Head of R&D Business Unit Wafer (m/w/d)

Job Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop the R&D department across multiple teams (Mechanical Engineering and Application Center), drive structured troubleshooting and issue resolution.
• Ensure quality and functionality across the portfolio by sustainably resolving design quality issues and preventing their recurrence, drive structured troubleshooting and issue resolution.
• Inspire a strong innovation culture in R&D, leading the team to create customer value and stay ahead of the market.
• Create an environment where team members can excel, grow their potential, and develop innovative solutions.
• Identify and assign resources for M2M projects and team responsibilities, ensuring balanced workloads and effective collaboration across teams and entities within the Bühler group.
• Be responsible for timely and accurate forecasting, identifying risks and opportunities, as well as monitoring and controlling department and project costs and budgets.
• Drive standardization, modularity incl. MTO/ATO data structures, and reduce complexity in our solutions and portfolio.
• Ensure regulatory compliance and high data quality across the portfolio, including team projects, tasks, and PPM.
• Retain and develop key knowledge across the organization while providing regular project updates, ad-hoc analyses, and presentations.

Qualifications

• Excellent leadership and team-building skills, with a strong ability to coach and mentor team members while fostering creativity and innovation within the team.
• Strong planning and organizational skills, sound judgment, and effective decision-making. Able to identify and manage risks and to moderate meetings, risk analyses, and reviews.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in German and English, with the ability to effectively interact with stakeholders inside and outside the company.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to navigate ambiguity and complex situations while maintaining attention to detail and a clear focus on the bigger picture.
• Strong cross-disciplinary understanding across all M2M tracks, with a customer-focused and market-oriented mindset.
• Ability to work effectively in a matrix organization within an international environment.
• General project management skills, including scheduling, cost planning and tracking, with solid business and financial knowledge.