We are at the leading edge of the innovative Smart Sustainable Building management market and are building comprehensive, market leading solutions for hard and soft services providers. Do you want to be responsible for the vision and success of our Field Services solutions?

As a Lead Solution Director you want to work on innovations that matter. At Planon you can. Our mission is to be the best by delivering in-house developed software solutions that enable our clients to effectively to deliver hyper-efficient services through extensive process automation and seamless integration into the IT/OT landscape of field services providers and their customers. Our purpose is to continuously optimize our solutions and guarantee reliable, innovative software solutions that enable our clients to be efficient in their work, in control over cost and revenue and manage increasing complexity of buildings with their changing workforce. In a world where real estate counts for up to 20% of gross domestic product and for 35% of carbon emission and energy consumption and where people use buildings a significant amount of their time, your solutions matter.

We need you to further develop our software solution for Field Services and to bring it with our product managers, developers, partners and eco-system to new markets.

As a lead Field Services, you add value in many ways by:

• Knowing the field services industry and software solutions market both from a European and global perspective;
• Being connected to the main players in the market and use your network for business development and thought leadership;
• Being subject matter expert on field services management, financial planning and reporting;
• Leading a team of Product Managers to define, position and bring a solution that is sold and implemented by our Business Areas and partners, and developed by our Development Teams
• Creating a clear multi-year solution vision and business cases for expanding the solution based on:
  • Company vision and strategy
  • Development of the market
  • Customer and partner feedback
• Managing a multinational 5 FTE team of highly qualified specialists
• Working closely with the VP Solutions and your peer Lead Solution Directors to define the vision on Planon solutions as product market combinations.

To fulfil this exciting Lead Solution Director job, we need you to operate strategically, market-oriented, analytical, and collaborative. You have a proven track record in field services management, facility management and/or software implementation and experience with multiple aspects of this role.

Our ideal candidate ticks all the following boxes:

• A relevant degree in Facility Management, Business Administration, Controlling or a related technical field
• Financial and reporting knowledge for financial planning and analysis.
• At least 10 years’ experience as a (Business) Consultant, Solution Director or Field Services manager, with a clear focus on the outside-in approach and relevant knowledge of the Field Services market.
• Experience with Field Services software, preferably including knowledge of Building Management software and SAP solutions;
• Customer-centric thinking with excellent skills to translate market problems into appealing solutions;
• Able to think in concepts and communicate this within the organization;
• Familiar with and strong interest in IT, technology, innovation and industry trends;
• Excellent speaking and writing skills in English. Additional language skills in German and French can be beneficial in your role.
• The ambition to help us maintain our position as worldwide market leader and grow further in the Field Services domain

For more information, to express your interest or to apply internally you can contact Rianne Coenen (Recruitment). We would like to receive your application via our internal vacancy portal including a motivation why you think this next step fits in your Planon career before Friday March 14.