About Spirotech

Spirotech bv is engaged in the development and production of innovative total solutions for the conditioning of liquids in HVAC and process installations. Spirotech products reduce malfunctions and wear. This reduces maintenance, improves efficiency and reduces energy consumption.

Spirotech is seen worldwide as the specialist in its field. Due to the focus on quality, product development and process improvement, Spirotech products are recommended by leading manufacturers of installation components.

Spirotech currently employs about 160 people, 100 of whom work from the head office in Helmond (The Netherlands). Production takes place in Helmond and various (staff) departments are also located there, such as Finance, HR, IT, Production, Sales Support, Customer Service, Innovation, Purchasing, Sales and Marketing. Spirotech has its own sales offices in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, the United Kingdom, India and China.

The North American and Canadian markets are served by Spirotherm Inc .; a separate group. In addition, Spirotech is represented by an extensive network of selected importers in more than 65 countries.

The following vacancy has arisen within the Technical Expertise Center (TEC) department:

Knowledge Manager(fulltime)

The job

As a Knowledge Manager you are part of the TEC department and you are helping the organisation becoming experts in water quality by organizing, locating, and enabling access to elevant knowledge and expertise within the company.

Spirotech already has considerable in-house knowledge, expertise and experience and will now further use and deploy this information in an even more structured way. As a Knowledge Manager, you will collect all available knowledge and expertise and convert it into comprehensible information. You will do this by asking the right questions within the entire organisation and converting the information obtained into training materials and useful and accessible information for Spirotech's learning platform: SpiroCademy.

Key result areas/duties:

Managing knowledge base

  • Collecting, structuring and editing existing knowledge/expertise within the company
  • Ensure the knowledge generated within the organization is made easily visible, available and useful to seekers
  • Coordination and control of internal editorial teams (from different departments) with regard to content preparation
  • Work to ensure appropriate IT enablers for knowledge management

Learning platform

  • Establishing and managing a learning platform within the organisation (SpiroCademy)
  • Development and implementation of a blended learning strategy
  • Implementation and further development of a Learning

Management System

  • Develop a suite of process tools for learning before, during and after and a means of integrating these within the normal working practices of the organization
  • Monitor the effectiveness, maintenance and use of the IT tools and systems as they apply to Knowledge Management, and implement improvements

Training

  • Organising the knowledge transfer to the internal organisation and to customers using blended learning
  • Development and production of training material, e-training courses, webinars, learning videos etc.
  • Preparation of training courses
  • Didactic advice for colleagues being in charge of customer trainings
  • Managing and organising internal and external trainings

Your Profile

  • Higher professional education in the field of media didactics, media technology, information didactics, (business/media) pedagogy, educational science or comparable training
  • Working experience with technology driven companies ideally in the HVAC industry
  • Experience in the creation and implementation of e-learning/blended learning concepts and media-supported learning as well as a familiar handling of learning management systems and authoring software (e.g. Articulate)
  • Very good knowledge of Microsoft Office
  • First experiences with web trainings and training videos
  • Good communication skills for consultation and cooperation with specialist departments
  • Curiosity and interest in technical products
  • Highly interested in continuous learning
  • Good ability to prioritise and organise
  • Independant and committed
  • Languages: English (mandatory), Dutch and/or German

What Spirotech offers you

A fascinating job in an informal, international working environment with plenty of room to sail your own course. You will work in an experienced team with whom it is a pleasure to work together. In short, we offer an excellent package of employment conditions with a solid employer.