Head of AVOR (m/f/d)

Head of AVOR (m/f/d | 100%) HESS - The Swiss pioneer in vehicle construction As a leading Swiss company for the development, manufacture, and repair of vehicles and kits, we employ 600 employees in Bellach (SO). In addition to our local production, we support and supply license partners on five continents with our modular system "Co-Bolt". As the only Swiss bus manufacturer, we move far beyond the borders with our high-quality electric and trolleybuses. The culture of innovation is the fuel of our company. To complement our Bus & Trolley division, we are looking for a dynamic leadership personality as Head of Work Preparation in material management for the team in Work Preparation. As Head of AVOR, you and your team will take on important planning, steering, and control tasks for the production of our innovative and high-quality electric and trolleybuses. Take on the challenge as an important link between our development and production and become part of the HESS family!
Your tasks

• Organizational, technical, and personnel leadership of our team in Work Preparation incl. personnel planning (6 employees)
• Overall responsibility for the operational activities in AVOR
• Coordination of all AVOR activities for all BUS assembly sites
• Responsibility for the timely and quantity-accurate scheduling of all production orders
• Monitoring target vs. actual order times, as well as scheduling corrective measures
• Organization, implementation, and monitoring of material planning
• Close cooperation with sales, project management, development, and purchasing
• Creating make-or-buy analyses in close cooperation with strategic purchasing
• Efficient processing of production orders (checking, reporting, closing of production orders)
• Supplementary tasks such as master data maintenance, article mutations, preliminary calculations, and development of key figures
• Supporting cooperation in cross-departmental projects

Our requirements

• Completed technical basic training
• Further training as a Process Specialist FA / Technician HF
• Proven AVOR experience in a production company
• Leadership experience in a comparable function
• Very good knowledge of German and English
• Resilience and teamwork skills
• Willingness to learn new things

We offer you

• Interesting, varied, and challenging activity in e-mobility
• Permanent employment in a successful traditional company
• Assumption of leadership responsibility
• Opportunity for further training and development
• Flexible working hours
• Performance-related employment conditions

If you feel addressed, send us your complete application documents including a cover letter via link (Apply now). Your QUESTIONS about this position will be answered by Christoph Wenger (Head of HR) [Apply now](< >) Carrosserie HESS AG | Bielstrasse 7 | 4512 Bellach [ ](< >) | j4id10400117a j4it0938a j4iy26a