Senior Manager Business Process Excellence (f/m/d)

Working at Freudenberg: "We will wow your world!" This is our promise. As a global technology group, we not only make the world cleaner, healthier and more comfortable, but also offer our 52,000 employees a networked and diverse environment where everyone can thrive individually. Be surprised and experience your own wow moments.
Freudenberg Performance Materials is part of the Freudenberg Group and a leading global supplier of innovative technical textiles for a broad range of markets: From apparel, automotive, building materials, civil engineering, energy, filter media, healthcare and to building interiors and more. Join our team and shape the future of innovation with us! Discover our world at www.freudenberg-pm.com.

Some of your Benefits

• International Opportunities: Grow in your career through international exchange and global job opportunities.
• Personal Development: We offer a variety of trainings to ensure you can develop in your career.
• Sustainability & Social Commitment: We support social and sustainable projects and encourage employee involvement.
• Cafeteria/ Canteen: We offer fresh food on-site, both hot and cold.
• Performance Related Bonus: When you have an impact, you can reap the rewards.

Hybrid Work

At Freudenberg Performance Materials (FPM), Business Process Excellence is not a side function - it is a strategic lever. As Senior Manager Business Process Excellence, you will shape how our global organization operates, scales, and innovates. You will lead the transition of administrative activities into Shared Services, strengthen global process governance, and help our business turn transparency, data, and execution discipline into measurable value.

Senior Manager Business Process Excellence (f/m/d)

Responsibilities

• Global Process Governance: You create clarity and discipline by owning and continuously evolving our global Business Process Excellence (BPE) portfolio and governance model.
• Shared Services Transformation: You lead the journey of transitioning administrative services into Shared Services Centers, unlocking efficiency, scalability, cost transparency, and service quality at enterprise level.
• Empowered Process Owners: You enable Global Process Owners to succeed by co creating clear roadmaps, structuring initiatives, and equipping them with methods, tools, and confidence - turning strategy into execution.
• Measurable Value Creation: You define and track strategic KPIs that make the impact of process excellence tangible - connecting improvement initiatives to business outcomes, not activity.
• Process Innovation at Scale: You accelerate modern process capabilities such as process mining, process intelligence, and digital BPM to increase transparency, insight, and proactive decision making.
• Future Ready Organization: You identify disruptive trends and emerging technologies early - and translate them into pragmatic pilots, scalable solutions, and step change performance improvements.
• Culture & Talent Development: You foster a culture of experimentation, continuous learning, and collaboration — and develop future leaders who can drive change across functions, regions, and hierarchies.

Qualifications

• You hold a Master’s degree in Business Administration or a related discipline; a PhD is welcome but not required
• You bring proven exposure to Shared Services environments or comparable administrative operating models
• Required expertise includes a deep knowledge of Business Process Management, Lean (Black Belt or Master Black Belt), Six Sigma, and change management
• Several years of experience in business process management, transformation, or operational excellence within a complex organization underpin your expertise
• You demonstrate a strong understanding of digital transformation in administrative or business processes
• Strategic thinking comes naturally to you, enabling you to connect process work to enterprise strategy and value
• Your working style is highly self driven and well structured, marked by resilience, combined with strong ownership and work ethic
• Your decisions are guided by a clear data and insight orientation, leveraging KPIs, process metrics, and evidence
• An excellent command of English (min. C1-level) is essential; proficiency in German is regarded as a strong asset

The Freudenberg Group is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion. Employment opportunities are available to all applicants and associates without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information, marital status, familial status, sexual orientation, protected military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.