Senior Manager Deployment (f/m/d) Business Transformation

We are looking for you to join our strategic global Business Transformation Program as Senior Manager Deployment (f/m/d) at KION Group Headquarters in Frankfurt am Main (Gateway Gardens). While we offer flexible hybrid working arrangements, this position requires regular weekly on-site presence and is not designed as a fully remote role.

We offer

• 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 and Qualifications

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) .