Business Development Specialist Strategy & Performance Management

• Act as a strategic advisor to the Head of GBS, supporting overarching GBS initiatives from PMO perfspective
• Facilitate GBS board meetings and governance structures
• Conduct trend scouting to identify new opportunities for GBS service expansion within the company
• Translate business partner needs into innovative service concepts, offerings, or delivery models that create tangible value
• Drive acquisition and onboarding of new functions and topics into the GBS scope
• Validate service ideas through well-structured business cases, assessing financial and strategic impact
• Conduct feasibility studies, build business cases to demonstrate the financial and strategic value of potential scope expansions
• Develop and continuously refine the GBS strategy, ensuring alignment and adherence across the organization
• Position and pitch GBS as the preferred partner in response to internal RfPs (request for proposal), in close collaboration with Purchasing
• Engage with key stakeholders on senior management level as well as the workers councils, to explore and validate expansion opportunities
• Collaborate with the Continuous Improvement (CI) and the Digital Innovation team to transition strategic initiatives into actionable plans
• Coordinate handover of ready-to-implement new projects to the Operation and Transition team
• Create compelling presentation materials for senior executives, tailored to support strategic decision-making

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business Administration, Economics, or a related field
• 3–7 years of professional experience, ideally within a Consulting/Big4, Shared Services or GBS environment
• Proven experience in business development, strategy, or transitions within a multinational context
• Good understanding of end-to-end processes within a GBS environment
• Excellent analytical skills with the ability to develop strategic recommendations and business cases
• Fluent in English (mandatory)
• additional languages are a plus
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, including experience engaging with senior leadership and employee representatives
• Skilled in creating compelling presentation materials and confident in presenting to executive-level audiences

additional languages are a plus