Senior Manager Global Talent & Succession Management (m/f/d)

Knauf stands for opportunity. This exciting role offers you the ideal opportunity to begin and further develop an impressive career within a values-driven culture

As a global building materials manufacturer with around 43,500 employees in over 90 countries , we offer diverse opportunities to ambitious talent. We value every contribution and are committed to creating a safe and inclusive work environment with the aim of developing sustainable solutions for a better future .

Gebr. Knauf KG is proud to be a part of the Knauf Group. With a long-standing tradition, and a growing international presence, we are seeking dedicated individuals to help us achieve our long-term vision.

Can you say ‘yes'?

• Is respectful and appreciative interaction within the team a given for you?
• Do you always put the customer at the center of your actions?
• Do you consider the future and upcoming generations in your actions?
• Do you strive for personal and professional growth?

Senior Manager Global Talent & Succession Management (m/f/d)

• You own and further develop Knauf's global Performance and Succession Management frameworks as the conceptual architect, ensuring strategic clarity, scalability and long‑term robustness
• You design and drive the global succession roadmap for top leadership and key positions through defining global key roles, success profiles, career paths and succession readiness assessments, with the ambition to scale these concepts into the Business Areas
• You act as Product Owner for Talent in SAP SuccessFactors and translate conceptual requirements into system design, roadmaps and prioritisation decisions, ensuring that technology enables high‑quality succession and performance decisions globally
• You serve as a thought partner to Group People, HR Leads and senior leaders globally, shaping strategic discussions on performance, potential and succession
• You ensure that global standards are applied consistently across regions, balancing strategic intent with local applicability while avoiding framework dilution

• You have exceptional conceptual strength in Talent, Performance and Succession Management and are able to design clear, decision‑oriented global frameworks that work across different geographies and maturity levels
• You demonstrate proven experience in global succession or leadership‑related roles, ideally in a complex, multinational environment with exposure to senior leadership and key position succession
• You show a strong Product Owner mindset with SAP SuccessFactors Talent expertise and understand how strategy, process and system design connect and can confidently define priorities, scope and roadmap decisions
• You are a strategic thinker with pragmatic execution capability - you think ahead, but ensure concepts translate into tangible, practical and usable outcomes
• You can challenge constructively, hold conceptual lines, and communicate complex ideas with clarity and authority towards different senior stakeholders

We all shape our lives individually. As an employer, we play a significant role in the daily life of our employees and aim to support them with various offerings. This includes, among other things:

• Security : Permanent employment contract in a stable, successful family-owned company.
• Flexibility : 30 days of vacation, special leave for certain occasions, flexitime account with a broad time window for flexible working and weekly home office days.
• Fitness and health : Discounts on various sports and leisure activities (e.g., fitness studio Iphofen, swimming training, soccer, etc.), as well as opportunities for active health promotion through our company doctor and occupational health and safety offers.
• Daily time savings: Ample parking and direct access to public transport from the company premises (train, bus).
• Future planning : Subsidies for capital-forming benefits and offers for company pension schemes.
• Welcome approach : Individual onboarding days, company and team events, subsidized company canteen and our Barista coffee bar.
• Career and professional development : Individual support and promotion for part-time studies, further education and training.
• Benefits and vouchers : Discounts on well-known brands and reduced-price employee purchases.
• E-Bike leasing : Using tax advantages while promoting your own health.
• Relocation support : Assistance with international relocation