Managing Director Getinge Disinfection

About The Position 

As a Managing Director for Getinge Disinfection, you will have full operational responsibility for the site, working within a matrix organization in the Getinge Surgical Workflows business area. You will lead a management team consisting of both direct reports and dotted-line reports.  

We are looking for a leader with an agile mindset, able to adapt to different situations and contexts. You will continue to build strong cross-functional teams and foster an inspiring and collaborative working environment at the site.  

Your leadership style is characterized by active listening, inclusiveness, and proactive communication, enabling you to provide clear direction and alignment. You naturally motivate and empower others to consistently achieve operational goals. 

In this role, you report to Vice President Manufacturing Surgical Workflows. The Växjö site has approximately 200 employees. 

Day To Day Responsibilities Include: 

• Overall responsibility for ensuring a safe working environment and for fostering a strong and sustainable safety culture 

• Overall responsibility for leading, developing, and monitoring the company´s operational performance in line with agreed strategies and objectives, with a strong focus on customer satisfaction, safety and quality  

• Establishing and maintaining effective relationships with both internal and external stakeholders, while ensuring full compliance with applicable laws, regulations and internal as well as external requirements 

• Full P&L and balance sheet responsibility, including ownership of investment decisions and long-term maintenance planning.  

• Overall responsibility for talent management, leadership development, and succession planning 

• Overall responsibility for the continues improvement system to ensure long-term competitiveness 

• As the company’s overall legal representative, responsibility for the management system covering quality and sustainability, including authority to sign legal documents 

• Lead the implementation of new project execution and manufacturing systems to achieve targeted performance and results  

• Establish efficient internal and external communication flows and maintain constructive relationships with local trade unions  

• Responsible for KPI reporting and financial follow-up in collaboration with Business Area Management and Group Functions, as required 

• Conduct monthly and quarterly business reviews, related to quality and financial performance, and participate in extended Business Area management meetings 

• Drive cross-site collaboration with the other Surgical Workflows sites globally  

What You Bring 

As a person, you have strong interpersonal skills and build trust with customers, suppliers, and employees alike. You are a highly effective communicator, able to adapt your communication style to different levels of the organization. You take responsibility for the company’s continued development and bring energy, passion for leadership, and a genuine commitment to engaging and developing people. You are result-drive, decisive, and naturally support the organization in setting clear priorities. To succeed in this role, you also demonstrate strong analytical capabilities, a structured way of working, and the ability to deliver results within agreed timelines. 

As a leader, you embrace change, foster a positive and inclusive work environment, and lead by example. You actively promote a culture that enables top performance of all employees.    

At Getinge we see ourselves as proactive and self-driven in learning and contributing to the continued development of our products and our organization's capabilities. We are Team Players, Forward Thinkers and Game Changers. 

Your experience includes 

• A relevant higher education qualification at Master’s level  

• Several years of experience leading larger production and/or engineering organizations 

• A documented track record as a strong leader and communicator, with a modern and inclusive leadership approach  

• Excellent proficiency in Swedish and English, both written and spoken 

• Experience working in an international environment 

• Proven experience from implementing successful business systems/processes like LEAN, SIX Sigma, 5S, GMP and GAMP and applicable ISO standards 

• Experience in the MedTech industry is considered a strong merit 

Application 

Applications will be reviewed continually, and we therefore recommend sending us your application as soon as possible, but no later than 2026-05-10 

We kindly ask you to submit your application in our recruitment system by clicking the “apply now” button. Due to GDPR regulations, we do not accept applications via e-mail. 

If you have any questions, please contact Emma Paulsson, Talent Partner at emma.paulsson@getinge.com.