Senior Deployment Manager – OT

APM Terminals

One of the 4 core strategic pillars in APMTs longer term strategy is operational excellence: “This is our platform for current and new terminals, where all value streams are standard, scalable, and replicable from acquisition, to construction, integration and all the way down to running a terminal”. Implementing, optimizing and scaling Operations Technology will play a pivotal role in achieving our strategic goals, ranging from initiatives like implementing complex brownfield automation at fast pace to optimize manhours per move or efforts to optimize running-hours per move by deploying asset digitization in our more conventional terminals. To be successful, our terminals need to be supported by a focused, aligned and agile global team that adds value by Subject Matter Expertise, standardization and agile decision-making. The Senior Deployment Manager leads the execution of the product deployment roadmap and the deployment teams to deliver the projects effectively (scope within budget and timeline), ensuring products support value realization as per approved business cases.

Key of responsibilities:

• Lead project managers and the product deployment teams to execute the deployments effectively (under defined scope, within the budget and timeline) in support of the product value proposition and as per plan to the terminal and end-customers.
• Enable the deployment teams to operationalize global, cross-functional product definitions within terminal specific conditions including any related site-specific configurations that need to be aligned between global and local stakeholders.
• Manage the deployment teams to effectively implement the automated products in the live terminal operations as per plan and without local business disruption as well as resolve any related challenges on day-to-day basis.
• Continuously ensure the deployment fulfils all site-specific needs as defined in consultation with the terminal team within the product blueprint for site deployment.
• Ensure consistent deployment approach across all sites that the given product is being deployed in and resolve any related challenges.
• Own deployment specific performance criteria and monitor the progress and take actions as needed.
• Work closely with Product pillars to establish a common deployment approach and achieve improved product experience, make use of the best practices and ensure the relevant framework is implemented / followed.
• Work with suppliers to develop the effective business partnership and proactively ensure their delivery is meeting the APM Terminals plans/targets.
• Facilitate the first line of support for the given deployment at the terminals until go-live and remain involved until Operations stability.
• Monitor all deployment related risks and opportunities and lead their mitigation / exploitation. • Establish the framework of facilitating capability building / knowledge transfer to terminal staff as part of the deployments.
• Ensure due compliance, safety and other relevant regulations to be adhered to during the deployment.

We are looking for:

• An extensive experience (10 years +) in project deployment, standard/ controls, and contract
  management in wider portfolios and matrix organizations.
• Strong technical project management skillset, preferably in logistics, with hands-on experience in  managing large-scale project / product deployments globally.
• General knowledge of automation would be an asset.
•  Passion and highly interest in automated product solutions and technology.
• Solid awareness of and intuition for industrial production and related processes.
• Team player, capable of motivating peers and reports to achieve project success.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.
• Solid people leadership skills for driving success of project managers and deployment teams
• Strong stakeholder management & communication skills – ability to establish long-term successful relationships with diverse stakeholders.
• Strong prioritization abilities and can-do mindset - ability to motivate the teams to achieve the roadmap deliverables and to create a performance-driven organization
• Ability to balance short term deliverables and long-term business objectives.
• Ability to solve complex problems.
• Continuous focus to drive change management as key enabler for stakeholder buy-in and successful deployment outcomes.
• Persuasive, being able to influence colleagues and vendors to reach the functional or project goals.
• Driven, self-motivating, result orientated.
• High discipline – following through on actions and ensuring necessary documentation
• Willingness to be present onsite and get on the ground exposure to the deployments.
•  High quality awareness and ability to work with constant care.
• Sensitive to cultural diversity and experience in a multicultural environment, in regard to colleagues, employees of vendors and other stakeholders.

Education

• Engineering/finance/business degree or similar

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