General Manager - Service & Solutions

Founded in 1910, KONE is a global leader that provides elevators, escalators and automatic building doors, as well as solutions for maintenance and modernization that add value to buildings throughout their life cycle. Our mission is to improve the flow of urban life and make our world’s cities better places to live by providing innovative solutions that help make people’s journeys safe, convenient and reliable. Our operations in over 60 countries around the world has helped us achieve our position as an innovation and sustainability leader with repeated recognitions by Forbes, Corporate Knights for clean capitalism and others.  

Are you ready to make your next career move to join our team and manage your own local service business as our General Manager - Services & Solutions for KONE Long Island City, NY?   

• Do you enjoy executing and owning an annual business plan and working with a budget? 

• Does working with your customers and focusing on solutions for them motivate you? 

• Is the people management aspect of a role where you coach, reinforce, and develop your team something you enjoy? 

• Are you committed to promoting a safety culture in your branch? 

• Do you demonstrate a passion for a culture that fosters learning for yourself, your team, and your customers? 

If you answered a resounding YES to these questions, then we have an amazing opportunity for you!   

As our General Manager – Service & Solutions, you will successfully drive the service business operations for your territory while working in collaboration with your customers and colleagues. Your mission is to promote a positive culture surrounded by accomplishing safety and quality goals to achieve customer satisfaction and profitable business results. 

You will bring progressive and successful leadership experience with relevant service expertise in a consultative selling environment as well as leading a union represented workforce. You will use the knowledge gained through your bachelor’s degree in construction management, engineering, or 7+ years of experience in a related industry in lieu of a bachelor’s degree. 

We have the courage to hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because we believe diversity drives innovation: 

• We value your authentic self 

• Diversity, equity and inclusion is embedded in our strategy and val