The business unit Bakery provides worldwide engineering and complete processing lines for a wide variety of applications within the bakery industry, such as cakes, cookies & biscuits, pies & tarts, frozen layer cakes, pizzas, breads, pastries, and crackers.
Are you an experienced project management with strong technical expertise, curiosity and innovative mindset? Then join us and became part of a team of 18,000 people around the world where excellence, passion, integrity and responsibility are our foundation for all business activities.
In order to boost our innovation activities, we are looking for a technical project manager to drive our technology and product development projects to a success.
Responsibilities / Tasks
- Be responsible for formulating goals, objectives, exclusions, time plan & budget for the projects together with all relevant departments in line with our strategic growth areas
- Take technical lead and manage the cross-functional project team through the innovation process from front end to go-to-market activities
- Coordinate activities with internal and external resources and regularly update the main stakeholders on project progress
- Ensure that the projects adhere to the development process such that deliverables and milestones are met
- Contribute to idea generation initiatives as well as to technical and commercial analyses of new R&D project proposals
Your Profile / Qualifications
- University degree in engineering (mechanical/electrical/mechatronic/automation)
- Relevant industry experience (more than 5 years) working in a matrix organization ideally leading technology / product development
- Working knowledge of 3D CAD and PDM (Inventor and Vault) and main project management tool
- Previous experience within food processing is an advantage
- Fluent in Italian and very good knowledge of English
- Intercultural competences, communicative skills, proactive approach
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What We Do
GEA is one of the largest technology suppliers for food processing and a wide range of other industries. The global group specializes in machinery, plants, as well as process technology and components.
GEA provides sustainable solutions for sophisticated production processes in diverse end-user markets and offers a comprehensive service portfolio