Country Lead Operations Manager Germany

**Hitachi ABB Power Grids is a pioneering technology leader that is helping to increase access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all. We help to power your home, keep the factories running, and our hospitals and schools open. Come as you are and prepare to get better as you learn from others. Bring your passion, bring your energy, and plug into a team that appreciates a simple truth: Diversity + Collaboration = Great Innovation**

You will be part of High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC), a global business within Hitachi ABB Power Grids. The HVDC technology, pioneered by ABB, has been on the market for the past 60 years and is used to transmit power over long distances with mínimal losses, using overhead lines, underground
- and submarine cable systems. Our projects are large and complex, typically between 50- and 1.000 Million United States Dollars (MUSD), incorporating EPC and turnkey delivery of HVDC technology into the local energy network. An increasing portion of the business is off-shore, where off-shore wind generation is transmitted with HVDC technology from platform to shore. The HVDC business has a very promising market outlook, based on the rapid development of all renewable energy integration and is a great place for your next career step. We expect to grow significantly over the next few years and are looking for a Country Lead Operations Manager to join our team in Germany. As the Operations Manager your main objective and responsibility will be to lead the operations organisation across all project delivery functions, and oversee the HVDC project portfolio within Germany. You will be part of HVDC’s global management team and report directly to our Global HVDC Head of Operations in Sweden. You will work in a large, complex organisation and lead a team of cross-functional experts. Important in your role is to have natural capability of developing relations, to use your management and influencing skills and not relying solely on reporting lines. Having extensive experience in managing large EPC projects, you will retain the opportunity to keep your toe in the water, picking up responsibility for leading one of our future mega projects alongside this role.

**Responsibilities**:

- Managing large and complex projects in a global team of experienced professionals and experts
- Design the project implementation strategy, develop the project plans, and continuously update them to ensure alignment with the project’s progress
- Contribute to continuous growth by adopting best practices, seeking improvement opportunities, and further developing our way of executing projects
- Support managers in overseeing team development and process improvement to continually increase the effectiveness of project execution
- Lead and coach the project delivery teams and be responsible for ensuring that all project activities are carried out according to policies, quality standards and financial targets
- Being the first point of escalation, both internal as well as external, e.g. participate in customer and supplier meetings when needed
- Support in daily business, resource planning, sales and operations planning, recruitment and management of consultants/contractors
- Assure effective collaboration within Grid Integration and country organisation including resource sharing
- Secure process adherence, HVDC strategy, goals, and values within local teams
- Build a strong internal network in the organisation and facilitate a strong collaboration between the local and the global organisation

Your background
- Proven operational experience of the construction related project delivery to support the project execution, engineering, construction, and subcontract management
- Experience in engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) project delivery having held a previous Project Director level role
- Flexibility and an open mindset are important features to be successful in this role
- Experience of a leader/ role in an international organisation with employees and customers placed globally
- As a person you are result oriented, combined with good ability to motivate, and deliver set goals
- You are comfortable with implementing change while having excellent management skills and able to bring others along on the change journey using your excellent communication skills

More about us

Hitachi ABB Power Grids is a global technology leader with a combined heritage of almost 250 years, employing around 36,000 people in 90 countries. Headquartered in Switzerland, the business serves utility, industry and infrastructure customers across the value chain, and emerging areas like sustainable mobility, smart cities, energy storage and data centres. With a proven track record, global footprint and unparalleled installed base, Hitachi ABB Power Grids balances social, environmental and economic values, and is committed to powering good for a sustainable energy future, with pioneering and digital technol