Plant Manager

With a history of more than 140 years, Tarkett is a worldwide leader in innovative and sustainable flooring and sports surface solutions, generating revenue of €3.3 billion in 2025.

The Group has close to 12,000 employees, 25 R&D centers, 8 recycling centers and 33 production sites. Tarkett designs and manufactures solutions for hospitals, schools, housing, hotels, offices, stores and sports fields, serving customers in more than 100 countries.

To build “The Way to Better Floors,” the Group is committed to circular economy and sustainability, in line with its Tarkett Human-Conscious Design® approach. www.tarkett-group.com

As part of the development and transformation of our industrial activities within the Home & LVT BU, we are looking for a Plant Manager to take responsibility for our industrial site based in Konz, Germany.

The Konz site plays an important role in the Group’s European industrial organization. Specialized in the manufacture of residential vinyl flooring, particularly in rolls, the site operates in a demanding industrial environment focused on process efficiency, operational performance, product quality and continuous improvement.

In this context, your mission will be to manage the overall performance of the site, sustainably strengthen its industrial competitiveness and support its transformation. As a true field leader, you will unite the teams around a clear vision, a strong safety culture and a collective performance mindset.

Reporting to the VP Home & LVT BU, you will be member of the BU Home & LVT BU Leadership Team.

As this recruitment process will be conducted in English, we kindly ask to submit your CV in English.

Your responsibilities

You will take overall responsibility for the Konz site and manage all activities: production, logistics, technical services, quality, HSE, human resources, controlling and purchasing.

Site leadership and transformation

• Define and deploy a clear industrial vision, in line with the priorities of the division and the Group.

• Lead the industrial, organizational and managerial transformation of the site.

• Unite the teams around a new dynamic of performance, accountability and continuous improvement.

• Lead the site management team, set priorities, monitor action plans and conduct performance reviews.

• Ensure regular, transparent and structured communication with the teams, the division and the Group.

Operational excellence and industrial performance

• Ensure the achievement of the site’s objectives in terms of safety, quality, costs, lead times, productivity, customer service and environment.

• Monitor and challenge site performance through key KPIs: CPM, OEE, budget, quality, delivery, safety and productivity.

• Lead continuous improvement initiatives: WCM, Lean, safety, cost reduction, process reliability and flow optimization.

• Sustainably improve the efficiency, stability and competitiveness of production and logistics processes.

• Contribute to the SIOP process in coordination with the division and Supply Chain teams.

Financial management, budget and investments

• Take responsibility for the site’s economic performance: costs, productivity, budget, results and competitiveness.

• Manage the site budget, monthly and annual closings, in coordination with controlling.

• Prioritize and monitor industrial investments, particularly CAPEX projects.

• Ensure the optimal use of the site’s human, technical and financial resources.

Health, safety, environment, quality and compliance

• Embody and promote a strong and sustainable safety culture across the entire site.

• Ensure compliance with legal, regulatory and internal requirements in terms of safety, environment, quality, compliance and ethics.

• Ensure that the site complies with Group standards, customer requirements and applicable regulations.

• Manage internal, external, customer or authority audits, and ensure the implementation of the related action plans.

Management, social dialogue and talent development

• Lead, develop and empower the site management team.

• Adapt the site organization to meet performance, transformation and competitiveness challenges.

• Ensure constructive social dialogue with employee representative bodies.

• Develop skills, leadership and succession plans within the site.

• Foster employee engagement and maintain a social climate that supports transformation.

Site representation and management of critical situations

• Represent the site with internal and external stakeholders: division, Group, customers, authorities, social partners and local stakeholders.

• Ensure clear communication on the progress of objectives, projects, indicators and action plans.

• Act as an escalation point for critical operational, social or strategic matters.

• Manage exceptional situations while ensuring business continuity and appropriate decision-making.

Your qualifications and skills

• You hold a higher education degree in engineering, industrial production, supply chain or equivalent, and have confirmed experience as a Plant Manager, Site Director or Operations Director.

• You have worked in a demanding industrial environment, ideally in continuous processes, materials, flooring or an industry with strong safety, quality, cost and productivity challenges.

• As a field-oriented leader, you know how to unite teams, empower managers and support a site through a transformation journey.

• You have demonstrated your ability to sustainably improve industrial performance: safety, productivity, quality, costs, lead times, social climate and employee engagement.

• You have a strong culture of operational excellence: Lean, WCM, continuous improvement, KPI management, budget management and CAPEX projects.

• Comfortable in an international and matrix environment, you know how to communicate with impact and maintain constructive social dialogue.

• Fluency in German and English is required. French would be an asset.

Why join us?

Take the lead of a strategic industrial site at European level.

Drive a high-impact industrial and human transformation.

Join a French international group, a pioneer and leader in sustainable development within the building finishing sector, enabling its employees to develop impactful initiatives in their roles and for society.

Recruitment process

• Initial discussions with Axel, Talent Acquisition team

• Interview with Pierre, VP Home & LVT BU

• Interview with Delphine, France HR Director

• Interview with Eric, VP Division Industrial Management

• Interview with Sanja, EMEA HR Director

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Tarkett recruits based on skills and promotes equal opportunities and diversity within its teams, particularly in favor of gender equality, social diversity, disability inclusion and intergenerational diversity.

By joining us, you will be part of an international culture where you can expand your horizons, change the game and design the future of society. And where our values of collaboration, creativity, commitment and caring underpin our success.

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