APU Manager (M/F/D)

Join us and lead tech innovation for new lighting solutions and safer roads!

Currently for Valeo Lighting Systems in Chrzanów we recruit a APU Manager

Your challenges:

Manage people:

Monitor team competences and develops its autonomy (training plan building, follow-up & training actions implementation);

Ensure working standards are respected on its APU during the operations (safety, work instructions, quality, respect of the product);

Lead daily, weekly & monthly meetings and organize delegation.

Manage standards;
Manage production:

Be responsible for customer satisfaction;

Balance HC vs customer needs;

Ensure optimal use of equipment (TRP);

Assign & check corrective actions on recurring problems with Production Unit and Plant support departments;

Validate monthly the demonstrated capacity of APU.

Manage continuous improvement:

Lead daily Production Unit QRQC (Safety, Quality, Direct Labor efficiency, Maintenance);

Lead workstation ergonomics risk analysis and elimination;

Be responsible for Customer Line Return;

Manage the budget of Production Unit.

Contribute to successful new projects.

Join our team if you have:

Min. 4 years of experience in a position related to Production Management in a company from the automotive industry;

Team management experience;

High level of communication and negotiation skills;

Knowledge of production and quality management in a company from the automotive industry;

Initiative in action, entrepreneurship, organizational skills, strategic and analytical thinking skills;

Very good knowledge of English (knowledge of German will be an advantage);

Ability to motivate the team .

We offer:

Employment in an international production company with high quality standards of work, a leading multinational hightech automotive supplier;

Attractive working conditions and benefits: participation in internal and external trainings, subsidies for Medicover cafeteria and Medicover sport card, additional health and life insurance, private medical care (Medicover), Employee Retirement Programmes (PPE) and other social benefits.

Valeo works to promote diversity in all its forms (gender, disability, social and cultural, generational) through local policies and actions, mentoring and training programs, networks and partnerships

Job:

APU Manager

Organization:

Production

Schedule:

Full time

Employee Status:

Regular

Job Type:

Probation period contract (Regular)

Job Posting Date:

2026-05-13

Join Us !
Being part of our team, you will join:
- one of the largest global innovative companies, with more than 20,000 engineers working in Research & Development
- a multi-cultural environment that values diversity and international collaboration
- more than 100,000 colleagues in 31 countries... which make a lot of opportunity for career growth
- a business highly committed to limiting the environmental impact if its activities and ranked by Corporate Knights as the number one company in the automotive sector in terms of sustainable development

More information on Valeo: https://www.valeo.com