Senior Project Manager (m/f/d) Commercial Excellence Global
HybridHerford, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany or Günzburg, Bavaria, Germany
Job Summary
Lead end-to-end execution of high-impact 80/20 initiatives across markets, including portfolio simplification, pricing and margin recovery, and operating-model change. Convert analytical insights into sequenced, funded roadmaps by building business cases, sizing prizes, and holding the line on committed outcomes. Partner with commercial leaders to concentrate resources on the profitable core while pricing, simplifying, or exiting complexity in the tail. Drive alignment and accountability with Water Infrastructure leadership, leading change agendas for new ways of working and tools. Own the initiative portfolio's governance, KPIs, and financial tracking, delivering board-ready reads on progress, impact, and risk. This global role is based in Herford or Günzburg with a hybrid model involving on-site presence, international travel, and remote work.
Required Qualifications
- 15+ years in multinational organizations across strategy, operations, commercial, or transformation
- 5+ years leading complex, cross-functional programs with cross-border scope
- Direct experience with 80/20 / value-creation methodologies (Strategex or equivalent)
- Fluency in at least one adjacent discipline - Lean, Operational Excellence, Pricing, or Commercial Excellence
- A commercial and financial instinct: comfortable with price-cost-margin, cost-to-serve, and portfolio economics, and building a business case finance will sign
- A track record of translating strategy into measurable results - you think in "+X% margin," "-Y days cycle time," not activity
- Excellent stakeholder management and change-management capability, with the ability to create clarity in fast-paced, ambiguous environments
- Fluent in English
Desired Qualifications
- PMP / PRINCE2 or Lean Six Sigma
- exposure to pricing, sales-force effectiveness, or go-to-market design
- multilingual, with cross-regional experience
- additional languages
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