Head of IT Global Sales & Marketing

About the role

The Group IT Head is responsible for defining and executing the IT strategy for the Group, ensuring alignment with business priorities and long-term digital transformation goals. The role leads multiple IT functions, oversees technology governance, and ensures secure, scalable, and modern infrastructure and systems that support global operations. This job profile is intended for senior managers that participate in mid to long‑term (3-5 years) strategy development for their business or functional area. Responsible for strategy execution and operational direction of a business or function. Works closely with group executive leadership concerning matters of strategic significance to the organization. Typically manages multiple teams. As part of our transformation journey, Sulzer is seeking a strategic, dynamic, and hands-on IT Sales & Marketing leader who will drive critical initiatives such as the harmonization of global sales platforms. This role represents a key leadership position within one of the most business-critical IT domains, directly enabling commercial excellence and accelerating revenue growth by equipping sales teams with scalable, data-driven, and integrated capabilities aligned with Sulzer's growth ambitions.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the global IT Sales & Marketing vision and strategy aligned with Sulzer's commercial excellence priorities .
• Deliver together with your team some of the most critical IT initiatives and transformation programs, directly enabling our business sales teams to execute their growth strategy and accelerate revenue generation.
• Drive and successfully steer the consolidation, harmonization, and modernization of the global CRM landscape, including the full migration to Salesforce to significantly enhance sales excellence and performance.
• Lead the modernization of CPQ capabilities to accelerate and improve order conversion processes, while leveraging digital marketing and next-generation e-commerce platforms to unlock new revenue streams and sustainably boost sales growth.
• Partner with Sales leadership, Marketing, Product Management, and divisional b usiness p artners to shape roadmaps and prioritize business demand.
• Ensure alignment of technology solutions with commercial & marketing strategy, user experience goals, and data integrity standards.
• Foster collaboration and a high-performance culture within the Sales Excellence IT team
• I dentifying with your frameworks the areas for improvement, consolidation, and standardization.
• Develop further a high-performance team : L ead, mentor, and develop a cross-functional, multicultural team of >10 IT professionals across several geographies , to continuously ensure successful implementation s and lifecycle of sales applications.
• Manage external vendors and system integrators to deliver projects and support services in line with budget and quality expectations.
• Own and evolve Sulzer's global Sales IT application landscape including Salesforce CRM, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, CPQ (Configure-Price-Quote) tools, and engineering design tools for product selection and configuration.
• Oversee system governance, user access, data security, and compliance with corporate IT and data privacy policies.
• Stay up-to-date on industry trends and emerging technologies driving innovation across all Sulzer divisions . This may include implementing new tools or technologies, upgrading existing systems, or exploring new solutions to more generate business value.
• To succeed you need:
• >15 years
• Experienced with Salesforce, Microsoft CRM, Tendering, Pricing, Product Configuration tools etc.
• High level of English
• Strong understanding of business sales, ma rketing and tendering processes and how technology can enable and accelerate revenue growth .
• Strong C-level communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build and maintain strong relationships across the organization.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to motivate and inspire international and multi- cultural teams.
• Proven experience in developing and executing a global strategy for Sales applications.
• Excellent project management skills, including the ability to manage and oversee multiple projects simultaneously.
• Excellent business English language skills
• What we offer you
• A permanent contract.
• A competitive salary as well as participation in the variable remuneration system based on personal and financial objectives.
• Meal vouchers.
• Access to a voluntary flexible compensation scheme allowing employees to optimize their salary package (e.g. health insurance, transport, childcare)
• Be part of an experienced and international team.
• A good vibe working environment.
• The opportunity to grow your career within a solid and

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Additional Information

Sulzer is a leading engineering company with a proud heritage of innovation. Join our global team to grow your expertise and develop innovative solutions that enable a prosperous and more sustainable society.

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