Group GSE Manager

Aviapartner; Brussel Hoofdstad; Sur place; EUR 100 000 - 150 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Aviapartner is the leading European independent provider of ground handling services, employing over 1,000 people in Belgium and around 18,000 staff across 75 airports. The Group GSE Manager will define, develop, and drive concepts to optimize GSE performance, cost-efficiency, safety, and sustainability across country organizations.

The role requires strong technical GSE expertise, cross-country collaboration, and the ability to travel about monthly within Europe and Africa, reporting to the

Qualifications

• Senior-level role focusing on GSE strategy, optimization, and data-driven decision making.
• Experience leading cross-country projects in a multi-country setting.
• Excellent English communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsabilités

• Develop and implement group-wide GSE strategies, standards, and best practices.
• Dynamically manage the Aviapartner-preferred catalog of models and options for each equipment family.
• Design and deploy tools, methodologies, and KPIs to monitor and improve fleet performance.
• Drive standardization and harmonization across country organizations.
• Identify and lead cost optimization, digitalization and efficiency improvement initiatives.
• Support the transition toward sustainable and innovative GSE solutions (electrification).
• Act as a subject matter expert and trusted advisor to local GSE Managers.
• Facilitate knowledge sharing, benchmarking, and continuous improvement across the network.
• Lead or contribute to cross-country projects and initiatives.

Connaissances

GSE management

Fleet optimization

Data analysis

SAP SuccessFactors

Project management

Change management

Cross-cultural experience

Communication skills

Travel readiness

Stakeholder management

SAP SuccessFactors

Outils

SAP SuccessFactors

Description du poste

Aviapartner is the leading European independent provider of ground handling services employing more than 1.000 people at the Belgian airports and in total around 18.000 staff across 75 airports in Europe and Africa (Angola, Belgium, Estonia, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands Spain, South Africa and Switzerland). Aviapartner serves the needs of 120+ million passengers in a wide range of services to over 500 passenger and cargo airlines; 300.000 tons of cargo handling each year, ramp handling for 800.000 aircraft movements, and airport lounges at 7 Airports in Europe.

Aviapartner puts customers first.

Safety, quality, collegiality, creativity and the will to be the best. That’s what Aviapartner stand for!

The Group GSE Manager is responsible for defining, developing, and driving the implementation of concepts, tools, and processes to optimize the performance, data transparency (e.g. eGSE %), cost‑efficiency, safety, and sustainability of Ground Support Equipment (GSE) fleets across all group country organizations.

Acting as a central expert function, the role works in close collaboration with local GSE Managers, influencing outcomes without direct hierarchical authority.

He/she will report to the Group GSE Director.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and implement group-wide GSE strategies, standards, and best practices
• Dynamically manage the Aviapartner-preferred catalog of models and options for each equipment family
• Design and deploy tools, methodologies, and KPIs to monitor and improve fleet performance (focus on procurement, inventory management, fleet management, interfacing with accounting, reporting)
• Drive standardization and harmonization across country organizations (including all new stations)
• Identify and lead cost optimization, digitalization and efficiency improvement initiatives
• Support the transition toward more sustainable and innovative GSE solutions (e.g. electrification)
• Act as a subject matter expert and trusted advisor to local GSE Managers
• Facilitate knowledge sharing, benchmarking, and continuous improvement across the network
• Lead or contribute to cross-country projects and initiatives

Stakeholder Management

• Build strong, collaborative relationships with local GSE Managers and operational teams
• Influence decision‑making through expertise, data, and credibility rather than authority
• Coordinate with procurement, operations, finance, and safety functions at group and local levels
• Strong technical expertise in GSE management, fleet optimization, and maintenance practices
• Proven ability to design and implement processes and tools in a multi‑country environment
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence without authority
• Given the international context, fluent written and spoken English is a given
• Strong leadership mindset with a collaborative and team‑oriented approach
• Analytical and data‑driven, with solid problem‑solving capabilities
• Experience in project management and change management
• Ability to work across cultures and organizational boundaries
• Capacity to travel and to adapt to local working environments. You will travel once a month (on average) within Europe & Africa
• Solid working knowledge of SAP SuccessFactors
• Ability to drive alignment and results across decentralized organizations
• Credibility as a technical expert combined with strong soft skills
• Proactive, structured, and solution‑oriented mindset
• High level of ownership and accountability

note on location: candidates should reside in one of the countries Avaiapartner operates in (frequent in‑office presence will enable the incumbent to integrate into the company culture)