Business Implementation Manager - Manufacturing & Maintenance (all genders) (m/w/d)

Your Tasks

The Automation Engineering team plays a vital role in the digital transformation of our global factory network by defining, realizing and operating modern shop-floor systems. We act as a business partner to the factories bringing innovative project to live.

For this role,
our focus is on maintenance

: we are looking for someone with strong hands-on experience in maintenance operations and deep technical expertise in SAP PM. While manufacturing processes are relatively mature and stable, the maintenance area is where we need to drive significant impact, shaping global standards and enabling digital innovation.

As Business Implementation Manager Plant Manufacturing & Maintenance, you are part of the global Engineering Team and will own, develop and maintain the global manufacturing ERP process blueprints with a focus on maintenance (SAP PM). As a strategic bridge between factory operations and IT you will ensure seamless integration of business requirements into global systems, coordinate global implementations and continuous improvement across global ManEx pillars in order to drive value on factory KPIs focused on asset performance – also, through digital innovations (e.g., predictive maintenance, IIoT) that align with business goals and technology strategy.

Relevant tasks will include:

• Own, define and maintain global manufacturing & maintenance systemic process landscapes in close alignment with operational excellence functions within global ManEx pillars (AM/PM)
• Collect, assess and prioritize business requirements from the sites and translate into global change requests acting as decision-maker in balancing standards and site-specific needs
• Lead the global rollout and implementation of ERP blueprints (SAP PM) and related tools across multiple manufacturing sites globally governing process and standard adherence
• Coordinate with IT and factory teams to manage implementation timelines, deliverables, and resources along with ensured business readiness, key user training and change adoption
• Build strong relationships with plant managers, factory leaders, and IT counterparts across all regions serving as the "voice of the business" to IT ensuring value realization in factory KPIs
• Facilitate workshops and conduct gap analyses to assess current versus target state for as-is and to-be maintenance processes with focus on architectural readiness
• Identify and pilot new technologies to fuel digital transformation for efficiencies in factory KPIs focused on asset performance (un-/planned downtime, MTTR/MTBF, ...)
• Ensure processes and system changes meet GMP requirements in regulated manufacturing environments and oversee validation (i.e. URS, IQ, OQ, PQ)

Your Profile

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Industrial Management, IT, or a related field
• Long term professional experience in manufacturing operations, with strong exposure to maintenance processes and deep understanding of maintenance strategies and day-to-day activities
• Proven experience as a global process owner or business lead with focus on requirements engineering and ERP implementations (SAP PP, PM) – familiarity with S4/HANA a plus
• Experience managing business-IT interfaces, global deployment programs and IT change control in international and cross-functional teams with strong project management skills
• Passion for digitalization on the shop-floor, excitement to identify value-adding Use Cases and shaping the digital maintenance transformation, ideally showcasing first project experience
• Knowledge of Six Sigma, TPM or Lean Manufacturing methodologies as well as familiarity with GMP a plus
• Results-driven personality with a focus on user adoption and business value paired with strong leadership skills and the ability to manage complexity in matrixed organization
• Exceptional communication and facilitation skills to balance interests across cultures and hierarchies – fluent in English
• Up to 30% international travel for site assessments, go-lives, and stakeholder engagement

At Beiersdorf, we want to help people feel good about their skin – and our commitment goes far beyond caring for skin. For 140 years, we have developed innovative skin and body care products for well-known brands such as NIVEA, Eucerin, La Prairie, Hansaplast, and Labello. We act according to our purpose, WE CARE BEYOND SKIN, and take responsibility for our consumers, our employees, the environment and society.

Behind every brand, every product and every accomplishment are our more than 20,000 employees. It is for them that we live an inclusive culture of respect and trust that is strongly aligned with our values – CARE, COURAGE, SIMPLICITY and TRUST. We also embrace diversity by valuing the uniqueness of each individual and being committed to equal opportunities for all.

Additional information

We embrace Diversity and Inclusion and are committed to providing equal opportunities to all of our applicants – regardless gender, age, religion and beliefs, sexual orientation and gender identity, disability, cultural, ethnic or national origins. We would therefore kindly ask you to include only information and data in your documents which are relevant for the assessment of your application (e.g. curriculum vitae, salary expectations, relevant references and certificates) and encourage you to upload your CV without a picture.