About VAT Group

At VAT, we change the world with vacuum solutions. As the world's leading supplier of high-performance vacuum valves, we have been driving innovation for more than 60 years. With over 3,200 employees worldwide, we operate from our headquarters in , Switzerland, with manufacturing sites in Switzerland, Malaysia and Romania, as well as sales and service hubs around the world. We guided by our passions integrity, teamwork, customer centricity, and innovation - always working together as #oneVAT.

Joining us means becoming part of a passionate, international team where your voice is heard, your ideas matter, and your career growth is supported.

Main role and activities

People and functional leadership 

• Lead, develop and coach the central GIEPT machining team with clear priorities, competence development and succession planning. 
• Functionally coordinate local machining counterparts in CH, RO and MY to ensure aligned execution, standards and escalation routines. 

Global machining standards and CAM governance 

• Own, maintain and continuously improve global CAM guidelines, machining standards, tooling, and golden process packages for VAT plants. 
• Ensure CAM systems, post-processors, program libraries and work instructions remain controlled, current, auditable and consistently applied. 

Capacity Release / Machining Optimization Program 

• Lead the global machining optimization portfolio as a governed operating model, not as isolated local improvement activities. 
• Prioritize opportunities based on annual volume, cycle time, bottleneck relevance, feasibility, CE risk, transferability and expected machine-hour release. 
• Drive Non-Change Request Express Track and Change Request Track improvements with clear gate criteria, evidence requirements and documented decision rights for the pipeline of optimization initiatives across RO/CH/MY
• Translate cycle-time reductions into released machine hours, capacity density impact, CAPEX delay or avoidance and DarWin-aligned value where applicable. 

Multi-site execution, technology roadmap and quality release 

• Support CH, RO and MY site leads in test runs, machine windows, trial parts, operator feedback, series handover and stable local KPI realization. 
• Define machining technology standards for machines, tools, automation interfaces and CAM-related infrastructure; support FAT/SAT and machine procurement where required. 
• Ensure no optimization is released to serial production without technical validation evidence, measurement protocols, surface and assembly checks, tool-life assessment and required approvals. 
• Represent VAT machining technology interests toward system providers, machine suppliers, tool suppliers and selected supplier-facing technical optimization activities. 

Competencies

• Strong technical credibility in machining, CAM, tooling, fixtures, equipment standards and shopfloor implementation. 
• Strategic and analytical thinking; able to connect cycle time, released hours, factory density, ramp capacity and CAPEX logic. 
• Structured execution discipline with clear gates, owners, evidence, documentation and escalation routines. 
• Strong people leadership, coaching ability and global collaboration across CH, RO, MY and cross-functional stakeholders. 
• Quality and risk mindset; protects product integrity, customer requirements and CE / Copy-Exact compliance while accelerating improvement.
• Clear communication in English; is an advantage. Able to translate technical facts into management-ready business impact.