Service Delivery Manager with English and German

Company Description

Hitachi Solutions is a core IT Company of the Hitachi Group, which employs over 400,000 people worldwide. Through systems integration, Hitachi Solutions strives to provide business solutions and products to customers in a diverse set of countries and regions including Asia, North America and Europe.

The Business Solutions division of Hitachi Solutions’ is a fast growing and leading Microsoft Partner in providing industry-based solutions using Microsoft Dynamics365 and cloud technology. Our teams provide advice and expertise to a diverse range of customers before designing and deploying bespoke ERP, CRM and business intelligence applications that we continue to service and support post go-live. Our people are passionate about technology, whether they are developers with deep technical expertise or more general technology practitioners with business acumen.

Job Description

We are seeking a dynamic and bilingual Service Delivery Manager to join our growing team. The ideal candidate will be fluent in both German and English and will serve as a trusted advisor for our key customers, ensuring successful service delivery in line with Hitachi's standards. This is a customer-facing role focused on driving service excellence through proactive client engagement. It is a key role that blends client relationship management, operational excellence, and financial responsibility.

Main Responsibilities:

• Lead and adopt client engagement initiatives in line with the Hitachi Customer Experience Programme.
• Lead and engage key client stakeholders to establish a trusted advisor relationship with business decision-makers.
• Maintain high customer satisfaction ratings.
• Take contractual responsibility for assigned accounts; conduct regular customer service reviews and manage customer engagement against work order obligations.
• Maintain operational accountability for your own customers’ service delivery performance, including producing service reports, creating and maintaining service delivery plans, and implementing and tracking customer CSI activities.
• Take commercial responsibility for your own customers, managing pre-pay allocations, forecasting, drawdowns and invoicing, tracking aged debt, margin tracking, and profitability reporting.
• Provide accurate and regular feedback and reporting to senior SDMs, the Head of Service Delivery, and the German management team on the performance of service delivery against contractual, commercial, and operational criteria.
• Build strong relationships with UK and German Hitachi teams and stakeholders to facilitate effective communication between Hitachi departments.
• Engage in LTS presales for existing customers; prepare and deliver pre-sales presentations.
• Align with Hitachi commercial stakeholders, providing data and analysis to ensure customer contract renewals are priced correctly.
• Align Hitachi services to meet clients’ business challenges and ensure the successful transition of clients into service.
• Reports to Senior SDM Team / Head of Service Delivery

Qualifications

• 2–5 years+ experience in the role of Service Delivery Manager or Customer Success Manager.

• Exceptional Customer-Facing Skills.

• Strong people management and communication skills.
• A passion for service delivery, customer satisfaction, and solution adoption.
• Ability to understand what our client is trying to achieve—their strategic goals, challenges, and desired outcomes.
• Comfortable working in a dynamic environment and adept at managing change effectively
• Knowledge of the ITIL Framework or Project Management (certification preferred).
• Fluent in German and English at a business level of proficiency.
• Experience managing service delivery for Dynamics 365 or other cloud-based business applications (preferred).
• Understanding of CRM, ERP, and SaaS applications (preferred).

Additional Information

What We Offer:

• Competitive salary and annual bonus
• Additional Health Insurance
• Monthly Food Vouchers
• Multisport Card
• Additional Holidays
• Specialised Training
• Flexible working hours / Hybrid model (mix of office and home office days based on project assignments)
• Modern Office with excellent access to transport
• Drinks & Fruit Office Supply
• Professional & Friendly work environment
• Company events and Team Building
• Excellent Work-Life balance
• Opportunity to grow your career and work with international teams

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