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Helping our customers to sell more parts & make things easier with our data and solutions based on our globally leading data standards

TecAlliance interconnects global automotive aftermarket data and knowledge from order to invoice. With over 900 colleagues working relentlessly in 140 countries, we are owned by 34 automotive companies like Bosch, Continental, Rheinmetall, and ZF. We act as an information hub and process facilitator for them, ensuring standardized processes that help clients save costs (process and indirect costs) and time through efficient processes enabled by our software.

This is a senior individual contributor role reporting directly to the Commercial Director, TecCom EMEA. You will work closely within a Europe-wide network of parts manufacturers and distributors, as well as with cross-functional stakeholders across Commercial, Product, Sales, and Key Account teams in EMEA. This includes Product Owners and global account leaders, ensuring strong alignment and collaboration across the organisation.

This position can be filled at one of our locations or remote in the countries mentioned in the job posting, on either a full-time or part-time basis.

✨ Enable a digital European IAM supply chain.
Build and orchestrate a strong industry network of parts manufacturers and distributors, translating market and regulatory needs into a common supply chain data standard, scalable solutions and services. In doing so, you will create true impact—pioneering the shift away from traditional supplier master files towards a fully data-driven ecosystem.

What you’ll do

🚀 Build and grow a European stakeholder network: Establish a trusted, engaged community acting as council and early adopters

📊 Define and roll out a European data standard: Align diverse stakeholders and incorporate local market requirements where needed

🧩 Own the Supply Chain Data service (EMEA): Ensure a scalable, commercially viable solution from concept to market adoption

🤝 Partner with data providers and receivers, acting as a trusted advisor: Guide onboarding, implementation, and long-term adoption across the ecosystem

🌐 Represent TecAlliance / TecCom in industry forums and working groups: Actively shape industry standards and strengthen TecCom’s market positioning

🔍 Stay ahead of regulatory developments (e.g. eFTI, 2D barcodes, SDS): Translate regulatory changes into actionable implications for data standards and services

💡Turn business and customer needs into clear product and IT requirements: Drive execution in close collaboration with cross-functional teams and ensure adoption

Your Profile

• Recognised European Automotive Aftermarket insider, with at least 10 years of relevant professional experience.

• Proven hands‑on experience with Supply Chain Data topics (e.g. articles, prices, logistics data), gained on at least one side of the ecosystem: data sender, data receiver, or standardisation body.

• Strong ability to think strategically while remaining highly hands‑on, from concept creation to market adoption.

• Pragmatic and credible professional, able to engage confidently with supply chain practitioners and business experts, communicating clearly and directly.

• Comfortable operating in complex, multi‑stakeholder European environments.

• English mandatory; working and documentation language. Other languages (e.g. German, French, Spanish, Italian, Polish, etc.) are a strong plus.

• Willingness to travel (typically 1–2 trips per month)

If you feel you can fulfil the demands of this role but do not meet all of the criteria above, we still encourage you to apply. Applications will be reviewed on their merit, please elaborate on why you feel you would be a good candidate for this position in your application.

We kindly ask you to send in an English CV only. Thank you.

Benefits

We offer a wide range of benefits. As our positions are advertised in various locations the benefits may vary. Therefore, below you will only find those that apply to all locations—for details, please speak to the recruiter, who will be happy to answer your questions.

💯 Remote work: we work 80-100% remotely; however, we have regular on-site team events.

🚀 Structured Onboarding: you receive an individual onboarding plan, have multiple onboarding days in the beginning, and a wealth of e-learning, training, and documentation besides your team at your disposal.

👩💻 Set-up: for this we will provide you with a tailored tech set-up (Dell devices, the standard remote package includes a notebook, 2monitors, headset, mobile phone, mouse + keyboard, docking station).

⚖️ Balance job & life: Flexible working hours: you decide where and when you work.

Culture

❤️🔥 Kununu Top Company since 2022: we're proud to state that our score currently sits at 4,2/5 score with an 85%+ recommendation rate.

🧬 We value ownership, cooperation, entrepreneurial thinking & and self-reflection in order to communicate effectively as ONE team.

🎟️ Team culture is Key! We have fun at work and beyond: There is always something to celebrate and regular team events.

🦄 Come as you are - do you prefer T-shirts over a shirt? Great.

✨ Your contribution matters: shape our value-driven culture and agile transformation together with your colleagues – we're curious, want to go one step further, build further trust together, and join forces to tackle our challenges as a team.

* Please note

• that TecAlliance can only consider candidates for employment who are legally authorized to work in a country listed in the job posting, where we have an established legal entity and payroll system. Unfortunately, we are currently unable to hire candidates who require relocation, visa support, or are located outside of that country. Of course you can apply, if you hold a work permit and are willing to / or already moved to the country. Thank you for your understanding.

• that it is not possible to work outside of the country you are applying for. Meaning that, if you apply e.g. for Germany, you must work from within Germany. It is not possible to work from abroad. You can work at any location within the borders of the listed country, unless the job posting specifies a certain City.

• 📕 Contract title: your contract title is “Senior TecCom Supply Chain Data Consultant”.

Please only apply with your CV (in English only) via the system. Applications outside of our applicant tracking system cannot be considered due to GDPR.