Jobs at Kion Group AG

Supports the hardware and software design of material handling automation systems under senior-engineer mentorship. Responsibilities include designing electrical layouts and schematics, selecting control components, performing electrical calculations, configuring industrial networks and VFDs, developing basic conveyor-control software, creating embedded controller configurations, preparing technical review materials, and building conveyor emulation models. The role requires a mechatronics or related engineering degree and basic experience with PLCs, electrical drawings, industrial networks, and automation systems.

Supports budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, financial modeling, variance analysis, monthly reporting, cost management, and operational finance for manufacturing plant teams. Analyzes labor, materials, logistics, overhead, inventory, productivity, and KPI performance while identifying savings opportunities. Partners with operations, supports financial controls and project reviews, and contributes to continuous improvement initiatives.

Supports global data quality management by defining rules, KPIs, measurement frameworks, reporting, remediation processes, and documentation. Collaborates with data owners, stewards, IT teams, and business stakeholders to analyze root causes, resolve quality issues, improve data models, evaluate DQM tools, and support data governance, migration, transformation, and S/4HANA initiatives.

Performs general ledger accounting, financial document processing, balance sheet reconciliations, account analysis, and month-end and year-end close activities. Prepares financial reports and KPIs, maintains internal controls and accounting procedures, investigates discrepancies, and supports continuous improvement. The role uses SAP S/4HANA and advanced Excel while collaborating with international finance stakeholders.

Supports the full sales cycle for intralogistics software solutions, including pitches, requirements analysis, workshops, process design, demonstrations, proposals, and customer presentations. Advises clients and internal sales teams on warehouse management, automation, and control systems; addresses technical IT questions; trains the sales network; and develops integrated software concepts for customer environments.

The job description does not provide details about responsibilities, qualifications, technologies, compensation, or work conditions. These items are listed as pending manager input.

Serve as the finance partner to EMEA Customer Service business leaders. Oversee planning and forecasting, ensure financial and regulatory compliance, perform analysis and reporting, improve financial data processes, evaluate strategic decisions, identify risks, and recommend performance improvements. Coordinate with controllers, shared services, and business stakeholders while supporting accurate transaction processing and transparent business information.

Partners with business leaders across Projects, Service, and Operations to develop workforce strategy, organisational capability, leadership effectiveness, talent planning, industrial relations, employee relations, and change initiatives. Provides strategic advice and hands-on HR support, coaches leaders, manages complex workforce matters, supports mobilisation and transitions, and uses workforce insights to guide business decisions.

Supports budgeting, forecasting, cost center management, variance analysis, financial reporting, month-end close, and operational decision support. Partners with leaders across engineering, project management, installation, and sales controlling. The role also contributes to process improvement, financial automation, AI-enabled analytics, reporting optimization, and validation of AI-generated outputs.

Maintains Bills of Materials, manufacturing routings, item master records, MRP data, and production planning information within an ERP system. Reviews material requirements, shortages, planning exceptions, supplier and pricing data, and engineering changes. Investigates discrepancies affecting production, purchasing, inventory, and costing, while generating reports and supporting process improvements. Collaborates with production, purchasing, planning, and engineering teams supporting automated warehouse equipment and manufacturing operations.

Serve as primary point of contact for Amazon, grow retrofit business, deliver solution proposals, develop strategic plans with internal teams, resolve issues, pursue sales opportunities, and prepare account status and forecast reports.

Coordinates consulting projects by managing schedules, capacity planning, project systems, task trackers, meetings, milestones, deliverables, metrics, and stakeholder communications. Monitors performance, identifies risks, escalates issues, and supports customer-facing reporting. The role is designed as an entry point into consulting, with opportunities to assume ownership of engagements and develop recommendations reports.

The Senior Project Scheduler will create, maintain and monitor project schedules, ensuring timely execution and improvement of project performance through collaboration with project managers and teams.

Leads the plant quality department and local quality teams covering supplier, operations, customer, and quality management systems. Ensures product compliance with market, legal, and CE requirements; develops standardized production processes; implements audits, quality gates, training, supplier management, and corrective actions. Represents quality in plant governance, supports external audits, and coordinates solutions for quality and supply issues. Requires extensive production and automotive industry experience, engineering education, quality-method expertise, leadership skills, and fluency in Italian and English.

Leads procurement strategy and execution for major projects, serving as the primary liaison between Procurement, Project Management, Engineering, Finance, and suppliers. Responsibilities include developing procurement plans, managing supply risks, coordinating sourcing and supplier delivery schedules, tracking savings, conducting supplier gate reviews, ensuring compliance and quality, and leading lessons-learned activities. Travel to company and project sites may reach 25%.

Designs, develops, deploys, and operates secure, scalable Generative AI applications and platform components. Builds LLM solutions, RAG pipelines, AI agents, APIs, and automation while implementing evaluation, observability, explainability, traceability, hallucination mitigation, and safety guardrails. Translates business needs into production solutions, monitors and troubleshoots AI services, manages incidents, researches emerging technologies, and promotes reusable components across the organization.

Leads Controls Engineering delivery across complex warehouse automation projects in EMEA. Responsibilities include defining execution strategies, coordinating multidisciplinary teams, managing technical risks and interfaces, overseeing design and commissioning deliverables, ensuring safety and quality compliance, controlling schedules and costs, supporting customer engagements, conducting site audits, driving standardization, and mentoring Controls Engineers. The role requires strong Material Control Systems expertise, Amazon project experience, industrial automation leadership, and approximately 50% travel.

Process accounts receivable activities, including customer account analysis, invoicing, credit notes, bank statement processing, ad hoc reporting, and period-end tasks. The role requires accurate and timely work, Excel proficiency, basic SAP use, collaboration with senior team members, and availability of at least 20 hours weekly while holding student status.

Internship role supporting tactical procurement activities. Specific responsibilities, qualifications, technologies, compensation, location, travel, and work authorization details are pending.

Cost Accountant supporting manufacturing plants through cost management, inventory analysis, standard costing, forecasts, budgeting, variance analysis, financial controls, and operational reporting. The role advises plant leadership, monitors labor and inventory metrics, supports bids and project turnover, evaluates reserves, drives process improvements, and ensures accurate plant financial performance. It requires accounting or finance education, manufacturing experience, standard-cost knowledge, SAP or ERP experience, and strong Excel skills.