WAS SIE ERWARTET:
- Technischer Sales Support: Erarbeitung technischer Konzepte sowie Kostenabschätzungen und Angebotsvalidierung in enger Abstimmung mit Vertrieb und Kunden
- Entwicklung technischer Konzepte zusammen mit dem Systems Engineering, sowie die Anpassung von Konzepten an Kundenanforderungen und Regularien.
- Unterstützung des Produktmanagements im Hinblick auf Serialisierungspotential sowie Festlegung der strategischen Relevanz
- Teil des Projektteams in Entwicklungsprojekten – Vertretung der Anforderungen aus Applikation / Kundensicht (Requirement Management / Change Request Management)
- Breites Gesamtverständnis der PALFINGER Produkte und Module für optimale Konzeptentwicklungen
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Was dich erwartet
- Untersuchung des 24V Kran-Bordnetzes und Durchführung von Messungen
- Auswertung der Messergebnisse, Analyse der Messdaten und Ableitung von Erkenntnissen für die Optimierung des Systems
- Entwicklung eines standardisierten Schemas (Methodik), das die optimale Verkabelung und die Auswahl der Elektrik-Komponenten definiert
- Dokumentation der Ergebnisse für zukünftige Projekte
- Enge Zusammenarbeit mit einem global aufgestellten Team aus den Bereichen Technik und Einkauf und aktive Mitarbeit bei der Erstellung von internen Entwicklungsstandards
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Your responsibilities:
- Responsible for the coordination of the hydraulic engineering discipline group for R&D projects on davits in the marine industry.
- Technical support of hydraulic discipline engineers, optimizing technical department processes, considering customer requirements, and international standards and regulations.
- Set up standards for main hydraulic system design and support their development, ensuring compliance with system requirements derived from relevant standards and regulations, such as functional safety.
- Support the development of cost efficient and modularized subsystems, in cooperation with the responsible partners.
- Cooperate with the hydraulic discipline engineers to ensure assigned projects meet customer and company’s objectives.
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YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
- Act as the main contact for retrofit and modification requests from customers, dealers and service partners
- Translate customer needs into clear technical solutions in close cooperation with design teams
- Develop and prepare retrofit and modification offers, including service kits
- Manage projects from initial inquiry through successful completion
- Build in-depth knowledge of PALFINGER marine and wind cranes to create effective solutions
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Your Responisibilities:
- Partner with senior leaders and hiring managers to develop search strategies and deliver high-quality talent for senior and expert roles.
- Lead the full recruitment cycle with confidence and ownership, ensuring a consistent, engaging, and professional experience for both candidates and internal stakeholders.
- Craft compelling, brand-aligned job postings that speak to the right audiences and attract exceptional talent.
- Collaborate with our Talent Attraction & Employer Branding team to support impactful initiatives—from campaigns and events to digital and offline activities—that strengthen our market presence.
- Use data and insights to track key recruiting metrics, contribute to continuous improvement, and actively participate in the refinement of our evolving TA processes.
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YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
- Define and own global product marketing and positioning strategies across the entire product lifecycle to drive sustainable business growth
- Lead and shape go-to-market strategies in close collaboration with Product Management, Sales, and Regional Marketing, ensuring alignment, strategic clarity, and global consistency
- Drive global product launches for complex products and services, managing timing, narrative, and readiness, with structured handovers to regional teams
- Develop product positioning and messaging frameworks that translate technical features into customer-relevant benefits and clear competitive differentiation
- Act as a strategic partner and project leader, collaborating across Product Management, Sales, and Service to align perspectives, manage cross-functional initiatives, and deliver against objectives, timelines, and budgets
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YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
- Monitor and analyse competitive products, performance, and capabilities. Communicate insights to the product development team and define countermeasures against competitive positions
- Collect and interpret the voice of the customer (VOC) and stakeholder requirements in a solution-neutral form. Support evaluation of regulatory requirements, norms, and standards. Review stakeholder requirement documents and assess scope changes during development
- Provide feedback on technical feasibility, risks, and opportunities for product portfolio planning. Support the process of maximising value proposition for individual products and the overall portfolio. Communicate product plans and strategy to ensure alignment across stakeholders
- Assist in developing business opportunity proposals and business cases during early PDP phases. Act as an interface between product development and business functions to ensure feasibility and risk assessment
- Assemble information for gate reviews and provide critical analysis for decision-making. Evaluate and communicate impacts of scope changes on technical concepts, costs, and risks
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YOUR TASKS
- Analyze and improve packaging solutions for product protection, sustainability, and logistics efficiency
- Design and optimize material flow processes, including goods receipt, storage, picking, and line supply
- Select and integrate transport systems (AGVs, tugger trains, STRs) and plan storage layouts
- Collaborate closely with production, logistics planning, IT, suppliers, and external partners
- Drive digitalization and automation initiatives for packaging and intralogistics processes
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YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
- Oversee after-sales projects from initiation through to successful handover
- Serve as primary point of contact for technical and contractual topics
- Ensure compliance with agreements and manage related documentation
- Support NCR processes and coordinate with service branches for project execution
- Maintain and update project data using internal tools (e.g., PALdesk)
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YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
- Maintain and ensure compliance with certification processes (ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, ISO 50001) across all Palfinger entities
- Conduct internal audits and assess the effectiveness of the Global PALFINGER Management System (GPMS)
- Develop audit programs, plans, schedules, and checklists based on risk assessments and strategic priorities
- Continuously improve QHSE policies and standards and assist local entities in their implementation
- Oversee corrective and preventive actions for compliance and support the implementation of global "Quality Leader" strategies and quality targets
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WAS DICH ERWARTET
- Entwicklung innovativer Kran- und Systemlösungen und integriere sie in unsere modernen Produktarchitekturen
- Erarbeite spannende Vorstudien, führe Machbarkeitsprüfungen durch und begleite den gesamten Weg bis zu Prototypen und Serienfertigung
- Leite anspruchsvolle Entwicklungsprojekte in der mechanischen Vorentwicklung und bring deine Expertise und Kreativität ein
- Führe anspruchsvolle analytische sowie FEM-Berechnungen durch, analysiere Betriebsfestigkeit und sorge für den präzisen Abgleich von Test- und Simulationsergebnissen
- Arbeite bereichsübergreifend mit globalen Entwicklungsteams, externen Forschungs- und Technologiepartnern sowie Produktionsstandorten zusammen und stimme dich eng mit Produktion, Montage, Einkauf und Logistik ab
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YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
- Manage and Improve product development capabilities, process and data quality across the organization in strong collaboration with all stakeholders e.g. the Product Line Organization, global functions and the overall Process and Data Organization
- Support the continuous development and improvement of an overall Enterprise Architecture according to the requirements of Product Lines, Functions and Business Models
- Improve the overall capabilities of the organization towards Virtual Engineering and Model-Based-Systems Engineering
- Drive the implementation of processes by implementing appropriate IT-Systems in collaboration with the ICT Organization
- Manage the functional PMO by developing and implementing project management standards and governance
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YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
- Perform quality control and product certification of supplier components, ensuring full compliance with technical and quality requirements, and support supplier audits and development activities in close cooperation with Global Supplier Quality Management
- Define, monitor, and report supplier quality KPIs, actively driving corrective and preventive actions to ensure sustainable continuous improvement
- Build and maintain strong, collaborative supplier relationships, leading joint improvement initiatives, including root cause analysis and structured problem-solving methodologies
- Contribute to the optimization and harmonization of quality management standards and processes across the organization
- Actively participate in optimization and transformation projects to support business growth, efficiency, and operational excellence
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YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
- Ensure data quality in engineering for the AWP product line, including SAP data checks, approvals, and data cleansing
- Collaborate within the Palfinger Process and Data Organization (PDO) to test and roll out new processes, software, and updates (SAP, SIGNAVIO, etc.)
- Provide 1st-level SAP support and act as the global point of contact for the AWP development department
- Organize and deliver training sessions on SAP engineering guidelines in German and English
- Create and maintain standardized engineering guidelines and documentation in both languages
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RESPONSIBILITIES
- Advanced undergraduate student, post graduate student, or recent graduates (Bachelor’s / Master's degree) in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field.
- Fluent in English, German is a plus
- Familiarity with programming languages and scripting (e.g., Python)
- Basic understanding of cloud computing platforms (ideally AWS)
- Comfortable working with data having first experience with data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Looker)
- Knowledge of SQL to query databases and data products
- Strong interest in data-driven decision making
- Affinity for media and automation is a big plus
- Ability and courage to challenge the status quo as well as the willingness to investigate new solutions and technologies
- Self‑driven and communicative team player
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Die Rolle
- Du bist kürzlich mit deinem Studium fertig geworden oder wirst bis Juli 2026 deinen Bachelor- oder Master abgeschlossen haben.
- Du konntest bereits wertvolle Arbeitserfahrung sammeln, idealerweise im internationalen Umfeld, durch Praktika oder darüber hinaus – und was auch immer du anpackst, du tust es mit Leidenschaft.
- Du schätzt die Zusammenarbeit im Team und zeichnest dich durch einen unternehmerischen Geist sowie eine Hands-on-Mentalität aus, insbesondere wenn es darum geht, bedeutende Projekte anzugehen oder sich neuen Herausforderungen zu stellen.
- Sehr gute Englischkenntnisse sind für unser Graduate-Program im HQ in Österreich notwendig. Für manche Positionen sind Deutschkenntnisse erforderlich, und zusätzliche Sprachen sehen wir immer als Pluspunkt an.
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YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
- Design and maintain end-to-end digital solutions architectures that span physical products, digital interfaces, and enterprise systems
- Ensure architectural consistency, scalability, and security across IT and OT domains
- Translate business requirements into technical specifications and architectural blueprints
- Drive cross-functional collaboration to ensure alignment between business needs and technical solutions
- Establish and grow a “Community of Practice” across relevant organizational units to share knowledge and best practices
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Your responsibilities
- Implementation and rollout of a worldwide used PLM solution
- Supporting the analysis of requirements from different stakeholders
- Second and third level support
- Documentation and know-how transfer to the key users
- Supporting data cleanup and migration from legacy systems
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YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
- Support of and close cooperation with selected customers, partners and international Palfinger Marine entities
- Analysis of inquiries, preparation of quotations and technical and commercial clarifications
- Close cooperation with Palfinger internal departments, like Design, Application Engineering, Project Management, Production, After Sales and more
- Special focus on offshore wind business
- Further development and optimisation of Sales tools and processes
- Visit of international customers and exhibitions
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YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
- Design and govern global end-to-end business processes
- Act as decision authority for process standards and deviations
- Drive business impact, with success measured through defined performance KPIs
- Ensure systems and data consistently enforce desired process outcome
- Lead cross-functional change across regions without line authority
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YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
- Define, document, and continuously improve business processes and Palfinger Development Process (PDP) architecture, ensuring standardization and compliance across all process guidelines
- Take ownership of assigned data objects—including structure, creation, modification, and deletion—and ensure data accuracy, consistency, and KPI performance
- Evaluate, prioritize, and document Requests for Change (RFC), manage release activities, and support process testing, training, and roll‑outs
- Monitor and report process and data KPIs, identify improvement opportunities, and lead initiatives for efficiency and harmonization
- Support Process Owners and Managers, coordinate data experts, and lead data cleansing or improvement projects while fostering knowledge transfer across teams
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YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
- Manage the international CPQ rollout across product lines, regions, and distributors, including supporting distributors in integrating the system into their processes and deploying it to their sales partners
- Ensure CPQ features are available throughout the entire sales structure
- Plan and conduct training sessions, workshops, and webinars for internal and external users
- Maintain ongoing communication with users to gather and relay feedback, while closely collaborating with the Product Owner and regional sales organizations to drive continuous tool improvement
- Develop rollout plans, coordinate schedules and resources, and monitor progress to provide timely updates to management
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YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
- Lead and manage projects, ensuring timely delivery of agreed objectives and results
- Drive continuous development and rollout of standardized process templates across the group
- Oversee release management, including implementation of RFCs, testing, and hypercare
- Coordinate technical implementations with internal and external partners (e.g., SAP S/4 HANA)
- Organize and ensure 3rd level support, including SLA management for 2nd level services
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YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
- Disciplinary leadership and development of team member
- Implementation of operations requirements within the framework of PALFINGER release cycles with your team in close coordination with the Process and Data Organization (PDO)
- Optimization of internal and cross-departmental processes and structures in collaboration with other departments and the Palfinger Process and Data Organization (PDO)
- Coordination and collaboration with external service providers including budget monitoring and governance
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YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
- Support in the further development and implementation of the corporate strategy as well as in important strategic projects
- Support with ongoing international M&A projects (e.g. company valuation, due diligence)
- Independent implementation of strategic analyses, especially market and company analyses
- Independent preparation and follow-up of management workshops
- Work in close collaboration with various functions (Legal, HR, Finance, Sales, etc.)
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YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
- Lead Cross-Functional Teams: Drive project success by leading cross-functional core teams from initiation to closure, ensuring alignment and collaboration across all stakeholders
- Plan & Execute Projects: Develop and implement structured project plans in line with PDP/CPP frameworks, focusing on timely delivery, budget adherence, and quality standard
- Monitor & Control Progress: Track project performance using standardized KPIs, conduct regular reviews, and manage project data to support informed decision-making
- Manage Risks & Stakeholders: Identify potential risks, implement mitigation strategies, and maintain transparent communication with stakeholders to facilitate effective decision-making
- Ensure Governance & Communication: Prepare and present project updates to leadership, facilitate gate reviews, and ensure compliance with governance processes and toolchains
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YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
- Drive solution-oriented sales to key account customers across the EMEA region
- Conduct market analysis and define strategic targets
- Support and collaborate with local dealers to ensure customer satisfaction
- Work closely with internal stakeholders at both EMEA and corporate level
- Provide support in handling customer claims and ensuring timely resolution
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YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
- Support the preparation, analysis, and improvement of regular financial reports including monthly, quarterly, and ad-hoc reporting
- Participate in budgeting and forecasting processes by providing analytical insights and data support
- Contribute to IT-Controlling and efficiency projects by helping develop standards and optimize cost allocation systems
- Assist in managing intragroup service relationships and in further developing internal cost allocation models
- Process, clean, and analyze large data sets to ensure accuracy and provide meaningful financial insights
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Your responsibilites
- Manage and deliver SAP S/4HANA implementation and rollout projects using SAP Activate and leading ERP project management practices
- Achieve results on time, within budget, and at the highest quality standards with clear project milestones
- Lead and coordinate interdisciplinary, cross-functional, and international project teams, including external technology integration partners
- Identify, evaluate, and mitigate project risks, manage change requests, and maintain strong stakeholder communication
- Prepare and present management reports, PMO status updates, and steering committee materials for executive decision-making
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YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
- Provide business process consulting with a focus on SAP SD and CS / S4 Service modules
- Design, document, customize, and optimize logistics processes in alignment with the Process & Data Organization
- Participate in requirement and specification workshops for new business demands
- Coordinate and collaborate with external implementation partners as an interface to internal teams
- Independently manage work packages or (sub-)projects, including preparation and reporting of workshops and meetings
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