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KION Group

Forklift, warehouse equipment and software solutions

Senior Expert – Operations Footprint

Business Operations +1Confirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeAschaffenburg, Germany

About the Job

Requirements

  • Ideally have experience in corporate groups with multiple sites and a good understanding of production-network relationships.
  • Combine operational experience with strategic and cross-functional thinking.
  • Have relevant experience in the planning and preparation of transformation projects, such as product or production relocations.
  • Have a broad understanding of production, quality, logistics, information technology, and controlling.
  • Have substantial experience conducting analyses and boundary-case evaluations.
  • Be able to moderate differing interests, set clear priorities, resolve conflicts constructively, and prepare persuasive decision proposals.
  • Hold a completed degree in industrial engineering or an equivalent qualification.
  • Have several years of professional experience in areas such as operations strategy, production controlling, project management, or project controlling.
  • Be willing to travel within the EMEA region.
  • Have fluent German and English; additional foreign languages are an advantage.

Responsibilities

  • Support the transformation of the OU strategy into concrete action areas for Operations.
  • Coordinate Operations programmes and projects, steering all relevant functions and stakeholders.
  • Independently prepare decision-relevant analyses and well-founded decision proposals for business decisions in the Operations Footprint context.
  • Evaluate business areas and the value contribution of individual production activities.
  • Conduct sensitivity analyses and prioritize alternatives using suitable criteria, generally through dynamic comparisons.
  • Translate footprint decisions into concrete operational measures for individual plants.
  • Define the required measures and derive target alignment from them.
  • Track implementation of approved measures and report on progress.
  • Reconcile and harmonize interests across locations, functions, and brands to achieve a global optimum for KION ITS EMEA.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience in corporate groups with multiple sites and an understanding of production-network relationships.
  • Additional foreign-language skills.

About the Company

KION Group

Forklift, warehouse equipment and software solutions

KION Group provides forklifts, warehouse equipment, and integrated automation, along with software to optimize supply chains. It sells and leases industrial trucks, offers automated storage/retrieval and warehouse management software, and provides financing and digital transformation services through KION Digital. Its strength comes from a broad brand portfolio (Linde MH, STILL, Dematic, Baoli, Fenwick, OM, Voltas) delivering end-to-end intralogistics across hardware, software, automation, and services for real-time, secure operations. The goal is to help customers improve efficiency, accuracy, and visibility in their supply chains by tightly integrating material handling with digital tools and services.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Wiesbaden, Germany
Founded
2006

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