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Not just a job, but a career

Yokogawa, award winner for ‘Best Asset Monitoring Technology’ and ‘Best Digital Twin Technology’ at the HP Awards, is a leading provider of industrial automation, test and measurement, information systems and industrial services in several industries. 

Our aim is to shape a better future for our planet through supporting the energy transition, (bio)technology, artificial intelligence, industrial cybersecurity, etc. We are committed to the United Nations sustainable development goals by utilizing our ability to measure and connect.

About the Team
Our 18,000 employees work in over 60 countries with one corporate mission, to "co-innovate tomorrow". We are looking for dynamic colleagues who share our passion for technology and care for our planet. In return, we offer you great career opportunities to grow yourself in a truly global culture where respect, value creation, collaboration, integrity, and gratitude are highly valued and exhibited in everything we do.

RESPONSIBILITIES

◆ Functional Strategy Formation

Lead the development and implementation of strategy for a significant area of responsibility, anticipating complex issues, challenges, and opportunities, and ensuring integration with wider corporate strategy.

◆ Strategy Formation and Implementation

Develop the strategy for a significant area of responsibility such as a function, anticipating complex issues, challenges and opportunities. Ensure the strategy is successfully implemented and meets medium-term business needs.

◆ Business Planning

Develop and gain agreement to annual business plans for a function or substantial business area, ensuring alignment with strategy; quantify business outcomes (i.e. revenues or other Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)); detail expense and headcount budgets; and develop business cases for key projects, ensuring cross-functional integration.

◆ Portfolio Management

Initiate and lead the governance and delivery of programs within a significant area of responsibility, using an appropriate program and project management methodology to give assurance that intended outcomes are identified and achieved.

◆ Improvement/Innovation

Take responsibility for developing and delivering change management plans and achieving outcomes that support the organization's overall strategy.

◆ Leadership and Direction

Communicate the function's strategy and its relationship to the organization's mission, vision and values; clarify the actions needed to implement it within the area of responsibility; motivate people to commit to these and to doing extraordinary things to achieve the organization's business goals.

◆ Stakeholder Engagement

Identify and manage stakeholders up to top management level, finding out their needs/issues/concerns and reacting to these by leading and coordinating the development of stakeholder engagement plans to support the communication of business information and decisions.

◆ Budgeting

Take responsibility for setting and managing area budgets so they align with organizational strategy.

◆ Performance Management

Manage and report on the performance of the function / business area; set appropriate performance objectives for direct reports and hold them accountable for achieving these; take appropriate corrective action where necessary to ensure the achievement of annual business objectives.

◆ Organization Structure

Define the detailed organization structure for a business area to align with corporate principles, define the relationship between elements of the organization, and define the responsibilities of senior managers, to enable the organization to achieve its business objectives.

◆ Organizational Capability Building

Identify the capabilities needed to meet the current and emerging business needs of a significant business area. Evaluate current capabilities, identify gaps, and prioritize development activities. Motivate others to develop their capabilities and fulfill their personal potential. Build capabilities elsewhere in the organization through mentoring and other informal methods.

Behavioral Competencies

◆ Strategic Mindset

Sees ahead to future possibilities and translates them into breakthrough strategies. For example, is a strong big-picture thinker; makes frequent, clear references to the organization's vision and strategy and the efforts required to drive them forward. Effectively integrates long-term opportunities and challenges with day-to-day activities.

◆ Manages Complexity

Makes sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems. For example, offers penetrating questions to help others get to the heart of complex situations and find strong solutions. Uses a range of inputs to fully understand and solve problems.

◆ Business Insight

Applies knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organization's goals. For example, ensures that the team understands and discusses relevant industry changes. Gives strong messages about how people's efforts make a difference to the broader organization.

◆ Drives Vision and Purpose

Paints a compelling picture of the vision and strategy that motivates others to action. For example, makes the vision real for others and encourages people to buy in; paints an engaging and illuminating picture of future possibilities for the team. Gives people an understanding of how their efforts and contributions make a positive difference.

◆ Collaborates

Builds partnerships and works collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives. For example, encourages coworkers and external partners to work together as a team, and makes sure they get credit for doing so. Encourages people to share their honest views, responds in a non-defensive way when they do.

◆ Customer Focus

Builds strong customer relationships and delivers customer-centric solutions. For example, solicits customer feedback and data; conveys a clear understanding of the level of service the team is providing; takes action when standards are not met by team; aligns business process with customer needs.

Skills

◆ Action Planning

Applies expertise to act as the organizational authority on developing appropriate plans or performing necessary actions based on recommendations and requirements.

◆ Planning and Organizing

Uses expertise to act as organizational authority on planning, organizing, prioritizing and overseeing activities to efficiently meet business objectives.

◆ Adaptive Mindset

Operates as a recognized expert to shift into and out of a mental mindsets associated with assessing the facts and circumstances of the current situation and/or environment and making the appropriate/innovative adjustments to thinking and work habits to thrive in any scenario. Typically known as a subject matter authority.

◆ Strategic Planning

Uses expertise to act as organizational authority on strategic planning.

◆ Data Collection and Analysis

Acts as the organizational authority and established expert on analyzing data trends for use in reports to help guide decision making.

◆ Organization Design and Development

Applies expertise to act as the organizational authority on making sure the organization develops and maintains the culture, values and design it needs to reach its objectives while managing structural change.

◆ Policy Development and Implementation

Uses expertise to act as organizational authority on developing and implementing policies.

◆ Project Management

Uses expertise to act as the organizational authority on managing projects and/or programs within desired cost, time and quality parameters.

◆ Health and Safety

Acts as the organizational authority and established expert on managing and applying safe systems of work.

◆ Negotiation

Negotiates as the organizational authority and established expert to help the organization by obtaining consensus between two or more internal or external parties who may have different interests.

◆ Policy and procedures

Uses expertise to act as the organizational authority on developing, monitoring, interpreting and understanding policies and procedures, while making sure they match organizational strategies and objectives.

◆ Policy and Regulation

Acts as the organizational authority and established expert on interpreting and applying knowledge of laws, regulations and policies in area of expertise.

◆ Project Benefits Management

Operates as a recognized expert to identify, track, and enable the achievement of the planned benefits and intended outcomes of a program and associated projects. Typically known as a subject matter authority.

◆ Project Business Acumen

Operates as a recognized expert to develop and apply an entrepreneurial spirit to run a project and program within business operation parameters. Typically known as a subject matter authority.

◆ Project Organization and Structure

Operates as a recognized expert to build the structure and culture of the project team, and define roles and responsibilities within that structure to enable the achievement of project mission and objectives and the effective operation of key business processes. Typically known as a subject matter authority.

◆ Project Portfolio Management

Operates as a recognized expert to develop the strategic plan, and roadmap and manage the strategic changes associated with the portfolio. Typically known as a subject matter authority.

◆ Project Risk and Issue Management

Applies expertise to act as the organizational authority on identifying, assessing, prioritizing and managing project-related risks.

◆ Project Strategy Creation and Alignment

Operates as a recognized expert to create the project strategy, vision, and goals, and maintain them in alignment with the organization's strategy and goals. Typically known as a subject matter authority.

◆ Risk Management

Applies expertise to act as the organizational authority on identifying, assessing, prioritizing and managing risks.

◆ Stakeholder Expectation Management

Operates as a recognized expert to identify potential stakeholders, analyze their expectations, and develop strategies for managing stakeholders and their expectations. Typically known as a subject matter authority.

◆ Workflow Management

Operates as a recognized expert to orient work in a workflow to plan, organize, and execute the steps it takes to achieve a goal to achieve higher efficiencies. Typically known as a subject matter authority.

Education

Master's Degree or Equivalent Level

General Experience

Experience level enables job holder to provide leadership to others regarding work related systems, processes and challenges (More than 15 years)

Managerial Experience

Experience of interpreting strategy and policy in order to set and deliver objectives within medium to long time frames (Over 10 years to 15 years)

Yokogawa is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Yokogawa wants a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture.  We will actively recruit, develop, and promote people from a variety of backgrounds who differ in terms of experience, knowledge, thinking styles, perspective, cultural background, and socioeconomic status.  We will not discriminate based on race, skin color, age, sex, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, religion, belief, political opinion, nationality, ethnicity, place of origin, disability, family relations or any other circumstances.  Yokogawa values differences and enables everyone to belong, contribute, succeed, and demonstrate their full potential.

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