Title:  Technology Excellence Manager (m/f/d)

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GE Technology Excellence Manager (m/f/d)

Job ID: 98759 / Location: Trier / Start: tbc / Contract type: permanent

To strengthen our team in the area of the Global Engineering, we are looking for a GE Technology Excellence Manager (m/f/d) in permanent employment. 

Your job mission:
The incumbent will drive innovation, efficiency, safety and sustainability through a pipeline of scalable technologies that anticipate future needs and enhance our products and processes. Creating value-added global technical solutions covering end-to-end Global Supply Chain operations (from Leaf to Finished Goods Warehousing) is a key focus of the role.

Who are we?
JTI is a leading international tobacco company with locations in more than 130 countries and world-famous brands such as Winston, Camel and American Spirit. With our brands Nordic Spirit, Logic and Ploom, we also focus on growth through innovations in the field of reduced risk products. In Germany, we are the largest employer in our industry with over 2,000 employees.

As a multiple award-winning top employer, we offer an open and inclusive working environment with exciting tasks in a challenging environment. Flexible working concepts, diverse development opportunities and international career paths are part of our everyday life. Visit us at www.jti.com to find out more about JTI and what it's like to work for us.

Your tasks: 

• Constantly develop and globally govern technical standards & solutions (industrial automation and control systems, robotics, base equipment setup, mechanical/electrical/software design solutions, Digital Smart Factory, infrastructure, logistics, sustainability and others) to ensure and delivery standardization globally with up-to-date technical specifications
• Act as Subject Matter Expert for assigned technology to provide effective and qualitative support for other departments, to ensure business continuity and continuous improvement pipeline
• Develop sustainable technical solutions in close cross-functional collaboration with Vendors and internal functions
• Proactively scout for existing and emerging technologies to anticipate future organization needs and provide technical solutions for enhanced products and processes that satisfy internal and external customers' needs
• Plan, execute and lead or support complex engineering projects while ensuring relevant technical standards are being considered and implemented and critical KPIs achieved
• Support professional and IWS IM capabilities development of the engineering community across Company operations by coaching and mentoring

Your profile: 

• Relevant educational background: STEM University Degree, with preference to Engineering
• Practical experience: Solid project management experience in engineering, manufacturing or other relevant Supply Chain Organization
• Valuable knowledge: Excellent technical skills in industrial automation and control systems, shopfloor IT, AGV/AMR and robotics
• Special strengths: IWS or similar experience 
• Suitable personality: Outstanding communication & analytical skills
• Practiced working time model: flexitime

Your benefits

• Your team: You will work in an open and international working environment with approx. 60 nations at the Trier site.
• Your remuneration: Above-average pay including 13th and 14th monthly salary and bonus as well as annual reviews. Individual company pension scheme and capital-forming benefits.
• Your meals: Our subsidized company canteen and numerous snack and coffee vending machines ensure your physical well-being.
• Your appreciation: You will receive regular feedback from us and, as your personal safety is important to us, we also protect you in your private life with our JTI accident insurance.
• Your work-life balance: You should enjoy your work! That's why we offer you 30 days of vacation for personal relaxation. You also have the option of doing mobile work in Germany for 50% of your working hours per month.
• Your development: We focus on your personal development. We support you with a wide range of internal training courses as well as external training and development opportunities that are tailored specifically to you.

Have we aroused your interest?
Apply directly with your complete application documents (CV, cover letter & references) stating your earliest possible starting date (Job ID 98759).

Diversity & Inclusion
We want everyone at JTI to be themselves and develop their full potential, because each and every one of us makes a valuable contribution to the success of the company and the location in Germany. We live and promote diversity, equality and inclusion accordingly. We have local employee groups and networks, such as the PRIDE Chapter Germany or the togetHER network for female employees, in which committed colleagues are involved, and we support a wide range of projects in our local area. For this and many other activities in the area of diversity & inclusion, we have already been awarded the Global Equality Standard by Ernst & Young.

Sustainability & Commitment
We have particularly close ties to the Trier region and the greater Cologne area through our two locations and want to make a significant contribution to a high quality of life, e.g., through annual clean-up campaigns on the Rhine and Moselle and as a long-standing partner of the Cologne Green Foundation, we are committed to the preservation and expansion of the city's green spaces. Renewable energies are also part of our sustainability goals, which is why we are investing in the expansion of the Bescheid Süd wind farm, located 20 kilometers east of our Trier site, in order to secure green electricity for the region and for our production at the Trier plant. We are constantly reducing the amount of plastic used in the packaging of our classic tobacco products, thus saving tons of plastic waste.
Find out more about us at: https://www.jti.com/de/europe/germany/top-arbeitgeber