Director, Hardware Portfolio Management

🔥 13 hours ago

🌐 Switzerland, Germany – Remote

🇨🇭 Switzerland – Remote 🇩🇪 Germany – Remote

⏰ Full Time

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👔 Director

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Kardex

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1989

🚘 Automotive

🏥 Healthcare

🍽️ Food & Beverage

Automotive • Healthcare • Food & Beverage

Kardex is a global leader specializing in automated storage and retrieval solutions designed to optimize warehouse operations. Their offerings include vertical lift modules, vertical buffer modules, horizontal carousel modules, and fully integrated AutoStore solutions. Kardex serves a variety of industries, including automotive, healthcare, food and beverage, pharmaceuticals, and third-party logistics. They focus on enhancing storage capacity, order fulfillment speed, and productivity with innovative and scalable systems. Kardex also provides comprehensive lifecycle services, including modernization, consulting, and digital services through platforms such as Kardex Connect.

📋 Description

• Define and execute the long-term strategy for Kardex’s hardware portfolio • Drive portfolio decisions based on market opportunities, customer needs, business impact, and financial performance • Continuously evaluate and optimize the product portfolio • Prioritize investments and allocate resources across competing opportunities to maximize portfolio value and return on investment • Collaborate with Sales, Marketing, Engineering, and Operations to translate market insights into portfolio strategies • Lead portfolio simplification, lifecycle management, modularization, and complexity-reduction initiatives • Challenge the status quo and foster an innovative, entrepreneurial mindset • Lead, coach, and develop a team of Product Managers • Make strategic portfolio decisions balancing growth, profitability, technological developments, and customer value • Ensure the hardware portfolio meets future market demands and supports long-term strategic objectives • Plan and execute a Customer Innovation Day with selected customers • Select and engage relevant customers and stakeholders • Define the event structure and agenda • Lead the team, allocate tasks, and delegate responsibilities • Establish success factors, metrics, and evaluation criteria for the event

🎯 Requirements

• Strong business and commercial background with a solid understanding of economics, portfolio management, and investment decisions • Entrepreneurial mindset with experience driving growth, competitiveness, and business performance • Experience in Business Development, Management Consulting, startup environments, or entrepreneurial roles is a strong plus • Proven ability to work effectively with Sales and Marketing organizations to bring products successfully to market • Highly data-driven and comfortable making decisions based on financial and commercial impact • Strong technical affinity and interest in hardware products, without being an engineering specialist • Ability to drive innovation, challenge the status quo, and inspire teams to think differently • Leadership experience is a plus, but outstanding candidates with strong business credentials will also be considered • Completed case study required with application • Presentation in PDF format, maximum 4 slides • Short presentation video explaining the concept, assumptions, and key decisions; recommended length 3 to 5 minutes • Possible start date to be included with application

🏖️ Benefits

• Secure job in a fast-growing, international company with exciting development opportunities and interesting and varied tasks in a future-oriented environment • Great team spirit • Elaborate onboarding • Wide range of training opportunities in the company’s own academy at the Bellheim site • Employee Assistance Support (Lyra) • Flexible working hours • Company pension plan • Capital-forming benefits, depending on location • Corporate benefits • Company and team events