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Department Manager Customer Projects

Location:

Uzwil, St. Gallen, CH, 9240

Work Site: Onsite

Duration: Permanent / Unlimited

Date: Sep 11, 2025

Two billion people eat food every day that was produced with Bühler equipment. One billion people drive vehicles whose parts were manufactured with our machines. Bühler aims to balance humanity, nature, and the economy in every decision as it develops solutions that unlock sustainable business opportunities in the global food, feed, and mobility industries. We strive to create innovations for a better world, with a special focus on healthy, safe, and sustainable solutions. Therefore, we team up with customers, start-ups, multinationals, and academia to accelerate impact together.

Summary

As a Department Manager Customer Projects, you are at the core of our business: executing projects for our customers. You will be a member of the Milling Solutions Project Execution Management, leading teams with project managers, project engineers and designers as well as a wide range of different stakeholders. It will be in your hands to develop the department and to deliver important projects within the negotiated framework and requirements, always keeping quality, customer relations as well as an optimal margin in sight.

As a Department Manager you will be responsible for the execution of customer projects and the management of all aspects of the appointed Project Execution group, define priorities, and nominate staff to projects and assignments for one of the business units within Milling Solutions.

Job Responsibilities

You reassure seamless project execution and close cooperation with various internal departments and stakeholders (Automation, Shipping, Technology, Commercial Management, Sales, Customer Service, R&D and Product Management)
You support Team- and Project Managers of Project Execution to control the schedule, costs, forecast risks and opportunities, develop corrective action plans, and/or escalate issues as appropriate
You ensure proper work balancing within the different Business Areas and international Project Execution locations and provide training and development opportunities to build and maintain world-class Project Execution capabilities
You survey the progress of the projects within the portfolio. Ensure project scope completeness, consistency and technical integrity and ensure an effective risk management process as well as a change control process in projects
You provide development and implementation of project management lessons learned / best practices from projects under execution beyond location. Ensure that complaints are registered and sustainably solved
You will regularly have contact with customers for developing solutions and supporting our global service and sales organisations in the sales and quotation phase
You will collaborate in the further development of engineering platforms and standards, support and implement new structures and strategies

Qualifications

Technical degree from a university of applied sciences (or equivalent training) with further education in business administration and leadership
Leadership experience in matrix organisations
Experience in construction and plant engineering
Proven skills in plant projects with EPCM character in an international environment with experience in contract and claim management
Strong planning, organizational and priority setting skills, with a proven ability to manage intercultural teams
Business fluent in German and English and very good communication skills at all levels
Open to international travel of approx. 10 - 20%

At Bühler we are not only offering working opportunities and international exchange of like-minded professionals. We are more than just a global company. Our value proposition to transform the way companies feed and move the world, is driving positive change in the industries in which we operate globally. Become a part of a dynamic environment that combines your drive for innovation with a world of possibilities. Joining us means embracing a shared purpose of creating innovations for a better world while becoming part of a company that is dedicated to your success.

As a global organization, we embrace the diversity of our global workforce. At Bühler, you will collaborate with professionals from around the world, each bringing in a unique perspective to the table. It is a business priority for us to harness the diversity of our global workforce and include them in their uniqueness to create a culture of belonging guided by our TOP values – Trust, Ownership and Passion. Embark on a journey that combines the excitement of global collaboration with the reassurance of a welcoming workplace.

Let’s create impact together!

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