Team Leader (H/Mxd)

Bertelsmann; Toledo; Hybrid; EUR 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Competitive compensation package

Permanet contract

On-site and/or remote working mode

Job summary

Otis, a world-leading elevator and escalator company, is seeking a Transformation Leader for Service Parts Materials Planning & Procurement in the EMEA region. Hybrid work options are available and the role supports a global brand with extensive service operations.

You will drive inventory strategies, partner with Engineering and Service teams, and lead strategic planning initiatives to improve service levels while managing working capital.

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering.
• 10 years of experience in a similar position.
• Knowledge and insight in service operations.
• Strong change management skills in a fast-moving environment.
• Ability to formulate a strategic plan aligned to business requirements.
• Learning mindset and curiosity about meta-trends.
• Strong collaboration and team development skills.
• Proficient in writing and spoken English.

Responsibilities

• Lead the EMEA spare parts materials planning function across centres, warehouses, and service locations.
• Support optimization of the spare parts network with better distribution strategies.
• Develop and execute inventory strategies balancing service levels with inventory investment.
• Set and maintain inventory planning parameters (safety stock, reorder points, forecasts).
• Monitor and improve inventory availability, fill rates, and stock health.
• Drive initiatives to reduce excess/obsolete inventory and manage lifecycle.

Skills

10 years experience

Change management

Strategic planning

Leadership

English proficiency

Travel availability

Education

Engineering degree

Job description

SERVICE PARTS MATERIALS PLANNING & PROCUREMENT TRANSFORMATION LEADER (H/M) OTIS EMEA

Hybrid
Benjamín Outram 1, 28918 LEGANES, Spain
Full time

Date Posted:

Country:
Spain

Location:
Benjamín Outram 1, 28918 LEGANES, Spain

At Otis, we move billions of people every day!
How? Through our talented Team of more than 72,000 employees, who are passionate about what we do and what's next.
From our foundation of excellent products (escalators, elevators and moving walkways), to our next chapter of digital transformation, this is a great time to join our Company!
We're currently looking for a SERVICE PARTS MATERIALS PLANNING & PROCUREMENT TRANSFORMATION LEADER (H/M) to join our EMEA team.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the EMEA spare parts materials planning function, ensuring optimal inventory positioning across EMEA parts centres, warehouses, and service locations.
• Support optimization of the EMEA spare parts network through improved inventory allocation and distribution strategies.
• Develop and execute inventory strategies that balance customer service requirements with inventory investment targets.
• Establish and maintain inventory planning parameters, including safety stock, reorder points, forecast models, and replenishment policies.
• Monitor and improve inventory availability, fill rates, and stock health across the network.
• Drive inventory optimization initiatives to improve service levels while reducing working capital.
• Lead continuous reduction of excess and obsolete inventory through proactive planning, lifecycle management, and disposition strategies.
• Collaborate with Engineering and Service teams to manage parts obsolescence, product transitions, and engineering changes.
• Support the expansion of drop-shipment and alternative fulfilment models where appropriate.
• Lead implementation and continuous improvement of planning and procurement systems, tools, and digital solutions.

Role specific skills & competences

• Degree in Engineering
• 10 years of experience in a similar position
• Knowledge and insight in service operations.
• Strong change management skills, dynamically operating in a fast moving environment. Ability to look ahead, and anticipate/assess the system-wide impact & consequence of specific adjustments to the manufacturing/operations network
• Skilled at leading strategy & innovation with a forward-looking proactive orientation. bringing Imagination (new & fresh thinking) to the extended team. Ability to formulate a strategic plan aligned to business requirements ensuring sustained competitiveness.
• Learning mindset, continually open to new developments and curious about meta-trends and their impact. Resilient in tackling challenges, dealing with problems and addressing issues
• Demonstrated success as change agent and advocate for chan
• Strong team developer, with excellent collaboration skills. Passionate about establishing a culture of belonging; a visible champion of this work.
• Proficient in both writing and oral English. Other european languages would be a plus.
• Availability to travel 50% of the time
• Preferably based in Vigo, Paris or Madrid

What can we offer you?

• The chance to work for an industry leading company and a global brand.
• Growth opportunities in a multinational environment.
• Competitive compensation package.
• Permanet contract
• On-site and/or remote working mode

#BestPlaceToWork

If you live in a city, chances are we will give you a lift or play a role in keeping you moving every day.

Otis is the world's leading elevator and escalator manufacturing, installation, and service company. We move 2.4 billion people every day and maintain approximately 2.4 million customer units worldwide, the industry's largest Service portfolio.

You may recognize our products in some of the world's most famous landmarks including the Eiffel Tower, Empire State Building, Burj Khalifa and the Petronas Twin Towers! We are 72,000 people strong, including engineers, digital technology experts, sales, and functional specialists, as well as factory and field technicians, all committed to meeting the diverse needs of our customers and passengers in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. We are proud to be a diverse, global team with a proven legacy of innovation that continues to be the bedrock of a fast-moving, high-performance company.

When you join Otis, you become part of an innovative global industry leader with a resilient business model. You'll belong to a diverse, trusted, and caring community where your contributions, and the skills and capabilities you'll gain working alongside the best and brightest, keep us connected and on the cutting edge.

We provide opportunities, training, and resources, that build leadership and capabilities in Sales, Field, Engineering and Major Projects and our Employee Scholar Program is a notable point of pride, through which Otis sponsors colleagues to pursue degrees or certification programs.

Today, our focus more than ever is on people. As a global, people-powered company, we put people - passengers, customers, and colleagues - at the center of everything we do. We are guided by our values that we call our Three Absolutes - prioritizing Safety, Ethics, Quality in all that we do. If you would like to learn more about environmental, social and governance (ESG) at Otis click here ( .

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