Jürgen Habenbacher

COO – regional Managing Director I full P&L responsibility for businesses with ​>500M and mulit-side footprint I driving impact, growth & excellence in Building Materials & Construction I Western and Central Europe

Germany

About

Former Chief Operating Officer and Executive Committee member of Wienerberger Group, a leading provider of innovative and sustainable building envelope and infrastructure solutions. I bring extensive experience in leading complex, cross-border organisations — including full strategic and operational responsibility for country organisations of 1,000+ employees and regional clusters of more than 2,000 employees across Western and Central Europe. By focussing on translating strategy into measurable value creation, I have driven organic growth, executed M&A transactions, led restructuring initiatives to advance portfolio diversification, as well as to strengthen competitive positioning and long-term profitability. I have successfully delivered large-scale transformation and digitalisation programs across the entire value chain with a consistent focus on execution discipline, capital efficiency, and performance accountability. By working closely together with boards and stakeholders I navigated complexity, aligned organisations around clear priorities, and built high-performing leadership teams that deliver sustainable results. I am currently exploring the next senior leadership mandate where strategic repositioning, performance acceleration, and long-term value creation are key priorities.

Experience

  • wienerberger (Full-time · 2 yrs)
    • COO Region BeNeLux - regional Managing Director with full P&L responsibility & CSO Facade
      Apr 2024 - Jun 2025 · 1 yr 3 mos

      focus on strategic mid-to-long-term growth & sustainability agenda, including portfolio diversification and optimization of the production network to drive EBITDA and ROCE I organisational development in alignment with strategic priorities and group targets I responsible for strategic agenda in category facade at group level

    • COO Region Germany & Poland - regional Managing Director with full P&L responsibility
      Jul 2023 - Mar 2024 · 9 mos

  • wienerberger Deutschland (Full-time · 9 yrs 1 mo)
    • Managing Director & CEO / Sprecher der Geschäftsführung
      Aug 2018 - Feb 2024 · 5 yrs 7 mos

      driving customer focus, growth and diversification agenda – organic initiatives, M&A and restructuring I strategic positioning of wienerberger as a leading supplier for the building envelope in innovation and in sustainability I implementation of digitalisation and efficiency programs across the value chain

    • Director Business Development
      Dec 2017 - Jul 2018 · 8 mos

    • Deputy Head of Sales
      Mar 2017 - Nov 2017 · 9 mos

  • Public Affairs at Wienerberger AG
    Feb 2014 - Dec 2014 · 11 mos

  • Graduate Trainee Programm at Industriellenvereinigung
    Jan 2012 - Jan 2014 · 2 yrs 1 mo