Portfolio Operations Specialist

Join Jungheinrich in a working environment where you can make a big difference! With your knowledge and drive, as a team player you will make an important contribution to ensure that we as a company continue to be among the global leaders in our industry. Working side by side with colleagues who enjoy bold ideas and in a family environment that offers you every opportunity to reconcile your professional and private goals.

Therefore, a successful candidate would be responsible for:

• Ensure that all initiatives are aligned with overarching business objectives.
• Establish and manage a portfolio Kanban to visualize and control the flow of work.
• Identify bottlenecks and opportunities to improve throughput and value delivery.
• Promote transparency across the portfolio regarding initiative status and progress.
• Collaborate closely with business owners, architects, and leadership to align priorities.
• Facilitate regular portfolio syncs and strategic discussions.
• Ensure decisions are made collaboratively and based on data and business impact.
• Track key performance indicators and business outcomes to assess portfolio success.
• Contribute to the creation of lean business cases for strategic initiatives.
• Foster a culture focused on continuous value delivery and outcome measurement.
• Support the adoption of agile principles at the portfolio level.
• Ensure governance and compliance are maintained within agile decision-making frameworks.
• Coach and empower teams and leaders to work effectively within an agile portfolio context.

Requirements for success:

• Degree in Business Administration, Economics, or a related field;
• Skilled in using collaboration and documentation tools (e.g., Confluence, Jira, Miro, Microsoft 365) Additional Certifications (highly beneficial);
• Experience with: Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Teams, Miro, Power-BI.

• SAFe® Portfolio Management Certification;
• Lean Portfolio Management (LPM);
• PMI-ACP® (Agile Certified Practitioner);

• The portfolio scope is predominantly IT projects.

Jungheinrich was founded in 1953 in Hamburg by Dr. Friedrich Jungheinrich as a family business. Today, we are one of the world's leading intralogistics companies with a unique product portfolio: from conventional industrial trucks to fully automated solutions intralogistics companies. Headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, Jungheinrich is represented by its own direct sales companies in 41 countries and by partner companies in around 80 other countries around the world, and employs more than 19,000 people internationally.

We look forward to receiving your online application.

For questions, please contact our Recruiter.

At Jungheinrich, we value inclusion and diversity and practice equity to create equal opportunities for all. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, ethnic background, color, religious affiliation, union affiliation, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, nationality, genetics and health or disability.