Business Process Engineer Variant Management

Atlas Copco Airpower N.V.; Antwerpen; Hybride; EUR 60 000 - 90 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Atlas Copco Group Belgium Antwerp's R&D department seeks a Business Process Engineer for Variant Management to define and implement standardized variant management across engineering departments in the Portable Air division. You will collaborate with global teams to improve product development and speed to market.

The role involves creating guidelines, training materials, and integrating variant management into PLM/ERP systems, driving continuous improvement and change adoption within a

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of experience as a business process engineer or project lead.
• Strong analytical and conceptual thinking with a pragmatic, solution-oriented mindset.
• Ability to navigate complex stakeholder environments and align across functions.
• Excellent communication in English; interacts across profiles and cultures.
• Windchill (Smart Platforms) experience is a plus.

Responsabilités

• 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.
• Collaborate with PLM/ERP 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.

Connaissances

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder alignment

Communication in English

Self-driven

Structured approach

Outils

Windchill (Smart Platforms)

Description du poste

Business Process Engineer Variant Management

Research and Development Atlas Copco Group Belgium Antwerp

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 constructivelyinteract 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

Atlas Copco Group enables technology that transforms the future. We innovate to develop products, services and solutions that are key to our customers' success. Our four business areas offer technologies for air and gas compression, vacuum and abatement, automated assembly and quality control, mobile energy management and power generation as well as portable and industrial flow technologies.In 2024, Atlas Copco Group had revenues of BSEK 177 and at year end about 55 000 employees.