Global service manager

Ventura Systems
- Global service manager

Are you stepping in for the vacancy Global service manager?

Lead global service. Shape the future of mobility.

As market leaders, we work alongside bus manufacturers, transport operators and public transport authorities, and we invest in innovation, growth and international collaboration. As part of a strategic partnership with the BODE Group*, we are strengthening our international market position. To achieve our growth targets, we are looking for a Global Service Manager.

With your vision, leadership and expertise, you will ensure that Ventura Systems excels globally in Parts Sales & Service. You will set the standard, focus on quality and create a service experience that exceeds our customers’ expectations. You’ll be given the freedom to build, provide direction and deliver results. Would you like to make a tangible contribution to our global success? If so, we’d love to meet you.

Global service manager

What will you do?

You will be responsible for developing and managing a professional, customer-focused service organisation for our branches in the Netherlands, Germany, the United States, Hong Kong, Australia and Japan. By working closely with the international teams, you will promote knowledge-sharing, consistency and operational excellence.

As the driving force behind our global service operations, you will ensure a seamless service offering, ranging from training and the sale of spare parts to field service and technical support for bus manufacturers and end customers. In doing so, you will not only ensure an excellent customer experience, but also raise the quality, efficiency and commercial value of our service organisation to a higher level.

Other responsibilities include:

  • Translating organisational objectives into a clear service strategy, concrete forecasts, ambitious targets and sound financial plans
  • Establishing, coordinating and optimising a global service network within Ventura Systems and the BODE Group*, involving close collaboration between overseas branches, service partners, account managers and service teams
  • You translate insights gained from customer and field experience into improvements to our service, processes and products
  • Building strong, long-term relationships with partners and other relevant stakeholders
  • Representing Ventura as an ambassador in the market
  • Leading, inspiring and motivating the Service team

 

*Completion of the transaction is subject to the usual regulatory approvals and other conditions.

Who are you?

You are a driven and enterprising professional with a fresh perspective on service and the customer experience. With your natural leadership skills, you inspire people, bring international teams together and deliver sustainable improvements.

You communicate easily at various levels, from technicians and service managers to senior management and international clients. You navigate smoothly between different interests, build strong relationships and know how to achieve results. Negotiating energises you, and you see complex challenges as opportunities for improvement.

Please bring the following with you:

  • A completed higher professional education (HBO) degree, preferably in a technical field
  • At least 5 years’ experience in a similar role within an international service organisation
  • Experience in translating strategic objectives into concrete results
  • You speak the language of both technology and the customer
  • A passion for continuous improvement and building strong international partnerships
  • Excellent command of the English language. German, Dutch and other languages are an advantage

 

In this role, you will travel internationally on a regular basis. You are happy to hop on a plane at short notice to support teams, clients and partners worldwide.

What can you expect?

You don't just work for fun. We list the most important conditions of employment for you:

Working environment

The post is classified under the Metalektro Collective Labour Agreement for Senior Staff
Good terms of employment, including 27 days’ annual leave and 13 days’ compensatory time off for full-time employment
An international organisation with a constant eye for innovation that is developing rapidly and where you get to build and grow with us
Working together in an informal, no-nonsense environment where open communication prevails
A small large organisation: small enough for conviviality, short lines and the opportunity for you to actually be able to make a difference and know everyone. Big enough to be an important player in the market and to pay plenty of attention to innovation and your personal development.

Employment conditions

Ready to take on these challenges?

Interested, but not quite ready to apply just yet?

You don’t have to apply straight away. Are you curious about the role or our organisation, or would you like to find out first whether we’re a good match for each other? If so, we’d be happy to meet you for a casual chat. Over a cup of coffee, we’ll tell you more about the role, our ambitions and the challenges that lie ahead for you.

For this vacancy, you will be in contact with Lianne

Are you interested and do you fit the profile?

Then we look forward to receiving your application! You can submit your application by clicking on the button below. If you have any questions about the content of this vacancy, please send an e-mail to careers@venturasystems.com. We will make sure you are contacted.

Recruitment approaches in response to this vacancy are not welcome. Unsolicited assistance from agencies, without a search mandate from the HR department, will therefore not be accepted. Any unsolicited CVs submitted will therefore be regarded as the property of Ventura Systems B.V. No remuneration will be paid if the candidate is appointed by Ventura Systems B.V. as a result of this referral or in any other way.

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