Business Development Specialist – Strategy

Há 3 dias


Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal MAN Global Business Services (GBS) Portugal Tempo inteiro

Ready to shape the future of Global Business Services?

Join our Strategy & Performance Management team in Lisbon and play a key role in driving innovation, governance, and strategic growth for a leading international automotive company.

Your role:

As part of the newly established Global Business Services (GBS) organization, structured into three pillars – Operations, Global Process Ownership, and Strategy & Performance Management – you will play a key role in shaping the future of GBS. Based in Lisbon, you will support the strategic development and expansion of GBS services, reporting directly to the Head of Strategy & Performance Management in Munich.

Your responsibilities:

  • Act as a strategic advisor to the Head of GBS, supporting overarching GBS initiatives from PMO perspective.
  • Facilitate GBS board meetings and governance structures.
  • Conduct trend scouting to identify new opportunities for GBS service expansion within the company.
  • Translate business partner needs into innovative service concepts, offerings, or delivery models that create tangible value.
  • Drive acquisition and onboarding of new functions and topics into the GBS scope.
  • Validate service ideas through well-structured business cases, assessing financial and strategic impact.
  • Conduct feasibility studies, build business cases to demonstrate the financial and strategic value of potential scope expansions.
  • Develop and continuously refine the GBS strategy, ensuring alignment and adherence across the organization.
  • Position and pitch GBS as the preferred partner in response to internal RfPs (request for proposal), in close collaboration with Purchasing.
  • Engage with key stakeholders on senior management level as well as the workers councils, to explore and validate expansion opportunities.
  • Collaborate with the Continuous Improvement (CI) and the Digital Innovation team to transition strategic initiatives into actionable plans.
  • Coordinate handover of ready-to-implement new projects to the Operation and Transition team.
  • Create compelling presentation materials for senior executives, tailored to support strategic decision-making.

Your profile:

  • Bachelor's or master's degree in business administration, Economics, or a related field.
  • 3–7 years of professional experience, ideally within a Shared Services or GBS environment.
  • Proven experience in business development, strategy, or transitions within a multinational context.
  • Good understanding of end-to-end processes within a GBS environment.
  • Excellent analytical skills with the ability to develop strategic recommendations and business cases.
  • Fluent in English (mandatory); additional languages are a plus.
  • Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, including experience engaging with senior leadership and employee representatives.
  • Skilled in creating compelling presentation materials and confident in presenting to executive-level audiences.

Your benefits:

  • A key role in shaping the future of a newly built Global Business Services at a leading international automotive company.
  • International working environment with close collaboration across locations.
  • Opportunities for professional growth and innovation.
  • Hybrid working model.

If you're passionate about business development and want to make an impact on a global scale,
apply now and be part of our transformation journey



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