thyssenkrupp Materials Services GmbH | Germany | 45xxx Essen | Permanent position | Full time / Home office | Published since: 12.06.2026 on stepstone.de
Head of Risk and Insurance (m/f/d)
thyssenkrupp Materials Services is one of the world's leading material dealers and service providers. This means that there is hardly anything in everyday life that has not been delivered, processed or moved by us. We contribute to rolling cars from the band day by day, building can be built, aircraft can be lifted and installations can be manufactured. How do we do that? By dealing with materials, processing them and offering services around supply chains. Materials Services aims to achieve “net zero” in 2040. This is where 16,000 employees work at 380 locations in over 30 countries – focusing on Europe and North America. In the 2024/25 financial year thyssenkrupp Materials Services generated total sales of €11.4 billion and adjusted EBIT of €132 million. .
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Your tasks • Your profile • What we offer
As Head of Insurance, you play a central role in building and developing global insurance programs at Materials Services. You take over the professional and disciplinary leadership of a team of three employees incl. Further development and resource management You tax external partners including brokers, insurance providers and service providers SLA management You conduct contract and damage negotiations with different stakeholders in Germany and abroad and support both professionally and strategically in complex insurance issues Observing and analyzing new risks in Materials Services and implementing adequate insurance solutions are part of your Daily Business Ensuring efficient workflows, prioritizing processes, resource management, and preparing and presenting decision templates to management are part of your task You actively participate in M&A projects and guide projects to develop methods, processes and governance structures in insurance management
You have a degree in Business Administration, Law, Insurance or a comparable qualification You bring multi-year professional experience in insurance and damage management, ideally with experience in contract negotiations You could gain first leadership experience and enjoy the further development of employees Your knowledge of the property, casualty, transportation are well-founded You are safe in dealing with common insurance, damage and risk management systems You have knowledge of English in word and writing You have enforcing, decision-making, strong team orientation and responsibility awareness You do not meet all the criteria of the job ad, but do you want to become part of the #GENERATIONTK? We look forward to meeting you!
Flexible working hours and the possibility of hybrid working Modern working environment at ruhrtech kampus in Essen with good parking facilities and very good connection to the ÖPNV Attractive social benefits, e.g. an excellent occupational retirement provision, asset-effective services, job wheel Participation in group-wide health promotions as well as discount actions in the areas of fitness, health and mobile A collegial working atmosphere Did we awaken your interest? Then we look forward to your online application via the button ''Next Apply''!
We value diversity
We appreciate diversity. Therefore we welcome all applications – regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion/worldview, disability, age as well as sexual orientation and identity. .
Location
![]() | thyssenkrupp Materials Services GmbH | |
| 45143 Essen | ||
| Germany |
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