A company with a bright future: As a listed M-Dax company, we already employ more than 42,000 people in over 100 countries and are thus significantly driving the future of intralogistics while pursuing a clear sustainability strategy
Moving forward together: Standardized and documented feedback process with international career opportunities and individual training opportunities
Individual benefits: Modern IT equipment (also for the home office) & mobile devices, Employee Assistance Program - holistic support program for individual crisis situations, "Deutschlandticket" or parking space, option to lease a company bike, exclusive benefits/discounts for employees
Our basics: flexible working hours, part-time models, the option of flexible mobile working from home, attractive remuneration package, company pension scheme, canteen
Tasks:
As a Senior Manager Deployment (f/m/d), you serve as a key member of the KION Business Transformation (BT) Deployment Core Team, providing program-level leadership to drive the successful roll-in of business processes and solutions in line with the overall transformation roadmap.
You define, continuously improve, and govern the rollout strategy and deployment approach for standardized templates, orchestrating multiple deployment waves and ensuring consistent execution across the program.
You lead and steer country- and region-specific roll-ins, ensuring global standards are implemented effectively while aligning and integrating local requirements. You hold end-to-end accountability for critical deployment phases (UAT, cut-over, go-live, hyper-care) and ensure a stable transition into live operations.
A central part of your role is building alignment through close collaboration with country coordinators, senior stakeholders, and local teams. You apply strong IT/program management expertise and intercultural leadership to enable effective decision-making and execution across diverse environments.
You define and drive business readiness activities, including integrated deployment planning, contingency scenarios, and mitigation measures. You proactively manage risks, issues, and deliverables, chair local workstream/status governance, and lead escalations with clear structure and transparency.
You ensure a structured and sustainable handover to the receiving organization after go-live, partnering with the core team and operations to enable a successful hyper-care phase and long-term stability in business-as-usual.
Qualifications:
Mandatory ability and willingness to travel internationally (up to 50%), including availability during critical deployment phases such as cut-over, go-live, and hyper-care.
Proven track record delivering deployment, transformation, or rollout programs in complex international, multi-site and/or multi-business environments with senior stakeholder engagement.
You have a relevant academic degree in business administration, business informatics, industrial engineering, or a comparable field, combined with extensive professional experience (typically 8+ years), ideally in industries such as automotive, manufacturing, logistics, supply chain, or similar environments.
You bring strong experience leading medium- to large-scale change and IT/SAP transformation programs, with an excellent command of program and project management practices and methodologies. You are fully familiar with all key rollout phases (testing/SIT/UAT, cut-over, go-live, hyper-care) and confidently take ownership in critical delivery situations, including cross-functional steering and escalation management.
You demonstrate strong stakeholder management, intercultural leadership, and influencing skills, enabling alignment and execution across countries, functions, and organizational levels.
Independent cross-functional leadership: manages and supervises diverse teams of business subject matter experts, sets clear expectations, drives accountability, and enables effective collaboration across functions and geographies.
You work confidently with established delivery and reporting tools such as Jira, MS Project, or Smartsheet, and ideally complement your experience with recognized project/program management certifications such as PMP or PRINCE2.
Did we spark your interest?
We look forward to receiving your online application! If you have any initial questions, please contact Nicole Kraus (Tel. +49 (0) 69 201107744).
Skills Required
- 8+ years of professional experience in relevant industries
- Experience with IT/SAP transformation programs
- Ability and willingness to travel internationally (up to 60-80%)
- Experience in program/project management
- Familiarity with project management tools (Jira, MS Project, Smartsheet)
- Project/program management certifications (PMP, PRINCE2)
What We Do
Looking to make your move? Then you’ve come to the right place! We are the KION Group, and the world of intralogistics is our home. Our solutions ensure the smooth flow of materials and information in production plants, warehouses, and distribution centers in over 100 countries. We have around 41,000 employees who make a real difference, helping us to become who we are today: the biggest manufacturer of forklift trucks and warehouse handling equipment in Europe, and one of the world’s leading warehouse automation providers. Successful? We are, but it’s all down to the motivated, highly trained, and multi-talented people that work for us. Would you like to be part of an international, diverse team? We can offer you interesting jobs and exciting career opportunities in an innovative, rapidly-growing, and forward-looking industry. With us, you benefit from numerous development opportunities in a globally active group, including the possibility of working at one of our locations abroad on a temporary basis. No matter which of our sites you work at, the KION values—integrity, collaboration, courage, and excellence—shape our individual action and our collaboration with colleagues, managers, customers, suppliers, and applicants both nationally and internationally. Who makes up the KION Group? With our international brands Linde Material Handling, STILL, and Baoli, as well as regional brands Fenwick and OM, we stand for exceptional technology and service expertise for forklift trucks and warehouse handling equipment around the world. Dematic expands the portfolio with its automated material handling solutions for intralogistics processes in warehouses, production, and sales
