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Product Manager Plant Operations

Location:

Uzwil, St. Gallen, CH, 9240

Work Site: Onsite

Duration: Permanent / Unlimited

Date: Jan 8, 2026

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

You will manage your own Plant Operations Solutions product portfolio. Following a holistic product management approach, your portfolio includes automation, plant control systems, analytics, advanced traceability, AI and digital services across the entire product lifecycle. You define and implement the portfolio strategy, monitor its performance, and drive mid- to long-term growth. To win in the market, you develop value-adding operational solutions, proactively market the portfolio and drive sales-related activities. In this role, you act as the key integrator between Sales, R&D, and customers, providing a comprehensive portfolio overview and serving as the first point of contact.

Job Responsibilities

You define and implement the product portfolio strategy
You monitor and analyze global market trends, competitors, technologies, and services to drive market intelligence
You continuously monitor product portfolio performance and competitiveness, and you formulate, evaluate, and prioritize new business ideas
You manage products throughout their entire life cycle and develop your assigned portfolio along the market-to-market (M2M) process
You coordinate marketing activities and define market launch concepts and campaigns in collaboration with the communications department, market segments, and regions
You contribute to marketing documentation, including sales presentations, flyers, brochures, whitepapers, and videos
You lead proactive and effective product management across the entire value chain—including equipment, automation, services, and digital solutions—and integrate Bühler’s service and digital transformation into your assigned product portfolio
You create training content and support both internal and external training sessions

Qualifications

Technical degree with further training in product management/marketing, or a business administration degree combined with engineering experience and strong technical understanding
Ability to manage the assigned product portfolio independently across its entire lifecycle
Strong market focus, including customer understanding and a market-oriented mindset
Capability to anticipate and identify market trends and requirements
Proven ability to lead and collaborate effectively within a matrix organization
Excellent written and oral communication skills in English, including the ability to give compelling presentations and interact effectively with stakeholders inside and outside the company
Solid understanding of industrial plant operations, automation, and digital manufacturing environments
Basic understanding of milling processes and equipment is an advantage

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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