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Company Description

**HydraForce** , a Bosch Rexroth company under the compact Hydralics offers one of the most comprehensive lines of high-quality hydraulic cartridge valves for the mobile and industrial equipment markets. We design and manufacture high performance valves that meet virtually any need encountered in machine design. HydraForce cartridge valves are designed to fit a wide range of industry-common valve cavities. Our employees enjoy a fast-paced and challenging work environment that provides them with daily opportunities to Power Forward their careers. For almost 35 years, HydraForce has been producing the most innovative electro-hydraulic control solutions for the mobile machinery and industrial equipment markets.

**Bosch Rexroth** is one of the world’s leading providers of drive and control technologies. Regardless of the motion task that customers face anywhere in the world, they will always find a Bosch Rexroth team with the local experience and the appropriate know-how from more than 30 industries and all drive and control technologies. Our associates take on their customers’ challenges with passion and persistence until the right solution is found. This is what makes Bosch Rexroth a strong, reliable partner for Mobile Applications, Machinery Applications and Engineering and Factory Automation. As the Drive & Control Company, we develop, produce, and distribute our components and system solutions in over 80 countries.

Job Description

The Business Digital Organization (BDO) Director of the Bosch Rexroth Business Unit Compact Hydraulics will be responsible to design, build and run the business unit’s specific IT applications and support the transition of two separate organizations to one powerful and stable team.

Further responsibilities include:

+ Support the transition of the global HydraForce Infrastructure & Operations organization and suppliers into a cohesive component of the Bosch IT organization

+ Lead the new single Business Digital Organization (BDO) team in an agile, transparent and trusting way so it drives digital benefits for the business stakeholders

+ Orchestrate the digital transformation, develop and lead the rollout of the digital excellence roadmap for Compact Hydraulics and collaborate with strategic IT partners

+ Ensure an optimal mix of IT projects to achieve operational and financial goals

+ Communicate all digitalization activities including training concepts to the Business Unit stakeholders

+ Support the local plant and Business Unit organization with their IT infrastructure topics (ordering, cost management, changes, training, communication)

+ Ensure governance of enterprise architecture, IT security and -guidelines

+ Shape, contribute to and implement the application and data strategy including data factory, modeling and analytics

+ Act as global Center of Competences in defined areas in alignment with Corporate Business Digital organization

Qualifications

Personality:

+ Transformational leader, pro-active and analytical problem solver at the highest levels

+ Customer and user sensitive value provider

+ Able to work independently with high energy and urgency

+ Tenacious, resourceful, and flexible

+ Process- and method-oriented thinking and acting, self-organized, structured way of working

+ Excellent communication skills, able to build effective relationships with internal and external business partners

Job Experience & Education:

+ Successfully completed your studies in computer science or comparable degree

+ Highly experienced in change management and motivation skills within international and multicultural teams

+ >7 years of professional experience in IT project management and as an IT manager with personnel responsibility in an industrial business environment

+ Cross functional business process experience and quick perception of requirements

+ Good knowledge in all IT areas like IT infrastructure, ERP, CRM, MES, PDM/PLM, Analytics

+ Management of IT budgets and negotiations with external service provider in a large global manufacturing enterprise

+ Extensive experience in developing project definitions and plans, including business requirements, technical requirements, costs and benefits analysis, and implementation plans on-time and on-budget

+ Experience with a global manufacturing and supply chain businesses

Other Skills & Requirements:

+ Fluent English and ideally Italian communication skills in spoken and written form

+ Position requires substantial amount of travelling

Additional Information

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability / veterans

*Bosch adheres to Federal, State, and Local laws regarding drug-testing. Employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a drug screen and background check. Candidates who have been offered the position must pass both screenings before their start date.