BayWa r.e. is the home for change makers. We r.e.think energy – how it is produced, stored and can be best used to enable the global renewable energy transition that is essential to the future of our planet. At BayWa r.e. we effect change globally. With locations in 30 countries, we have over 4,000 people already working across the world, collaborating with local businesses to proactively shape the future of the energy sector.
With a network of over 20 locations worldwide, more than 1,400 employees and over 30 years of experience, the Business Entity Solar Trade within BayWa r.e. group is one of the world's leading distributors of photovoltaic components.
Throughout the B2B sector we supply and support our cooperation partners and installers with innovative photovoltaic products. We also offer trainings and organize roadshows to keep our customers up to date.
The experts for our own mounting system, novotegra, provide first installation support directly on site. In addition, we offer full system configurations and a digitalized customer journey via our planning tool Solar-Planit and our webshops.
We are close to our customers and work together to protect what is most important to us all: Our planet!
About the role
The Head of Product & Portfolio Management is accountable for the global product and portfolio strategy of Solar Trade and for translating that strategy into coordinated execution across global and local product management teams. The role provides clear portfolio direction, governance and decision criteria while enabling local teams to adapt and execute within their markets. It ensures that customer needs, market opportunities, technical feasibility, commercial performance and operational implications are consistently reflected in portfolio decisions.
The VP leads the global product management team with disciplinary responsibility and provides functional leadership to local product management teams. Working closely with Sales, Procurement, Supply Chain, Finance and country organizations, the role drives portfolio performance, develops new growth fields and prepares clear go / no-go, scale-up, optimization and exit recommendations for management.