Semperit at a Glance

The publicly listed Semperit AG Holding company is an internationally-oriented group that develops, produces, and sells highly specialised rubber products for the medical and industrial sectors: examination and surgical gloves, hydraulic and industrial hoses, conveyor belts, escalator handrails, construction profiles, cable car rings, and products for railway superstructures.

The headquarters of this long-standing Austrian company, which was founded in 1824, are located in Vienna, and the global R & D centre is in Wimpassing, Lower Austria. The Semperit Group employs around 6,900 people worldwide, including close to 3,600 in Asia and approximately 900 in Austria (Vienna and production site Wimpassing, Lower Austria). The group has 14 manufacturing facilities worldwide and numerous sales offices in Europe, Asia, America and Australia.

In 2020, the group generated revenue of EUR 927.6 million and an adjusted EBITDA of EUR 208.6 million.

Product Digitalization Manager

Together with the business units, Semperit's Digitalization Initiative within the “Customer Excellence Center” develops new market opportunities, services, and products using digital technologies. Customer-centric business and use cases are examined in proof of concept projects, introducing new digital solutions and innovative technologies to drive our digital transformation forward.

Key Responsibilities

• Build, lead and develop the Digitalization Initiative cross all business segments
• Create strong relationship to management and manage expectations of key stakeholders
• Partner with Product Managers and Application Engineers to create and maintain a product pipeline prioritized by customer and business value
• Develop the vision and roadmap for existing and new digital products, including functionality, performance, results criteria, evolution, and lifecycle
• End-to-end responsibility for the digitalization of our products and services
• Build a digital ecosystem to support digital products and services
• Market research for digital solutions
• Develop Proof of Concept projects for innovative digital solutions with focus on products and services
• Develop customer centric digital driven business cases
• Assess the business impact of various options and effectively balance tradeoffs between business/customer needs, technology requirements, costs, time, and budget to deliver compelling solutions

Requirements

• University degree (Bachelor level or more)
• Experience in working at product or service digitalization and data management implementation
• Ability to translate technical concepts into a non-technical language
• Communicative, convincing personality bringing people and teams together
• Experienced in managing change and resilience
• Strong project management skills, ideally in an agile environment
• Champions cross functional collaboration and alignment
• Excellent understanding of digital-creation trends, emerging technologies, and innovations
• Experienced working in fast-paced and ambiguous environment
• Background and skill set to manage complex initiatives from start to finish
• Good written and spoken English

Our offer

• Opportunity to shape the future of an iconic Austrian-based industrial company
• “Mobile Working“ possibilities (also post-COVID)
• Performance-related compensation
• Career planning and development opportunities
• Trainings / Management development programs

Gross monthly salary: from EUR 3.500,- (according the collective agreement, full time); overpayment possible depending on professional qualifications and experience.

Location: 1030 Vienna, Subway U3 Gasometer – please be aware that we will move into a new office (QBC) at the main railroad station Vienna (Hauptbahnhof) at the end of 2021.

We are looking forward to your online application!