Pößneck, Thuringia, Germany Hybrid Employment

Penguin Random House is hiring an Assistant to the Production Manager

About the Role

Penguin Random House is hiring an Assistant to the Production Manager for our GGP Media GmbH site in Pößneck, Thüringen. You will play a key role in optimizing production processes and driving technical investments within a large-scale print manufacturing environment.

What You'll Do

  • Accompany active process optimization in production
  • Identify and implement optimization potential in processes and machine configurations for printing and finishing
  • Lead project management for technical investment projects, including research, planning, implementation, and follow-up
  • Conduct ongoing market observation and trend scouting
  • Perform performance analyses
  • Serve as the primary point of contact for energy management

What We're Looking For

  • A completed degree in printing/finishing, or a completed apprenticeship with corresponding further qualification in the graphic industry
  • Proven experience in the field of energy management
  • Enthusiasm for identifying innovations and optimization potential, and implementing them consistently
  • Strong analytical skills
  • The ability to work independently and communicate openly
  • Strong team skills

Team & Environment

You will report directly to the Production Manager and join a site of more than 700 employees in Pößneck.

Benefits & Compensation

  • Possibility to work from home
  • 30 days of vacation
  • VWL and other additional benefits
  • Bertelsmann Betriebskrankenkasse (company health insurance)
  • Employee discounts on Bertelsmann media and Corporate Benefits
  • Access to a company restaurant
  • Health offers including service bike leasing

Work Mode

This is a hybrid role based in Pößneck, Thüringen.

Penguin Random House is an equal opportunity employer.

Required Skills
PrintingFinishingEnergy ManagementProcess OptimizationAnalytical SkillsCommunication
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Penguin Random House

The leading adult and children's publishing house in North America, the United Kingdom and many other regions around the world.

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Job Details
Department Engineering
Category other
Posted 14 days ago