Technical Advisor – Ovar Operations

Technical Advisor – Ovar Operations & WW stocks improvement (m/f/div)
- Full-time The Keenfinity Group delivers professional communication and security solutions that connect and protect people and assets. Following its carve-out from the Bosch Group in mid-2025, it operates as independent company within the portfolio of European investment firm Triton. The Group’s four Businesses include Audio delivering professional communication products of the globally renowned brands Bosch, Electro-Voice, Dynacord, RTS and Telex, IQSIGHT Video Systems, Radionix Intrusion & Access, and KEENFINITY Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS). In fiscal year 2025, the group generated revenues of over €1 billion and employed approximately 4,000 people across more than 40 countries. Mission We are looking for a hands-on Operations / Lean / Supply Chain professional to work on site at Keenfinity Ovar, providing technical and analytical support across three areas:
- 40% – Ovar Plant Manager: operational excellence, factory performance, lean assessment and execution support.
- 20% – Operations General Manager: cross-functional operations improvement, standards, performance management and strategic initiatives.
- 40% – WW Supply Chain / Stocks Improvement Program: inventory analytics, DIO reduction, root-cause analysis, best-practice definition and deployment across the global manufacturing network. The role is expected to be fact-based, analytical and hands-on, working directly with the organization to identify gaps, quantify opportunities and drive implementation.

Key Responsibilities
1. Ovar Plant – Operational Excellence | 40%
- Assess the current factory operating model, material flow, planning, logistics and inventory management.
- Identify operational inefficiencies, bottlenecks, waste and opportunities for productivity improvement.
- Analyze shopfloor and supply-chain data to identify root causes, not only symptoms.
- Support Lean initiatives, including flow, WIP, lead time, layout, replenishment and shopfloor management.
- Translate findings into concrete actions, owners, timing and expected benefits.
- Coach the local team in practical problem solving and sustainable improvement methods.
- Support the Plant Manager in establishing and tracking operational KPIs. 2. Operations General Management Support | 20%
- Provide independent technical analysis and fact-based recommendations on operational topics.
- Support the definition and deployment of common manufacturing standards and processes.
- Identify improvement opportunities across Operations and challenge existing ways of working.
- Prepare management-level analysis, business cases and implementation roadmaps.
- Support cross-functional initiatives involving Operations, Supply Chain, Purchasing, Planning, Logistics and Industrial Engineering. 3. WW Supply Chain / Stocks Improvement Program | 40%
- Act as a technical and analytical support resource for the global DIO improvement program.
- Analyze inventory data by plant, customer, material, SKU, supplier and inventory category.
- Identify the main drivers of excess, obsolete, slow-moving and strategic inventory.
- Break down DIO into actionable drivers across Demand, Supply, Planning, Purchasing, Production and Logistics.
- Quantify improvement potential and prioritize opportunities based on financial impact.
- Develop dashboards, analytics and management reporting to monitor progress.
- Benchmark performance between plants and identify transferable best practices.
- Support the definition of global DIO reduction standards, KPIs and governance.
- Follow up actions with the plants and challenge deviations from agreed targets.
- Ensure that improvements are translated into sustainable cash and working-capital impact, not only temporary inventory reductions. What distinguishes you:
- 5+ years of experience in Operations, Lean Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Industrial Engineering or Manufacturing Consulting.
- Strong experience in inventory management and DIO reduction.
- Proven hands-on experience in manufacturing environments, preferably EMS / electronics / high-mix, low-volume manufacturing.
- Strong analytical capabilities and ability to work with large datasets.
- Excellent understanding of MRP, planning parameters, safety stock, lead times, lot sizes, WIP and inventory segmentation.
- Strong Lean / Operational Excellence background.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to work with Plant Managers, Operations leaders and Supply Chain teams.
- Comfortable challenging existing processes and ways of working based on facts.
- Advanced Excel and preferably Power BI / data analytics capabilities. Keenfinity benefits includes: Health insurance and medical office on site (nutrition, psychology, physiotherapy and general clinic) Sports and health related activities (gym) Training opportunities (i.e., technical training, foreign languages training) & certifications Opportunit