*Please do not pay attention to nr of applicants for this role; these are mostly applicants outside of Germany that do not qualify for this role About us BME is a leading European distributor in building equipment with presence across 8 countries, 14.000 people, 11 Opco''s and a turn over of about 6 billion/year. We are a private equity and a part of Blackstone portfolio group of companies. One of our operating companies is Bauking number one market leading distributors of building materials in Germany, offering a one stop shop with a wide range of materials and services for professional builders and private customers active in the residential and renovation end markets. With 4400 employees across 130 locations, Bauking is constantly growing though numerous acquisitions. There is a high need for the Director IT & Digital that could transform the current IT landscape. Purpose of the Role The CIO (Director Digital & IT) at Bauking is responsible for running the IT in a secure, robust, resilient and cost effective way. As such (s)he is responsible for and managing a team of IT professionals as well local supplier management, partner closely with the Bauking Management Team as well as the Group CIO at BME, to actively drive the execution of the BME Digital & IT Strategy at Bauking. Along with this, current IT and Digital need to be transformed to a state of the art Digital, Data and IT Management function. Key Tasks and Responsibilities Develop, align and communicate Bauking Digital & IT strategy and roadmap in conjunction with Group Digital & IT strategy and functional and application architecture guidelines Implement IT Service Management following Group Standards Adhere to and implement group Information Security Management System Drive the data & digitalization transformation to stay ahead of the competitors Develop and implement roadmap to systematically improve data quality, Data Management processes and organization, especially in for Supplier, Product and Customer Masterdata Establish strong governance towards secure IT solutions, interfaces, and landscape for future (external) threats Systematically close current organizational capability gaps and lead towards a state of the art Digital/IT organization Build a high performing, highly engaged Digital & IT team, focusing on adding tangible business value, and continuous learning Act as change agent across the organization to promote modern approaches to value creation through data and technology Build and present business case(s) for IT & digital initiatives based on industry trends, customer and/or business need and scalable growth Review and monitor IT risk management challenges for business platforms, understanding key short, medium and long term impacts and countermeasures Key Competencies Experienced, business oriented, and result driven personality, used to work in an international operating company Entrepreneurial, innovative, proactive; able to keep things moving at appropria