Ref. 5210

Head of Business Services and Enterprise Applications

Industry 4.0 is already a reality at our client, a listed company with revenues of more than 1 billion euros. Smart Factory, Augmented Reality, IoT and Robotics ensure an international competitive edge. Production machines and software are developed and produced at the Swiss headquarters.

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Why this position is interesting for you

 

Exciting projects

  • Your benefit: You will design new business processes and lead the international implementation of new business applications over the next 48 months.

 

Leadership

  • Your benefit: Under your leadership, you will establish the Business Applications organisation as an enabler for the entire group.

 

Top Technology setup

  • Your benefit: Collaboration with market leaders such as SAP, Microsoft and Qlik in all major business application areas.

S/4

  • Your benefit: The process towards S/4 has started. You will have the opportunity to influence the S/4 project, which will be worth millions.

Microsoft

  • Your benefit: You will have the opportunity to shape the rollout of Microsoft CRM and collaboration tools, which are currently being implemented.

Your main tasks

  • Define and establish business applications strategy and organisation
  • Implement new business applications
  • Continuously improve value streams in line with standard processes
  • Overall responsibility for the design, architecture, operation and support of the application landscape, including ALM, budget and capacity planning
  • Develop and recruit staff
  • Lead the team: 4 direct reports, team size (40, of which about 50% internal)
  • Budget responsibility: approx. 10 million (opex & capex)

 

Our requirement profile

  • Business Process Optimisation
  • Requirements management, governance, prioritisation and change management through implementation and operations
  • SAP & Microsoft expertise
  • In-depth methodological knowledge of programme management and leading international enterprise application rollouts

 

Role, function and supervisor

  • Role: Head of Business Services and Enterprise Applications
  • Supervisor: CIO

 

What do you bring?

  • Change of mindset from a classic business application organisation to a business enabler
  • Establish a demand organisation according to ITIL
  • Establishment of a Change Advisory Board including governance
  • ALM in applications like SAP, Qlik, MS Dynamics CRM
  • Extensive SAP experience (including international rollouts)
  • Vendor management, SLA management
  • Industry knowledge from one of the following sectors: manufacturing, engineering, food, pharmaceuticals

 

What sets you apart

  • Leadership personality
  • Stakeholder management, appropriate communication at all levels in both IT and business
  • Strong leadership, strategic thinking and business acumen
  • Ability to communicate strategy and translate it into action
  • Able to persuade and inspire people
  • Change and conflict management experience

Application & Contact

Erik Wirz
Erik Wirz
Managing Partner
wirz phone +41 44 515 02 60 wirz email erik.wirz@w-gruppe.com

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Recruitment Process

In an initial conversation, we will give you a detailed insight into the role, the company, the culture and your development opportunities.

After an initial conversation with the partner (headhunter), you will receive further information about the role and our client's expectations. If you are interested, please send us your documents. Wirz & Partners will draw up a longlist which will be discussed with the client. From this longlist, 4-6 candidates are selected for the shortlist.

 

Time until feedback: 2-3 weeks

If you make it to the shortlist, you will move on to the next round. During the interview with Wirz & Partners, we will get to know you professionally and personally. You will receive additional information about the client, the offering, the services, the team and the KPIs. Based on all interviews and documents, we prepare a complete dossier on you for the client, including an executive summary. These documents form the basis of the structured interview process with the client. We prepare you for the interview.

 

Duration until the interview with the client: Up to 2 weeks

The first meeting with the client is about getting to know each other on an equal footing, getting to know the people and the culture. This takes place in person at the client's location and usually lasts around an hour.

The second interview focuses on professional competencies and leadership issues. You will get to know the team, the strategy and the operational goals.

You will then receive a salary proposal and an overview of the overall offer.

 

Duration until feedback: 1-2 weeks

A de-briefing with you and the client takes place after the final meeting.

We help you negotiate the contract and clarify further details. The contract is drafted and we support the onboarding process with the client.

 

Duration until feedback: Up to 1 week

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