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Head of Corporate IT (CIO)

Business-Lady

Our client is one of the top 200 industrial companies in Switzerland. From its headquarters in Switzerland, the IT department acts as a service centre for its subsidiaries worldwide. We are looking for a senior executive (CIO, Head of IT, IT Manager) with a strong track record in the industry and proven leadership qualities in a comparable position.

How you can benefit from talking to us:

  • Salary comparison, current salary to market salary
  • Understanding your career options
  • Identification of development and promotion potential
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Why is this position interesting for you?

 

Global IT Budget

  • Your benefit: You will oversee the international budget, both in terms of teams and projects/investments.

 

Top technology set-up

  • Your benefit: Working with market leaders such as SAP and Microsoft in all major enterprise application areas.

 

Leadership

  • Your benefit: This role allows you to challenge and develop your team in close collaboration with the business.

 

Standing of IT as a department

  • Your benefit: The importance of IT as a business enabler is recognised by the business. You can count on a high level of support and understanding.

 

Strategy to implementation

  • Your benefit: You are responsible for the entire IT value creation process as a business enabler, from defining the IT strategy to sourcing processes and service delivery.

Your main tasks

  • Define the IT strategy and roadmap for digitising core processes
  • Driving potential business innovation themes from IT
  • Identify competitive advantage themes
  • Overall management of international IT in close collaboration with business and local teams
  • PMO and project management control of national and international projects, from demand management to successful handover to the business
  • Ensure delivery of IT services

 

Our requirement profile

  • Excellence in stakeholder management and successful development and implementation of IT strategies
  • Requirements management, governance, prioritisation and change management through implementation and operations
  • SAP & Microsoft expertise
  • Profound methodological know-how in programme management and large project environments (international implementations)
  • Value chain optimisation supported by digitalisation
  • Sourcing optimisation and IT simplification

 

Role and supervisor

  • Head of Corporate IT
  • Supervisor: Executive Board Member

 

What you bring

  • Leading an international, global IT organisation with a budget of up to CHF 50 million
  • C-level reporting experience
  • International leadership experience, line and matrix, at least 40 people
  • Degree in engineering or business administration combined with computer science (university or technical college)

 

What sets you apart

  • Adept at balancing C-level communication with straightforward support for your local team
  • Pragmatism combined with common sense
  • Leadership without ego
  • Strong team building and coaching skills
  • Ability to understand, engage and integrate the business and deliver high quality service

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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