Head of Global IT Enterprise Excellence

About the role

As Head of Global IT Enterprise Excellence you will steer the strategic development and operational delivery of the company’s SAP and enterprise application landscape. You will lead a dispersed team of experts, ensuring that digital solutions support business growth and innovation worldwide.

Key responsibilities

• Lead and develop an international team of SAP In‑house Consultants and Application Specialists, providing functional and disciplinary leadership.
• Own and continuously evolve the global SAP landscape and related enterprise applications across the full application lifecycle.
• Ensure stable, efficient, and high‑quality application services, including global 2nd and 3rd level support.
• Drive harmonisation, standardisation, and optimisation of business applications, processes and system architectures across the group.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, process owners and project leaders to identify and implement value‑adding digital solutions.
• Manage budgets, resources, external partners and service providers while maintaining cost efficiency.
• Contribute to IT strategy, lead innovation, automation and digital transformation initiatives, and monitor service quality through KPIs and SLAs.

Required profile

• University degree in Computer Science, Business Informatics, Business Administration or a comparable qualification.
• Several years of work and leadership experience in an international IT environment, preferably within SAP and enterprise application management.
• Strong understanding of SAP‑supported business processes and enterprise application landscapes.
• Proven experience in application architecture, process optimisation and digital transformation initiatives.
• Demonstrated leadership skills with the ability to motivate and develop distributed international teams.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication and presentation skills at all organisational levels.
• Fluent in English and German and willing to travel internationally up to 20%.

Required skills

• SAP

What we offer

• A global, purpose‑driven company with 3,700 employees.
• A culture of innovation and collaboration.
• Learning and development programmes tailored to your growth.
• Attractive benefits package.