General Manager Turkey

About us

At our Turkish plants in Cerkezköy and Bolu, we produce products for our home appliances segment (Business Unit Flat Glas) and both sites account for more than half of the segments’s global revenues.

With the current General Manager’s assignment in Turkey ending within a year’s time, we are now seeking an experienced General Manager to take his place and lead both plants.

Your Contribution

• The GM Turkey is responsible for both sites with full P&L as well as for the supply chain (three direct reports as well as further responsibility for support functions, e.g. HR, finance, sales and innovation.
• The main tasks include ensuring smooth operations, growing and further developing the business segment, ensuring union support and representing SCHOTT Orim to institutions and business partners.
• The overall leadership is roughly 600 to 700 employees, with the majority being based in Cerkezköy.

Your Profile

• Relevant university degree in business and/or engineering
• Relevant experience in one of the following industries: home appliances, automotive, chemicals, pharmaceuticals
• Experience as General Manager, Country Head, Plant Director or similar in a global, international company with a complex, matrix structure. A background in a technical/ operational role is an advantage
• Strong leader with a trustworthy motivational and extrovert personality
• Strong business acumen; target oriented and analytical mindset
• Fluency in both English and Turkish

Your Benefits

SCHOTT’s openness to promote your further development is just as great as our additional benefits. Ranging from active health management via flexible working hours and hybrid work all the way to corporate pension plans: everything geared to suit your goals and needs. Discover a special corporate culture where everyone has the opportunity to develop their entire potential.

At SCHOTT, you can expect a unique corporate culture where we emphasize equity, diversity, and inclusion. We know: motivated and committed employees are the precondition for the success of our company.

Please feel free to contact us

You can expect interesting tasks and challenging projects, as well as motivated and friendly teams in fields that influence our future. Do you want to be successful with us? Then, please send us your application: SCHOTT Orim Cam Sanayi ve Ticaret AS, Human Resources, Heike Haertling,

*At SCHOTT, it’s your personality that counts – not your gender, your identity, or origin.