Kärcher

• Review 3rd party prepared tax returns to ensure timely compliance with State and Local tax law per assigned jurisdictions regarding multiple tax types
• Prepare general ledger reconciliations for tax accounts associated with Sales/Use, GST/HST, PST/QST, and Property Tax
• Assist team members in performing duties related to new product/service taxability determination for both purchases and sales made by Karcher North America, Inc
• Maintain knowledge and documentation of tax law changes for various tax types
• Review and prepare analysis of audit findings to reduce audit liabilities in working directly with tax authorities
• Perform interdepartmental training to build stronger relationships and establish best practices
• Main point of contact for tax software related maintenance and updates
• Complete special projects based departmental needs

Senior Tax Analyst – Sales and Use Tax

Security Engineer

• Ensure the management, administration, and proper operation of IT infrastructure services.
• Ensure the availability of databases and organize backups and data restorations.
• Guarantee IT security for network and server infrastructures as well as end-user tools.
• Coordinate user support tasks and IT asset management.
• Manage software licenses and support/maintenance contracts, including renewals.
• Ensure proper operation, updates, and administration of the ticketing system, and its correct use by technicians.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for AKW and its subsidiaries on infrastructure and network matters.
• Maintain technology watch on Microsoft, Google Workspace, Cisco, and Fortinet solutions.

IT Infrastructure Manager – Security

• Develop and implement ABAP programs, reports, interfaces, conversions, and enhancements
• Perform debugging and troubleshooting of issues in SAP applications
• Create and maintain detailed technical documentation
• Participate in implementation, upgrade, and migration projects from ECC to S/4 HANA

Senior SAP ABAP Specialist

Field Engineer

• Accurately and timely completion of Astea Mobile Work Orders
• Capturing labor and travel time stamps, equipment list (make, model, serial number)
• Parts and material needed and/or used, additional fees and expenses
• Detailed notes of work performed for each visit
• Root cause identification, submission of electronic files, checklists, and pictures as attachments within the system
• Capture customer name and signature
• Responsive Interaction with customers providing the highest level of service
• Satisfy all business reporting documentation including timesheets, repair orders, and more
• Recognizing and securing additional revenue opportunities – new potential customers, recovering lost customers, PM service agreements, refurb equipment, etc.
• Daily processing of Parts Received at tech location
• Managing all on-site installation, repair, maintenance, and test tasks
• Diagnosing errors or technical problems and determining proper solutions

Field Service Technician

• Accurately and timely completion of Astea Mobile Work Orders
• Responsive Interaction with customers providing the highest level of service
• Satisfy in a timely and complete fashion, all business reporting documentation
• Recognizing and securing additional revenue opportunities
• Daily processing of Parts Received at tech location
• Managing all on-site installation, repair, maintenance, and test tasks
• Diagnosing errors or technical problems and determining proper solutions

Project Manager

• Work closely with Governance Manager to define Project Management approach for KNA business and IT
• Provide direction for tools, templates and best practices
• Lead a team of technical and business regional coordinators for S/4
• Facilitate tests completion, training and overview steering committees, dashboards, escalation and reporting for the regional S/4 project
• Manage and oversee large, long range, and multiple complex projects
• Lead and support all phases of the projects from pre-study to handover
• Work closely with IT managers, IT teams, 3rd party provider teams, business teams and leadership stakeholders for project execution
• Develop project scope, cost estimates, human resource requirements, work plans, time schedules, communication plans, and make work assignments to meet project objectives
• Become a functional expert when necessary, working closely with our design, development and support employees
• Provide leadership and direction to the functional team so that tasks and activities are coordinated for project scope control, quality control, communication management, change control management, risk management and issue management
• Establish and monitor priorities, objectives, and procedures, determining area objectives, targets of service, and resource needs allocation
• Direct and coordinate the day-to-day activities, tasks and deliverables required from the project team according to the project plan
• Escalate impediments, manage risk, help ensure value delivery, and help drive relentless improvement
• Participate in analysis of IT solutions by tracking the execution of features and capabilities using metrics and escalating and tracking impediments
• Facilitate project meetings
• Partner with IT teams to drive the proper and on-time sourcing of any hardware equipment needed
• Coach leaders and teams in Agile practices and mindsets when relevant – KNA approach is Hybrid
• Coach the Team in Scrum, self-organization, and cross-functionality

Project Manager, SAP S/4

Supply Chain

• Achieve and maintain inventory accuracy of 98.0%+ across all stocking locations through cycle counting programs, root-cause analysis, and corrective/preventive actions.
• Design, execute, and continuously improve daily/weekly cycle count schedules, discrepancy investigations, and reconciliation processes.
• Proactively identify, manage, and dispose of obsolete, excess, and slow-moving inventory; establish obsolescence reserves and drive write-off, liquidation or RTV processes in collaboration with Finance and Procurement teams.
• Analyze demand patterns, collaborate with Planning and Production teams to align inventory with forecasts, and prevent overstock/stock-out conditions.
• Own all inventory-related KPIs (accuracy, shrinkage, turns, days-on-hand, obsolete %, fill rate, etc.) and present performance trends to senior leadership.
• Prepare and present weekly/monthly dashboards, ad-hoc reports, and cycle counting inventory results

Inventory Control and Compliance Manager

• Accurately and timely complete Astea Mobile Work Orders
• Capture labor and travel time stamps, equipment list, parts and materials needed and/or used
• Provide responsive interaction with customers
• Satisfy business reporting documentation in a timely manner
• Recognize and secure additional revenue opportunities
• Manage on-site installation, repair, maintenance, and test tasks
• Diagnose errors or technical problems

Marketing

• Track emerging consumer trends, new marketing approaches, and tools to enhance go-to-market strategies.
• Lead end-to-end campaign execution, managing timelines, deliverables, and stakeholder expectations.
• Plan, brief agencies, and execute marketing campaigns across online, in-store and offline channels.
• Analyse marketing campaign data and customer behavior to optimize campaigns.
• Conduct market research, competitor analysis, and customer insight studies to support strategic decision-making.
• Monitor competition activities and take necessary actions to maximize marketing impact.
• Ensure full alignment of all campaigns with company strategy, driving both brand health and commercial performance.

Senior Marketing Specialist

QA Engineer

• Electromechanical assembly of prototypes;
• Product testing in various development phases, including electrical and mechanical measurements, based on international standards and internal procedures;
• Preparation of reports and technical documentation;
• Identification and resolution of defects, identification of improvements and optimizations;
• Verification and monitoring of the various development phases by visiting and assisting external suppliers or other Kärcher Group companies;
• Participation in project meetings and management of requests from various internal and external stakeholders;
• Management and maintenance of laboratory equipment.

R&D Testing Engineer

• Accurately and timely completion of Astea Mobile Work Orders
• Capturing labor and travel time stamps, equipment list, parts and material needed and used
• Responsive Interaction with customers providing the highest level of service
• Satisfy all business reporting documentation
• Recognizing and securing additional revenue opportunities
• Daily processing of Parts Received at tech location
• Managing all on-site installation, repair, maintenance, and test tasks
• Diagnosing errors or technical problems and determining proper solutions

• Responsible for all operational marketing activities as well as the technical and disciplinary leadership of the marketing team
• Ensure a consistent, target-group-oriented brand presence in the contexts of military, civil protection and disaster relief
• Create and update annual price lists for our standard products in coordination with Product Management
• Create and maintain all marketing collateral for our standard products
• Maintain the central product data database for the website and marketing materials
• Develop communication strategies for new products and solutions in cooperation with Product Management

Head of Marketing, Trade Shows

• Vielzahl an praktischen Erfahrungen bei internationalen Kundenprojekten
• Übernahme anstehender Aufgaben in der Funktion eines Teilprojektleiters
• Unterstützung bei der Detaillierung des Reporting-Systems
• Erstellung von Präsentationen für die Management-Gremien
• Begleitung des Controllings der projektbegleitenden Produktkalkulation

Praktikum technisches Projektmanagement

• Zukunft der weltweiten Export-, Import- und Zollprozesse aktiv mitgestalten
• Einführung, Weiterentwicklung und Optimierung von SAP GTS-Prozessen und -Features
• Verantwortung für Sanktionslistenprüfung, Präferenzmanagement, Exportkontrolle und Zollabwicklung
• Konzeptions- und Hands-On Customizing in nationalen und internationalen Rollout-Projekten
• Beratung der internen Projektleiter*innen als fundierte/r GTS-Prozessexperte/in
• Analyse und Konzipierung kundenspezifischer Anforderungen
• Optimierung von Prozessen im SAP- oder SAP-nahen Umfeld (GTS/SD/MM/LE)
• Sicherstellung der hohen Qualität der Implementierungen inkl. Testing und Fehleranalyse
• Ideen in die konzeptionelle Neugestaltung der globalen Templates einbringen

SAP Inhouse Consultant, Global Trade Services – SAP GTS

Financial Planning and Analysis

• Share ownership of all aspects of financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, reporting and analysis for the sales business units.
• Support budget and rolling sales and SG&A expense forecasts across sales BUs with associated presentations.
• Support Annual Operating Plan (AOP) for the tiered levels of the sales and sales operations support teams.
• Provide accurate and timely periodic reporting package to BUs' team members.
• Conduct ongoing financial analysis including monthly variance analysis of financial results and sales trends.
• Perform margin and product mix analysis at various tiers of business units.
• Prepare periodic financial reports and sales performance reports at the customer level.
• Provide management with financial insights and recommendations based on monitoring and reviews of BUs' financial performance and KPIs.

Financial Analyst

Director

• Technical and disciplinary leadership of the R&D department, including budget responsibility.
• Management of strategic development projects (design and engineering).
• Initiate and coordinate product development strategies (innovation and development pipeline).
• Select and strategically manage external development partners and suppliers.
• Identify, develop, and evaluate new technologies and concepts for innovative products.
• Professionalize and implement processes and structures.
• Ensure compliance with environmental legal requirements, regulations, and standards in the respective countries.

Director of Research & Development

• Accurately and timely completion of Astea Mobile Work Orders, including capturing labor and travel time stamps, equipment list (make, model, serial number), parts and material needed and/or used, additional fees and expenses, detailed notes of work performed for each visit, root cause identification, submission of electronic files, checklists, and pictures as attachments within the system, capture customer name and signature.
• Responsive Interaction with customers providing the highest level of service
• Satisfy in a timely and complete fashion, all business reporting documentation including but not limited to: timesheets, repair orders, machine checklists, receiving records, expense reports, and repair order logs.
• Recognizing and securing additional revenue opportunities – new potential customers, recovering lost customers, PM service agreements, refurb equipment, short-term rental, spare parts, and other equipment on site
• Daily processing of Parts Received at tech location, to be conducted at the beginning of each day. Report discrepancies immediately.
• Managing all on-site installation, repair, maintenance, and test tasks
• Diagnosing errors or technical problems and determining proper solutions
• Other duties as assigned

Ecommerce

• Gemeinsam mit Deinem interdisziplinären Team bist Du der Motor für die agile Weiterentwicklung unserer eigenentwickelten Service-Plattform 'ROCK' (Repair Online Center by Kärcher) und der damit verbundenen globalen E-Commerce-Lösungen.
• Du erarbeitest gemeinsam mit unseren Fachbereichen, Service Centern und weltweiten Vertriebsgesellschaften die Anforderungen und übersetzt diese in innovative, international skalierbare Lösungskonzepte.
• Als verantwortlicher Gestalter des Product Backlogs priorisierst Du die anstehenden Themen, planst vorausschauend die Kapazitäten Deines Teams und steuerst die nahtlose Integration in unsere bestehende IT-Systemlandschaft (z. B. SAP, CRM OneView, Kärcher Kunden- und Händler-Portale).
• Du bist die zentrale Ansprechperson, berätst unsere Stakeholder auf Augenhöhe, präsentierst Eure Fortschritte und gibst mit Deiner Expertise entscheidende Impulse innerhalb des Teams und darüber hinaus.

Product Owner – E-Commerce Repair and Return Processes

Account Executive

• responsabilità commerciale diretta sui clienti di competenza
• svolge dimostrazioni dei prodotti Kärcher presso rivenditori e clienti finali
• effettuare sopralluoghi presso clienti finali per identificare la migliore soluzione di cleaning
• collabora per attività di dimostrazione e comunicazione su prodotti/macchinari presso le aziende clienti
• svolge attività di Vendita Diretta dei macchinari e prodotti Kärcher
• ricerca, acquisisce e gestisce nuovi clienti afferenti a qualsiasi settore
• presenta al cliente la gamma prodotti per trovare la migliore soluzione
• si coordina con le risorse specialistiche aziendali al fine di produrre una soluzione idonea al cliente
• elabora offerte commerciali in coordinamento con le risorse aziendali
• gestisce le relazioni con i referenti dell’azienda cliente implementando la strategia commerciale

Direct Sales Representative / Sales Account

Product Manager

• Be the strategic knowledge leader for our Consumer product categories
• Responsible for the entire product lifecycle from entry to phase-out
• Maximize profitability and market share through effective assortment and pricing strategies
• Ensure successful launches and provide essential product knowledge to the organization
• Develop and implement product and assortment strategies aligned with business objectives
• Manage and optimize pricing strategies across the region
• Monitor product performance against KPIs
• Collaborate effectively with sales, marketing, and AKW to drive product success
• Create sales support and marketing materials, including digital communication plans
• Serve as the strategic product knowledge leader and primary point of contact for product-related inquiries
• Accountable for maintaining accurate product information
• Gather and structure Nordic market, competitor, and customer feedback

Product Manager – Consumer Products

Accountant

• Own the Nordic OTC Process: Take full ownership of the end-to-end Order-to-Cash cycle, ensuring efficiency, compliance, and a seamless collaboration with our Shared Service Center.
• Manage Credit & Collections: Drive the entire debtor collection process, from managing dunning runs and communicating with third-party agencies to maintaining professional and effective customer contact.
• Oversee Invoicing & Rebates: Handle complex invoicing tasks, including intercompany billing and specific customer accounts (e.g., Kärcher Rental, Car Wash), and take full responsibility for managing customer rebates.
• Deliver Financial Reporting & Analysis: Compile and analyze key metrics such as DSO, accounts receivable aging, and cash flow forecasts.
• Drive Process Automation & Improvement: Proactively identify opportunities to streamline the OTC workflow.
• Ensure Internal Control & Compliance: Maintain robust internal controls for key business areas, manage payment reconciliations, and ensure all activities comply with company policies.
• Provide Key Support: Act as the backup for the Accounting Service Manager and serve as a central point of contact by managing finance inboxes and incoming calls.

Senior OTC Accountant

Administration

• Ensure accurate and timely payment runs in collaboration with our Shared Service Center (KGS).
• Manage the joint vendor email inbox and maintain high-quality vendor master data.
• Play a key role in the implementation of our new purchasing system (WPS).
• Support users in existing systems like FIS and Concur.
• Proactively identify and suggest improvements to automate and optimize our processes.
• Manage the full lifecycle of expense reports, from auditing for policy compliance to reconciling corporate credit card statements.
• Act as the main point of contact for all T&E-related inquiries.
• Prepare and analyze reports related to accounts payable and T&E spend to provide management with valuable insights.
• Ensure all processes comply with internal and external regulations and provide support during month-end closings and audits.
• Manage administrative contracts, insurances, and support the procurement of non-productive materials for the Finance, HR, and Compliance departments.

Regional P2P and Expense Administrator

• Take responsibility for key aspects of the end-to-end OTC cycle, ensuring efficiency, compliance, and collaboration with our Shared Service Center.
• Manage the debtor collection process, including dunning runs and communication with third-party agencies, to ensure timely payments.
• Handle complex invoicing tasks, including intercompany billing and customer accounts, and take responsibility for managing customer rebates.
• Maintain robust internal controls for key business areas, manage payment reconciliations from key customers, and ensure compliance with company policies.
• Identify opportunities to streamline the OTC workflow, contribute to automation projects, and leverage AI tools to boost efficiency.
• Serve as a point of contact by managing finance inboxes and answering incoming finance-related phone calls.

OTC Accountant

• Define and implement product and assortment strategies for your portfolio, proactively managing the entire product lifecycle to ensure optimal performance and profitability.
• Conduct thorough market research and competitive analysis to identify growth opportunities and provide this data to inform strategic decisions.
• Manage and optimize pricing strategies across the region, ensuring they are both competitive and profitable.
• Collaborate closely with sales and marketing teams to orchestrate successful product launches and promotional activities.
• Serve as the strategic product knowledge leader and primary point of contact for product-related inquiries.
• Accountable for maintaining accurate product information within the responsible product portfolios.
• Gather and structure Nordic market, competitor, and customer feedback to inform product innovation pipeline and strategy.
• Act as the primary product knowledge expert for Sales and Supply Chain to ensure accurate forecasting.

Product Manager – Professional Products

Sales

• Carry demo equipment on vehicles
• Ensure market share in area through recruiting and training qualified distributors
• Travel and meet with distributors at their location(s)
• Assist distributors in the development of their sales, service, and parts departments
• Keep technically up to date about the line
• Develop a consultant-oriented relationship with all customers serviced in the assigned area
• Manage an annual sales and expense budget for assigned area

Senior Tax Analyst – Sales and Use Tax

IT Infrastructure Manager – Security

Senior SAP ABAP Specialist

Field Service Technician

Field Service Technician

Project Manager, SAP S/4

Inventory Control and Compliance Manager

Field Service Technician

Senior Marketing Specialist

R&D Testing Engineer

Field Service Technician

Head of Marketing, Trade Shows

Praktikum technisches Projektmanagement

SAP Inhouse Consultant, Global Trade Services – SAP GTS

Financial Analyst

Director of Research & Development

Field Service Technician

Product Owner – E-Commerce Repair and Return Processes

Direct Sales Representative / Sales Account

Product Manager – Consumer Products

Senior OTC Accountant

Regional P2P and Expense Administrator

OTC Accountant

Product Manager – Professional Products

Regional Sales Manager