ONIQ

Value Engineering Manager – Senior Project Manager, Digital Lean Manufacturing

ONIQ

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Cologne • Germany

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Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • As a Value Engineering Manager, you will independently manage multiple customer projects with international top-tier manufacturing companies and take ownership of converting them from pilot engagements into long-term SaaS partnerships.
  • You will be a key driver in bringing the IQA Lean Copilot and the latest technologies into real-world operations - delivering measurable improvements in efficiency and sustainability for our customers.
  • Your focus will be on maximizing and clearly demonstrating the value IQA creates for our customers.
  • You will ensure the successful implementation of IQA and demonstrate its long-term impact by highlighting its strategic importance and embedding it into day-to-day operations – helping our customers build future-proof, lean and sustainable manufacturing operations.
  • You will work across teams to maximize customer impact with IQA and play a key part in ONIQ’s overall success.

Requirements

  • Strong relationship-building skills, outgoing and communicative personality
  • Entrepreneurial mindset and enthusiasm to drive the transformation to sustainable manufacturing with our software IQA
  • Ability to understand the most pressing customer issues in production and to present our matching solutions
  • Strong customer focus to achieve the best results both for the customer and ONIQ
  • Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering & Management, or a related field
  • Profound experience working in operations consulting, production management, lean manufacturing, operational excellence, or similar
  • International experience and a strong awareness of regional business practices, combined with the ability to tailor communication strategies accordingly
  • Excellent language skills (English and German C1)
  • Willingness to travel internationally for customer meetings or industry events (typically 2-4 on-site meetings per month)
Benefits
  • A culture built on transparency, integrity and authenticity – we trust and respect each other and make decisions based on competence
  • A fast-paced, agile environment where you can take on as much responsibility as you feel ready for and actively shape our marketing and go-to-market
  • A team that genuinely cares about collaboration and work culture: we regularly reflect on our teamwork, invest work time into team spirit and consciously create balance in everyday work
  • The opportunity to contribute to fighting climate change by helping industrial manufacturers to become more efficient and to reduce their CO₂ emissions, while we are mindful of our own environmental impact as a carbon-neutral company
  • All the benefits that make work more pleasant: flexible hours, part-time options, remote work possibilities, regular team events and offsites, 30 days PTO, weekly yoga sessions, Deutschlandticket, Urban Sports Club and more
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
operations consultingproduction managementlean manufacturingoperational excellenceSaaSvalue engineeringcustomer solutions presentationsustainabilityefficiency improvementsproject management
Soft Skills
relationship-buildingcommunicationentrepreneurial mindsetcustomer focusoutgoing personalitytransformational leadershipstrategic thinkingteam collaborationproblem-solvingadaptability
Certifications
Master’s degree in Mechanical EngineeringMaster’s degree in Industrial Engineering & Management