Business Process Engineer Variant Management

Atlas Copco Group Co.,Ltd; Antwerpen; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Atlas Copco Group Co.,Ltd in Antwerp, Belgium, is seeking a motivated Business Process Engineer Variant Management to join the Digitalization Team. You will lead the definition and implementation of variant management across engineering, product development, and related systems in the Portable Air division.

You will collaborate with PLM/ERP teams, guide worldwide engineering teams, and develop training materials to enable smarter decisions and scalable digital solutions.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of experience as a business process engineer or project leader.
• Strong analytical and conceptual thinking with a pragmatic, solution-oriented mindset.
• Ability to navigate complex stakeholder environments and align across functions.

Responsibilities

• Design and standardize variant management processes across the product development lifecycle.
• Define methods for feature management, configuration management, and product architecture definition.
• Integrate variant management practices into existing engineering and product development processes.
• Work with PLM/ERP system teams to enable variant management in supporting systems and tools.
• Guide engineering teams worldwide in implementing variant management.
• Create process documentation, guidelines, and training materials.
• Monitor process performance and lead continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support change management and adoption across the organization.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Communication

Stakeholder management

Structured mindset

English proficiency

Tools

Windchill (Smart Platforms)

Job description

Your role

In our R&D department of the Portable Air Division, we are looking for a highly motivated Business Process Engineer Variant Management to be part of the Digitalization Team. Our mission is to improve the product development & design processes and supporting systems, resulting into a shorter time to market and more efficiency in our organization.

This role is responsible for introducing, defining and implementing variant management practices across the engineering departments in the different Product Companies of the Portable Air division.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and standardize variant management processes across the product development lifecycle.
• Define methods for feature management, configuration management, and product architecture definition.
• Integrate variant management practices into existing engineering and product development processes.
• Work with PLM/ERP system teams to enable variant management in supporting systems and tools.
• Guide engineering teams worldwide in implementing variant management.
• Create process documentation, guidelines, and training materials.
• Monitor process performance and lead continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support change management and adoption across the organization.

To succeed, you will need

You have 3-5 years of experience, working as a business process engineer or project leader

• You have strong analytical and conceptual thinking skills, combined with a pragmatic and solution-oriented mindset.
• You are able to navigate complex stakeholder environments and build alignment across functions and organizational boundaries.
• You are a good communicator (English is a must) and can constructively interact with different profiles and cultures
• You are self-driven, structured, and comfortable working in a role that combines strategic direction with operational execution.
• Experience in Windchill (Smart Platforms) is a plus
• Product knowledge about Portable Air products is considered a plus

In return, we offer

• Culture of trust and accountability
• Lifelong learning and career growth
• Innovation powered by people
• Comprehensive compensation and benefits
• Health and well-being

This role offers a unique opportunity to contribute directly to Portable Air's digital future. You will help shape how data is organized, governed, and leveraged across the division, working with a broad network of stakeholders and playing a key role in enabling smarter decisions, more efficient processes, and scalable digital solutions. In this position, you will not simply manage data, you will help define how Portable Air uses data as a competitive advantage.

Job location

This role offers a hybrid working arrangement, allowing you to split your time between working from home and being on-site at our Division's offices in Antwerp, Belgium (BE).

Contact information

Talent Acquisition Team: Ulrike Reichelt-Trinanes

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