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Barry-Wehmiller

Capital equipment and engineering solutions provider

Site Leader - Managing Director

Business & StrategyConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeČačak, SerbiaNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Senior leadership experience in manufacturing, industrial, or engineered-to-order environments.
  • Proven experience with full business or site leadership responsibility, including financial accountability.
  • Demonstrated success operating within a matrixed, global organization.
  • Experience working in or leading organizations in Europe or cross-culturally is preferred.
  • Fluency in English is required.
  • Serbian language capability is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Act as the legal and operational representative of the site in Serbia, ensuring compliance with all local statutory, labor, safety, and regulatory requirements.
  • Own the site’s strategic plan and ensure alignment with BW Converting and Barry-Wehmiller enterprise priorities.
  • Partner with site leaders across manufacturing, engineering, quality, supply chain, service, finance, and people functions to ensure strong safety, quality, delivery, and cost performance.
  • Establish clear operating rhythms, performance metrics, and accountability systems across the site.
  • Champion continuous improvement using Lean and BW Way principles, driving productivity, standardization, and operational maturity.
  • Ensure strong collaboration across European and global manufacturing sites.
  • Lead the site within a matrix organizational structure, ensuring strong functional alignment while maintaining local accountability.
  • Partner with global functional leaders to deploy common standards, tools, and processes; balance global priorities with local execution realities; and resolve conflicts between site needs and enterprise objectives.
  • Lead through influence, transparency, and trust within a complex global organization.
  • Build and develop a strong local leadership team capable of delivering results and sustaining enterprise alignment.
  • Foster a people-centric, inclusive culture aligned with Barry-Wehmiller values, emphasizing engagement, development, accountability, and care.
  • Partner with the People team to ensure effective talent planning, succession, leadership development, and organizational health.
  • Ensure a consistent employee experience while respecting local cultural and market context.
  • Provide BW Converting executive leadership with transparent updates on site performance, risks, and opportunities.
  • Collaborate with peers across Europe and globally to support cross-site initiatives, capacity planning, and business transformation efforts.
  • Represent the site with customers, suppliers, community partners, and external stakeholders as appropriate.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience in capital equipment, machinery, or complex manufacturing environments.
  • Demonstrated Lean or continuous improvement leadership experience.
  • Prior Managing Director or General Manager experience in an international setting.

About the Company

Barry-Wehmiller

Capital equipment and engineering solutions provider

Barry-Wehmiller provides capital equipment and engineering solutions for manufacturing, helping clients improve operations through design, integration, and installation of machinery and systems. Their products and services cover the lifecycle of capital equipment for manufacturing, from concept through delivery and support. The company differentiates itself with a people-first culture called Truly Human Leadership, focusing on the growth and well-being of team members, which they say leads to better performance and better outcomes for customers and communities. Its goal is to build a better world by developing people and delivering reliable solutions that positively impact the lives of employees, customers, suppliers, and communities.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
St. Louis, MO
Founded
1885

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