Head of Business Transformation & Harmonization (m/f/d)

Posted:
9/23/2024, 10:12:49 PM

Location(s):
Aschaffenburg, Bavaria, Germany ⋅ Bavaria, Germany ⋅ Hamburg, Germany

Experience Level(s):
Senior

Field(s):
Business & Strategy ⋅ Sales & Account Management

Workplace Type:
Hybrid

A strong brand, a team, an excellent employer - that is STILL. For over 100 years, we have been developing the future of intralogistics for our customers with around 9,000 employees. STILL offers precisely tailored in-plant logistics solutions worldwide and implements the smart interaction of forklift trucks and warehouse technology, software, services and service. As part of the KION Group, we operate in a strong international brand network between STILL, Linde Material Handling and Baoli. Convince yourself of a cross-brand activity with us!

As part of our strong international network of brands between Linde Material Handling, STILL, and Baoli, you can look forward to cross-brand activities and driving the development of the overarching KION ITS EMEA Sales and Service Organization. As Head of Business Transformation & Harmonization (m/f/d) you will be part of a dedicated team in a pleasant work environment.

What we offer:

Your benefits:

  • Attractive compensation package: above tariff fee as well as a performance-related annual bonus and an employer-financed company pension scheme

  • Diverse flexibility: Individual arrangement of your working hours and the opportunity for regular mobile working from home depending on the activity as well as a collectively agreed vacation entitlement of 30 days plus additional compensatory days through a flexible working time account

  • Exciting future perspectives: wide range of personnel development measures with diverse career opportunities

  • Our basics: job bike, subsidy to Deutschland-Ticket, access to LinkedIn Learning Employee Assistance, state-of-the-art IT equipment, parking, company restaurant, employee discounts with external providers

Your tasks and responsibilities:   

As the Head of Business Transformation & Harmonization (m/f/d), you will lead the central team of Project Managers in charge of highly and complex integrative projects.

Your key responsibilities include:

  • Cross-Functional Leadership: Ensure that business concepts for highly integrative initiatives are clearly defined, aligned and implemented across all work streams within our global business transformation program as well as the transition architecture including old legacy systems.

  • Project Ownership: Take full accountability for identifying and leading highly integrative projects and executing selected projects by your own.

  • Harmonization of Business Requirements: Collaborate with our sales regional teams to harmonize business requirements, shaping the future releases (new template) or change requests (old legacy systems) of our global process template to maximize business value.

  • Project Management Excellence: Establish and continuously refine project management methodologies, utilizing agile, waterfall or hybrid approaches as appropriate for each project.

  • Strategic anchoring: Ensure that strategic direction for each project is in place or developed and aligned on business-side. For projects without one natural business owner you establish the needed future ownership inside the business organization.

  • Team Leadership: You actively support and develop the team of (Senior) Project Managers and closely collaborate with your peers.

  • Collaboration with Stakeholders: Finally, you and your team will be a central partner to our ITS business units, ensuring timely and comprehensive involvement of all stakeholders from the business, compliance, and IT areas.

Tasks and Qualifications:

Your qualifications:

  • You have a degree in business informatics, industrial engineering & management or business administration

  • You have gained initial leadership experience in a corresponding line function or by leading larger project teams in business transformation context

  • You have at least five years of relevant work experience in the areas of project management, process management or lean management.

  • A deep understanding of sales processes in the industrial sector (B2B) characterizes your profile

  • You possess strong methodological (project-, lean- and/or quality-management) and analytical skills as well as the necessary sensitivity for the human side

  • Your team-oriented approach, implementation strength, and self-initiative distinguish you

  • Fluency in German and English distinguishes you

  • You see yourself as a supporter of your employees and a partner of the business areas to achieve the best possible common goals

Watch the video to learn why you should become a game changer:

A history of the future – 100 years of STILL  

We are looking for game deciders, interested?

Then we look forward to getting to know you!

Anna-Lena will be happy to answer your first questions by phone at 040 7339 4130.

Convince yourself how many good reasons there are to choose STILL and apply online.