Position Title:  Industrial IoT Solution Lead

Be a part of a revolutionary change: 

 
At PMI, we’ve chosen to do something incredible. We’re totally transforming our business, and building our future on smoke-free products with the power to deliver a smoke-free future worldwide. 
With huge change, comes huge opportunity. So, wherever you join us, you’ll enjoy the freedom to dream up and deliver better, brighter solutions and the space to move your career forward in endlessly different directions. 
Wherever you join our crucial 47,000-strong Operations team, you’ll have the opportunity to make an impact. PMI’s shift from selling cigarettes to our new smoke-free products has changed the way we work. New products bring new challenges – in the way we source and buy raw materials, in the way we engineer and manufacture, and in our supply chain planning. 

As our next Industrial IoT Engineering Lead, you will work as Project Manager in our Manufacturing plant in Crespellano, delivering the digital strategy for Global Manufacturing and Engineering by spearheading projects within the Industrial IoT equipment portfolio. This includes driving the development, delivery, evolution, and adoption of new, innovative manufacturing equipment capabilities and features. The aim is to accelerate prototyping activities, launch new products, and develop advanced manufacturing technology in collaboration with Manufacturing, IT, IS Quality, and other internal and external partners.

Your Responsibilities: 

• Execute Industrial IoT (IIoT) program/project to implement new digital solutions and digitize manufacturing equipment in the context of New Product Launches (NPL), New Technology Introduction (NTI), and Capacity Expansion, in line with the vision of Manufacturing of the future;
• Drive the development, delivery, evolution, and adoption of new innovative native manufacturing equipment capabilities/features;
• Support the definition and sizing of the digital scope for new strategic initiatives in the context of NPL, NTI, and capacity expansion;
• Support the technology bet and roadmap for IIoT Equipment Engineering with the current Ecosystem and new partner with the scope of predicting new trend, scouting and assessing new technology, and identify opportunities to apply new technology to generate business value;
• Lead a cross-functional team in local manufacturing, IT Ops, IS QA, IT TPE, etc. in order to deliver against the commitment;
• Support the definition and evolution of the Digital Equipment requirements and digital architecture of equipment in collaboration with other functions like IT Ops, IT TPE, IS QA, etc. for specific technology.

Who we’re looking for: 

• 1-3 years of experience of which min 1 years in Digital for Engineering / Manufacturing domain in an OPS / IT Project Management department within multinational mid-large size company;
• Master’s degree, Engineering or Computer or Data Science / Information Technology / Management Engineering or equivalent experience;
• Certified in Project and Program Management or equivalent working experience;
• Certified in Scaled Agile Methodology or equivalent working experience;
• With such a critical, cross-functional role, your interpersonal skills will be crucial: being customer oriented, embracing changes and ambiguity, collaborating with wide range of stakeholders from different functions and target group-oriented communication, explaining complex technical topics in a simplified way;
• Fluency in both written and spoken English and Italian is essential.

Employment Type: Permanent 
  

Our success depends on the people who come to work every single day with a sense of purpose and an appetite for progress. Join PMI and you too can: 

•    Seize the freedom to define your future and ours. We’ll empower you to take risks, experiment and explore. 
•    Be part of an inclusive, diverse culture, where everyone’s contribution is respected; collaborate with some of the world’s best people and feel like you belong. 
•    Pursue your ambitions and develop your skills with a global business – our staggering size and scale provides endless opportunities to progress. 
•    Take pride in delivering our promise to society: to deliver a smoke-free future worldwide. 

Philip Morris Manufacturing & Technology Bologna (PM MTB): 
PM MTB is Philip Morris International’s Center of excellence, worldwide recognized for prototyping, mass-volume production and employees’ training on smoke-free products. PM MTB employs more than 1000 employees and its production site of Crespellano is one of the most advanced manufacturing venues in Italy for technology innovation, competencies development and talent recognition. In 2019, Philip Morris Manufacturing & Technology Bologna has been awarded as Top Employer for the sixth year in a row. In the same year, was also granted the Equal Salary Certification certificate by the homonymous foundation to certify that men and women are paid equally for equivalent work. 

Bring us your curiosity and a desire to challenge the everyday and we’ll give you lots of responsibility. You’ll help us improve, inject innovation and create new ways of working. You’ll be solving supply chain problems that span the whole world: a smoke-free world.