Head of DBS Program, Small Circulators

Do you have a strong technical knowledge and a commercial mindset? Then this might be the opportunity you are looking for.

As Head of DBS Programs, Small Circulators you move in the intersection between sales and product development. You become responsible for driving the growth of our business throughout the entire product lifecycle, as well as support and motivate a highly engaged and hardworking team, enabling them to focus on their core responsibilities within product maintenance and development.

What is the job about?

You will be responsible for overseeing all products and offerings within the portfolio. You will play a key role in driving the growth of our business by taking an end-to-end value chain approach throughout the entire product lifecycle. Through your expertise in program management, you will develop and execute product strategies across Business Units on behalf of Grundfos. Additionally, you will support the organization by providing product and commercial knowledge and delivering training initiatives to ensure that everyone is equipped with the necessary skills and understanding.

Your main responsibilities:

Ensure a competitive, profitable, and differentiated portfolio of products.
Accountable for short-term (0-12 months) product lifecycle activities, both commercially and technically.
Develop and execute long-term (1-5 years) product plans and roadmaps that ensure product competitiveness.
Lead development projects to deliver strong value proposition, project value, cost, quality, time-to-market incl. phase-in and phase-out of new and old products.
Drive product lifecycle excellence through cost optimization, price setting, product pruning, quality optimization, and product P&L optimization.
Comprehensive understanding of key markets, competitors, prices, segmentation and market dynamics.
Align product strategies with the needs and challenges faced by wholesalers, installers, homeowners, and market situation.

About you

We imagine that you have:

Master’s Degree in e.g. engineering or commercial, or commensurate experience.
Extensive experience in relevant profession and from leadership positions, preferably from a global manufacturing setting.
Demonstrated ability to provide support, motivation, and development for a dedicated and high performing team.
In-depth experience in developing and implementing operating processes and product development projects.
Experience in developing, implementing, and commercializing digital features in physical products.
Proven track record of executing key strategic initiatives within a complex business environment, as well as knowledge of best practices, policies, systems, processes, and regulations relevant to the role.
Strong communicative skills, and the ability to work within a broad touch surface – both internally and externally.
Experience in digital developing and implementing features.

What’s in it for you?

You’ll be an invaluable part of our global leadership team, a diverse network of pioneers guiding others in seeing possibilities, not problems. You’ll be instrumental in spreading our optimistic, can-do attitude to advance global innovation and a clear sense of purpose, embodying our six core values, guiding our colleagues in living them day by day, and making a difference in global projects. We support you in navigating your own career and development path, offering you tools to hone your leadership craft, both within your field and to broaden your interest or expertise in areas such as diversity & inclusion, coaching and culture.

In addition, your day-to-day benefits include:

Diverse, inclusive environment with employee-led forums offering colleagues a safe place to connect and share openly.
We encourage you to be at the offices, where you can engage, learn, and have fun with colleagues. If you’ll be working from your home office, w’ll make sure you are well equipped with a good workstation.
On the top of it, flexible working hours and up to 3 days’ additional paid leave for volunteering.
Annual bonuses, health insurance, parental support, internal well-being consultants and programs.
Access to the modern Grundfos Academy to pursue further both personal and professional development.

Do you want to learn more?

If you have questions or would like to know more about this position, please contact Chief HR Business Partner, DBS, Anja Buus on phone +45 52327637.

If this job sounds appealing, please send your resume by clicking “Apply”.

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We look forward to hearing from you.