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For more than 165 years, Siemens AG (Berlin and Munich) has stood for innovative strength, a passion for technology, sustainability, responsibility and an uncompromising commitment to quality and excellence. As a globally operating technology company, we’re rigorously leveraging the advantages that our setup provides. To tap business opportunities in b...
Job description
Job ID: 273808
Organisation: Digital Factory
Department: RC-ZA DF DE
Mode of Employment: Full time only
The Digital Enterprise (DE) business development/strategy manager will help to develop the digital strategy for Siemens in Southern Africa and influence Siemens’ strategic vision through the lens of digital innovation. This unique position will marry business discipline and strategic ideation with creativity and innovation.
What are the responsibilities for the role?
- Identify potential digitalization business opportunities with customers.
- Create market transparency on DE opportunities and DE defined use cases.
- Support regional sales to acquire DE projects.
- Evaluate customer requirements and guide them in the direction of digitalization.
- Ensure cross-selling approach with DF/PD BUs (eg PL, MC, CP, etc).
- Coordinate resources across local and global Siemens organizations to ensure an efficient and satisfying implementation and realization.
What do I need to qualify?
- A minimum of 10 years experience across different industries is required.
- Sales experience and bidding experience is preferred.
- Experience and knowledge in factory IT systems, Product Life Cycle Management (PLM), Manufactiring Operations Management (MOM) and automation is required.
- Experience and knowledge in integrating factory systems with business systems (ie Enterprise Resource Planning) is required.
- Experience in shop floor production process management is desired.
- Knowledge on IT programming languages and databases is welcome.
- Knowledge in Siemens automation products (ie. PLC, HMI, SCADA, etc) is desired.
- Good understanding of Industrie 4.0 principles.
- MESA Certificate of Competency (CoC) is preferred.
- University Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, automation, computer engineering or equivalent work experience.
- Should be proficient in English (spoken & written).
- Must be prepared to travel both nationally and internationally.
Desired Characteristics
- Good communication skills, team player, ability to energize.
- Customer Focused: Passionate drive to delight our customers and offer unique solutions that deliver on their expectations.
- Critical Thinking: Thoughtful process of analyzing data and problem solving data to reach a well-reasoned solution.
- Team Mentality: Partnering effectively to drive the culture and execute common goals.
We are looking forward to receiving your online application. Please ensure you complete all areas, of the application form, to the best of your ability as we will use this data to review your suitability for the role.
Siemens is dedicated to quality, equality, and valuing diversity, and we welcome applications that reflect the diversity of the communities within which we work.
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