Business Development Specialist Lisboa

Overview

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.

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
  - 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 Rf
  Ps (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
  -
  - implement new projects to the Operation and Transition team.
• Create compelling presentation materials for senior executives, tailored to support strategic
  - making.

Qualifications

• 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 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
  - level audiences.

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.