Key Responsibilities
- Lead, develop and inspire Category Managers, Product Managers and Marketing professionals
- Define and execute the European strategy for Category Management, Product Management and Marketing
- Establish clear objectives, KPIs and accountability across the organization
- Drive innovation, portfolio optimization, simplification and digitalization initiatives
- Ensure strong collaboration across Sales, R&D, Procurement, Operations, Supply Chain and Finance
- Provide strategic direction for category growth, product portfolio management, innovation and commercialization
- Ensure effective marketing, brand development, customer engagement and lead generation activities
- Build a high-performing, customer-focused and accountable team focused on delivering business results
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In your career, let’s prove what’s possible.
- Lead the development, documentation, and continuous improvement of standardized operational processes, policies, work instructions, and control methods across key business functions.
- Identify, prioritize, and execute high-impact continuous improvement initiatives using Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen, DMAIC, and value stream mapping methodologies.
- Champion a culture of continuous improvement across the Salzburg site by driving measurable gains in quality, cycle time, productivity, and cost.
- Partner with engineering and operations teams to embed Design for Quality (DFQ), Design for Manufacturability and Assembly (DFMA), and process discipline into product development and new product introduction (NPI) activities.
- Drive the development and standardization of engineering and operational review practices, including stage-gate rigor, process controls, tolerance analysis, and verification approaches where applicable.
- Lead cross-functional problem-solving efforts to address systemic process issues, eliminate waste, and improve overall business performance.
- Establish and strengthen structured change management practices to ensure process and design changes are evaluated, communicated, and implemented effectively.
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In your career, let’s prove what’s possible.
- Design and develop substrate holders (chucks) for wet chemistry processes, including plating, cleaning, and etching applications
- Define sealing concepts, panel support strategies, clamping mechanisms, and chemical exposure interfaces
- Optimize designs for uniform process conditions, minimal particle generation, and high substrate integrity (e.g. low breakage, controlled deformation)
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