Senior Manager Digital Channels (all genders welcome)

Kia is a global mobility brand with a vision to create sustainable mobility solutions for consumers, communities, and societies around the world. Founded in 1944, Kia has been building motorcycles, cars and trucks for more than 75 years.

Kia is now spearheading the popularization of electrified and battery electric vehicles, developing a growing range of mobility services while encouraging millions of people to explore the best ways of getting around. Our brand slogan - 'Movement that inspires' - reflects our commitment to inspire consumers through our products and services.

Kia Europe is the European sales and manufacturing arm of Kia Corporation. From our headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany, we lead 39 markets across Europe and the Caucasus, employing more than 5,500 persons, including about 3,500 blue collar workers in our state of the art car plant in Zilina, Slovakia.

Our headquarter is home to more than 40 different nationalities and this diversity is truly inspiring! This means that every day at Kia is an opportunity to learn something new and to grow personally and professionally. The mix of ambitious and dynamic employees from all over the world is the fuel to our success. Do you have what it takes to join our team? We are looking forward to getting to know you!

Ihre Aufgaben

• Define and deliver the Digital Channels IT roadmap in close cooperation with IT leadership and business functions.

• Contribute to the development of the overall Kia EU IT strategy and its operationalization in annual business planning.

• Act as a senior IT advisor/relationship manager for business partners and senior management.

• Act as a senior IT stakeholder for external vendors/ implementation partners.

• Develop and deliver medium-term planning, including resourcing and KPIs, to deliver the IT portfolio for Digital Channels.

• Lead the team members in managing IT projects from ideation through delivery.

• Identify and promote digital and technological innovations to support Kia's corporate strategy framework.

• Identify and promote technological and process best practices.

• Provide direction, feedback and coaching to support the professional and personal development of the team.

• This position offers the opportunity to take on leadership responsibilities.

Ihr Profil

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Business Administration with IT focus, or a related discipline.

• Proven track record of successful end-to-end IT project delivery (time/budget/quality).

• Experience in CapEx/OpEx budget management.

• Ability to take initiative and work with minimal supervision.

• Very strong analytical skills and problem-solving capabilities.

• Ability to adapt quickly to new tasks and challenges in a fast-pace environment.

• Excellent communication skills across organizational hierarchies.

• Proven team lead experience, preferably in a multicultural environment.

• Strong people development skills.

• Excellent verbal and written English communication skills, our company language.

• Platform experience in AEM, Salesforce and/or SAP is advantageous.

• Experience in business relationship management is advantageous.

• Experience in managing teams is advantageous, or a willingness to assume this responsibility in the future.

Wir bieten Ihnen

You will enjoy working with us if you like these things:

• A pulsating international environment. Our workforce is composed of people from 37 nations.

• Playing an active and important part in the development of Kia in Europe.

• Developing new frameworks and solutions.

• Demanding challenges to which you can creatively contribute.

• A competitive compensation package; private leasing offer; systematic off and on-the-job training, free staff restaurant, support as concerns Health Management and more.