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Service Manager Forklifts & Port Equipment (m/f/x)

ESS/Krefeld
Full-time
Permanent employee

Your mission

  • Responsible for service and maintenance operations in the field of forklifts and port equipment

  • Ensure the quality and compliance of all service and maintenance activities

  • Identify and report deviations or quality issues in services or products and contribute to root cause analysis

  • Document service and maintenance activities and actively support continuous product and service improvement

  • Work closely with customers to capture machine requirements and operational needs in the forklift and port equipment sector

  • Manage and optimize internal service processes and interfaces (e.g., spare parts, logistics, technical support)

  • Lead a small service team and coordinate external service providers or subcontractors

Your profile

  • Solid technical knowledge of forklifts and/or port machinery (e.g., reachstackers, container handlers, industrial trucks)

  • Experience in maintenance, repair, and service processes for heavy machinery (hydraulics, electrical, mechanical systems)

  • Experience in customer service and collaboration with sales, product, and service teams

  • Technical background (e.g., mechatronics, industrial mechanic, electrician) or equivalent qualification

  • Hands-on mentality, team player, strong customer orientation, and entrepreneurial mindset

  • Willingness to travel for on-site customer visits; excellent German communication skills, good English skills

Why us?

  • Exciting tasks in an international and growing company in the field of construction and port machinery

  • Opportunities for professional development and training

  • Flat hierarchies, short decision-making processes, and a modern work environment

  • A motivated and collaborative team focused on innovation

  • Attractive working conditions promoting work-life balance

  • International environment with the freedom to contribute and shape your role


About us

Carve out your career with XCMG!

Welcome to XCMG - one of the world's largest manufacturers of construction machinery. We develop state-of-the-art excavators, cranes, earthmoving and road construction machinery for our customers in the construction, mining and energy industry.

At our site in Krefeld you can find four of our German subsidiaries. In addition to the European headquarter XCMG Europe GmbH, there is also a company for research and development, for strategic purchasing and for sales and services. Together, we drive investment and innovation to a new horizon.

XCMG offers you the opportunity to advance your professional career and apply your skills and know-how in a future-oriented and intercultural environment.