Group Operational Excellence Project Manager

Ready to help build a better future for generations to come?

In an ever-changing, fast paced world, we owe it to ourselves and our future generations to live life responsibly.  At ROCKWOOL, we work relentlessly to enrich modern living through our innovative stone wool solutions.  

Join us and make a difference!

Are you interested in a career opportunity that offers high impact and involves identifying improvement opportunities within factory operations and ROCKWOOL-producing units? If so, ROCKWOOL is looking for a Group Operational Excellence Project Manager to join our international team. In this role, you will have the chance to develop your talents and travel across Europe, North America, and anywhere in between.

This is who we are

As a member of the Group Operational Excellence team, you will collaborate with skilled colleagues to drive improvements in operations and quality management. Together, we pursue strategic targets and foster a culture of continuous, data-driven improvement as well as support cross-functional processes and projects.
Your role

You will get a versatile role with wide variety: From the initial data analysis stage, we collaborate closely with our colleagues in the factories to gain a thorough understanding of the potential for improvement. We then test and implement sustainable solutions based on ROCKWOOL best practices and innovation. You will usually work in a team of 2-3 colleagues from our team or the local organization. Furthermore, the role will focus on:

• Plan and conduct analyses of our factory operations to identify improvements in productivity, output, and quality

• Lead projects to eliminate waste, optimize processes and boost operational efficiency

• Share best practices across production units to drive consistency and collaboration

• Establish and drive a global community within Systems production

• Measure factory maturity to ensure consistent application across all production units and define plans for further development.

• Monitor performance metrics, report on improvements, and drive data-based decision-making

• Measure factory maturity to ensure consistent application across all production units and define plans for further development.

Your Qualifications

You have a strong analytical profile, you thrive at the shop floor as well as with senior management and you naturally push for optimizations wherever possible. Additionally, you have:

• A bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering or business

• A strong analytical background with a structured way of working

• 3 years of experience from lean manufacturing implementations with a proven track record within operations or from consulting

• Measure factory maturity to ensure consistent application across all production units and define plans for further development.

• Demonstrated coaching and facilitation skills, allowing you to work at all levels of the organization

• Excellent intercultural competencies and the flexibility to travel approximately 60-70 days per year internationally

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced environment

• Fluency in English, both written and spoken

What we offer

By joining our team, you become a part of the people-centric work environment of a Danish company. We offer you a competitive salary, permanent contract after the probation period, development package, team building events, activity-based office in Poznan’s city center in the new prestigious office building – Nowy Rynek. The building is recognized as a building without barriers, which means that it is fully adapted to the needs of people with disabilities. 

Our compensation package on employment contracts includes:    

• An office-first approach: home office is available up to 2 days per week

• Adaptable Hours: start your workday anytime between 7:00 AM and 9:00 AM

• Home office subsidy 

• Private Medical Care 

• Multikafeteria MyBenefit 

• Wellbeing program 

• Extra Day Off for voluntary activities 

… and while in the office you can also use modern office space with beautiful view and high standard furniture, bicycle parking facilities & showers, chill-out rooms with PlayStation, football table, pool table, board games, subsidized canteen with delicious food & fruit. 

Interested?   

If you recognize yourself in this profile and challenge, we kindly invite you to apply with CV written in English.  

Interested?   

If you recognize yourself in this profile and challenge, we kindly invite you to apply with CV written in English.  

Who we are   

We are the world leader in stone wool solutions. Founded in 1937 in Denmark, we transform volcanic rock into safe, sustainable products that help people and communities thrive.  We are a global company with more than 12,200 employees, located in 40+ countries with 51 manufacturing facilities… all focused on one common purpose – to release the natural power of stone to enrich modern living.     

Sustainability is central to our business strategy.  ROCKWOOL was one of the first companies to commit to actively contributing to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) framework and are actively committed to 11 SDGs, including SDG 14, Life Below Water.  Through our partnership with the One Ocean Foundation and in connection with our sponsorship of the ROCKWOOL Denmark SailGP team, we will help raise awareness around ocean health challenges in an effort to accelerate solutions to protect it.      

Diverse and Inclusive Culture   

We want all our people to feel valued, respected, included and heard.  We employ 79 different nationalities worldwide and are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees, promote diversity, and work against all forms of discrimination among ROCKWOOL employees.   

At ROCKWOOL, you will experience a friendly team environment. Our culture is very important to us.  In fact, we refer to our culture as “The ROCKWOOL Way”.  This is the foundation in which we operate and is based upon our values of ambition, responsibility, integrity and efficiency.