Head of R&D Business Unit Wafer

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.