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KION Group

Forklift, warehouse equipment and software solutions

Head of Direct Sales & Service

Business & StrategyConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeL'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, SpainNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A higher university degree in Engineering, Business Administration, or a similar field.
  • Postgraduate training in Business Management, Industrial Management, or a similar field.
  • At least 10–15 years of experience in industrial or complex B2B environments.
  • Demonstrated experience managing full P&L responsibility.
  • Experience leading company-owned branch networks.
  • Strong knowledge of sales, technical service, and asset management.
  • Experience managing large, multidisciplinary organizations.
  • Fluent English.
  • Strategic and operational leadership, decision-making in complex environments, results orientation and P&L ownership, leading leaders, structured and analytical thinking, change management and organizational transformation, communication and influence, awareness of operational, safety, and reputational risks, and a culture of compliance and business ethics.

Responsibilities

  • Define and lead the direct-channel sales and service strategy in alignment with the brand General Manager and functional leaders.
  • Translate national strategy into branch-level execution plans for new equipment, service, rental, used equipment, and automation solutions.
  • Identify growth opportunities in the direct channel, including new branches, customer segments, and service concepts.
  • Lead annual strategic planning, budgeting, and business planning for the direct business.
  • Analyze direct-channel competitive dynamics and adapt commercial and operational execution.
  • Own the full P&L of the company-owned branch network across all business lines, including revenue, margin, and cost objectives.
  • Monitor financial performance at branch and entity level and implement corrective actions.
  • Approve commercial decisions within defined thresholds and manage the direct channel's structural costs, including staffing, fleet, facilities, and infrastructure.
  • Own operational performance across all direct-channel branches; manage Branch Managers directly or through a regional structure; define branch structure, coverage, and capacity; improve productivity, operational efficiency, and standardization; and manage infrastructure, investments, maintenance, and consistent operating standards within approved budgets.
  • Drive new-equipment sales performance in alignment with the Head of New Trucks; implement sales targets, pricing thresholds, discount rules, and commercial policies; manage pipeline, forecasting, conversion rates, sales activity standards, and sales-force productivity; implement national campaigns and product and solution launches; and coordinate with the Key Accounts channel.
  • Grow service revenue, absorption rate, and contract penetration in alignment with the Head of Service; implement pricing and commercial policies; manage service capacity, technician productivity and coverage; ensure service-quality standards; grow service-contract acquisition and renewal; and manage workshops, field technicians, and parts availability.
  • Grow fleet utilization, rental revenue, and used-equipment sales in alignment with the Head of Asset Management; implement pricing and commercial policies; manage fleet allocation and redistribution, used-equipment remarketing, and fleet condition, maintenance, and refurbishment.
  • Develop the direct channel's automation-solutions business in alignment with the Automation Business Unit strategy; integrate automation into branch sales activity; promote automation lead identification, qualification, and generation; coordinate opportunity handoffs and joint commercial activity between branches and the Automation Business Unit; promote solution-oriented customer conversations; relay market information, customer operational needs, and commercial feedback; and ensure direct-channel teams have adequate commercial knowledge of automation solutions.
  • Own direct-channel customer relationships, customer satisfaction and NPS objectives, customer complaints, coordination with Key Accounts, and customer retention and loyalty.
  • Lead and develop the direct-channel sales and service team; develop talent and succession plans; own staffing levels and hiring; and promote performance management and a high-performance culture.
  • Collaborate with brand and ITS functional leaders, provide market and customer feedback, participate in national planning, implement functional standards, programs, and tools, and escalate commercial exceptions within governance.

Desired Qualifications

  • An MBA is valued.

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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