Stellenbeschreibung
Our client is a well-established manufacturer and retailer of premium coffee. The family-owned company relies on their tradition as well as their continuous innovations and is therefore known across the entire globe for its high-quality product portfolio and the state-of-the-art equipment. Our client offers a multicultural working environment, combined with growth for personal development to lead the company to further success.
About Departer – The German Headhunter:
As an internationally oriented German HR consultancy for the recruitment of multinational professionals, Departer possesses a long-standing expertise in the core markets of Germany, Greater China, the Middle East and Australia. Through our regionally established offices in Dubai, Brisbane and Hamburg, we are valued as a reliable recruitment partner by numerous companies.
Your duties and responsibilities will include:
- Operative management of the Coffee & Tea Equipment Portfolio
- Ensure competence and in-depth understanding of products, technical functions, features and their benefits, plus their right placement in corresponding markets
- Responsible to coordinate and negotiate with defined suppliers on multiple categories
- Act as project lead on a global scale and contribute to various project developments
- Technical related project responsibility from the initial conceptual phase until ensuring the final product availability
- Manage relationship with suppliers as well as with frequently interact with the internal subsidiaries and their service teams on behalf of new products or features
- Develop and conduct technical workshops, seminars and training courses for internal employees with direct alignment to the Quality Manager
- Actively support the Quality Manager in preventing and solving equipment related quality topics
- Create an effective risk management function related to the Coffee & Tea Equipment Portfolio by evaluating risk exposures, assessing various frameworks and developing a risk management strategy
- Contribute immediate support in troubleshooting of urgent technical issues
- Manage commercial and logistic supplier tasks
- Report to the Global Senior Equipment Manager
To be successful in this role you should have the following skills and experiences:
- University degree in business, marketing or a technical related field
- Professional product, category or operative experience in technical coffee equipment
- Analytical skills, be able to structure and process qualitative or quantitative data and draw insightful conclusions
- Good cultural understanding of an international company with strong ethical values
- Willing to succeed and thriving by making constant extra efforts
- Entrepreneurial spirit and ‘can do’ attitude
- Very good knowledge of MS office, ideally knowledge in SAP
- Convincing, assertive & organizational attitude
- Strong communication skills in written and verbal formats with the ability to moderate based on the audience
- Fluent English language skills are mandatory
- Team player mentality, collaborate with people across various functions and levels