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ASSA ABLOY

Global leader in access solutions

Head of Operations Germany - m/w/d

Field ServiceUpdated on Nov 14
Full-timeNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A successfully completed degree in engineering, industrial engineering, business administration, or a comparable qualification.
  • Leadership experience in a technical service organization, ideally in a multi-site or field-service environment.
  • Demonstrated leadership experience in large, decentralized organizations and in leading managers, preferably in environments with more than 100 technicians.
  • Substantial experience in operational excellence, performance management, and successfully implementing transformation and change initiatives.
  • A strong technical-service background, for example in maintenance, installation, building services, elevator technology, access systems, HVAC, medical technology, or comparable technical service environments.
  • Strong execution capability, customer and results orientation, and confidence using KPIs, data-driven management, and operational decision-making processes.
  • Fluent German and English.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the nationwide field-service organization through the regional operations managers and foster a performance-oriented leadership culture.
  • Ensure consistent operational governance, standardized ways of working, and consistent implementation of safety, quality, and compliance standards.
  • Be accountable for achieving core operational objectives in service quality, productivity, customer satisfaction, response times, and cost management.
  • Manage and continuously improve relevant service KPIs, including utilization, first-time-fix rate, SLA compliance, travel-time share, repeat visits, and escalations.
  • Identify improvement and efficiency opportunities and implement sustainable operational-excellence and transformation initiatives across the regions.
  • Work closely with Planning & Efficiency, Customer Operations, Sales, Finance, HR, and technical specialists to digitize key service processes and sustainably improve service performance.

About the Company

ASSA ABLOY

Global leader in access solutions

ASSA ABLOY provides access solutions including mechanical locks and electronic security systems to secure doors, buildings, and identities. Its products work by combining physical locks with digital access control: mechanical locksets for doors, electronic locks and smart cylinders that can be opened via codes, cards, keys, or mobile apps, and identity solutions from HID Global that manage secure credentials and access permissions across systems. The company differentiates itself through a large, diversified portfolio of brands and products, a long track record of strategic acquisitions (such as Yale Locks and HID Global), and a global presence in over 70 countries, which lets it serve many customers and integrate hardware with software and identity management. The goal is to maintain leadership in the access-solutions market by expanding offerings, geographic reach, and coordination across physical security and identity technologies.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Stockholms kommun, Sweden
Founded
1880

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