited from substantial investment in modern machinery, robotics, metrology and digital systems. Building on a solid technical foundation, the site is now entering its next stage of professionalization, automation and capability expansion. The Managing Director will play a decisive role in strengthening operational excellence and preparing the organization for further growth and additional value-added activities.

The Role:

• Assume full P& L and legal-entity responsibility for the Bulgarian site and lead an organization of around 130 employees.
• Raise operational performance across quality, cost, delivery, productivity and occupational safety through transparent KPIs and disciplined shopfloor management.
• Professionalize structures, responsibilities and leadership processes, while developing a strong and accountable second management level.
• Expand automation and optimize manufacturing concepts, material flows and processes, fully leveraging recent investments in modern production technology.
• Lead production, technology and value-chain transfers from Germany to Bulgaria, including industrialization, ramp-up and structured know-how transfer.
• Further develop planning, supply chain, procurement, quality, maintenance and internal logistics, preparing the site for sustainable growth.

Your Profile:

• Degree in engineering, business administration or a comparable qualification.
• Several years of senior leadership experience as Managing Director, General Manager, Plant Manager or Operations Director in an industrial manufacturing environment.
• Proven track record in developing manufacturing sites and improving production, quality, supply chain and operational performance.
• Strong commercial understanding, including P& L responsibility, budgeting, cost management and financial performance management.
• Experience in change, industrialization, transfer and ramp-up processes; exposure to automation and productivity programs is highly advantageous.
• Entrepreneurial, pragmatic and implementation-driven leadership style; fluent Bulgarian and strong English, with German considered an advantage.

Your Perspective:

• Entrepreneurial responsibility with substantial freedom to shape a strategically important manufacturing site.
• Clear growth ambitions backed by a committed ownership structure and willingness to invest further.
• Direct interaction with Group leadership and close international collaboration with the German headquarters.

Interesse?

Please send us your application quoting reference 15107-S, including your salary expectations and earliest starting date, via our application form or alternatively by e-mail to: [email protected].