Clariant is a globally leading specialty chemicals company, based in Muttenz near Basel/Switzerland. On 31 December 2017 the company employed a total workforce of 18 135. In the financial year 2017, Clariant recorded sales of CHF 6.377 billion for its continuing businesses. The company reports in four business areas: Care Chemicals, Catalysis, Natural Resources, and Plastics & Coatings. Clariant’s corporate strategy is based on five pillars: focus on innovation through R&D, add value with sustainability, reposition portfolio, intensify growth, and increase profitability.
As a member of the Core Team you will be in the driver's seat to make Clariant ready for the digital future. Be assured that you won't be alone as we're exploring RFID, robotics and AI to change the way we do Operations all across Clariant. As an entrepreneur you further shape our digital culture, act as the digital voice and thought leader, demonstrating an agile, curious and open mindset - never being satisfied with the status-quo.
Responsibilities
Contribute to the BU business plans ensuring the implementation of digital activities to accelerate change and adoption of new solutions and services.
Synthesize lessons learnt from ongoing projects and identify overarching themes for Clariant: lead digital projects to renew Clariant products and services.
Deliver communication plans and generate content for key projects. Advocate and influence the positive effects of digitalization and motivate colleagues to be part of it.
Closely work with Head of D4C, Executive Committee and Business Unit Heads – ensuring that vision and strategy comprise the digital future.
Lead a cross-functional team in design thinking sprints to conceptualize and/or build new business models around a digital offering.
Evaluate the potential of ideas, define markets and their sizes and assess the overall profitability capacity of new revenue streams for Clariant.
Together with the Head of D4C, you will drive and coordinate digital transformation across Business Units, services and functions such as supply chain, customer engagement and CRM, marketing, etc.
Requirements
You have experience and passion for driving digital transformation projects.
Demonstrated experience working in cross-functional teams, plus you have solid intercultural skills.
You enjoy working in diverse teams and do not mind being hands-on to help drive digital transformation projects forward.
We are open to your background, knowledge and ideas with regards to digital transformation / innovation etc.
Challenging, multidisciplinary responsibilities and room for creativity
