President KEYper Systems & Head of Traka Automotive

President KEYper Systems and Head of Traka Automotive

‘Be part of an innovative forward-thinking company’

Who We Are:

Originally, the manufacturer of one of the world’s first electronic key management systems in 1994 – we are now the global leader in innovative technology for sophisticated, intelligent key management systems and locker solutions. We operate in a wide variety of channel markets such as Retail, Government, MOD, Prisons, Fleet, and Data Centres etc all around the world.

When you drop your keys off at a car dealership, your child takes their laptop from their locker at school or you wonder how a maintenance company can manage all the keys they have to handle, you will find our solutions in use. Traka products can be bought off the shelf all the way up to solutions for blue-chip and every day recognizable companies.

Traka is part of ASSA ABLOY, who are a more than 9 billion dollar organisation and the global leader in access solutions. Every day we help people feel safe, secure and experience a more open world. ASSA ABLOY products can be seen and used everywhere you go in your daily life from brands such as Yale, HID, Medeco and Sargent.

In January 2019 Traka acquired KEYper Systems the leader in specialist Automotive Key Management systems for Car Dealerships, Property Management and other important security sectors in North America, based in Harrisburg NC. Combined with Traka’s market leading position in Car Dealership key management in Europe, we are busy developing the solutions for state of the art key and asset management for car dealerships for global markets.

We are always looking for diverse, talented, energetic people with integrity and the desire to succeed. We are an equal opportunity employer offering competitive salaries and benefits in a team environment where you can freely speak across teams and departments to seek help and guidance.

Working for Traka means that you will be part of an agile environment, with innovative solutions to improve our customers’ lives.

Your Opportunity:

This primary objective of this role is to take full responsibility for the Automotive Division of Traka including the KEYper Systems business in North Carolina and Traka’s Global Automotive development, providing overall leadership and strategic direction and delivering operational excellence, driving sales, profits, cash flow and increasing market penetration.

It will be your mission to:

• Continue to develop and implement the Global Automotive and other sectors strategies, overseeing the development of the KEYper Systems business commercially, operationally and technically to drive rapid growth, profitability and cashflow year on year of this $20-25m division, while developing our leading position and market presence around the world in conjunction with the other Traka Divisions and ASSA ABLOY teams around the world.
• Ensure the technical and commercial support infrastructure is established, efficient and aligned to support the sales growth in these markets
• Plan and direct the organisational activities to achieve agreed targets and standards for growth and financial performance, quality and legislative compliance.
• Work with other members of Traka Executive team to develop and implement global strategies for the development of Traka and the wider ASSA ABLOY group.
• Work effectively and collaboratively around the world to maximise the full potential of the business while delivering excellent customer service.
• Represent KEYper and Traka Automotive at the Executive meetings, Board meetings with ASSA ABLOY divisional management and in wider management forums
• Recruit, select, develop, motivate and retain the very best talent in the market.
• Lead, motivate and develop an exceptional management team.
• Develop and maintain organisational culture, values and its reputation in the external markets and all employees, leading by example
• Ensure the business is managed to the very highest health, safety and environmental standards.

Who You Are:

You will be self-motivated and trustworthy, with strong organisational skills and the ability to be able to prioritise different strategic tasks the business needs to develop. You will strive for world class performance, promoting innovation and teamwork in a high performance culture.

You will possess excellent commercial acumen, with the proven ability at negotiating solutions, along with the ability to develop and implement a winning business strategy in mature and emerging global markets. It is important that you are also customer focused and have the ability to provide a clear vision for future direction, and the ability to execute those plans effectively.

Special competencies:

• Ability to identify and develop competencies to achieve future business goals.
• Have a strong track record of P&L business leadership, with good knowledge of financial, manufacturing operations, and field service and product development of a solutions business
• Have strong commercial and selling skills, including experience and interest in technical hardware and software environments
• Have the ability to provide accurate short and longer-term business plans for, set realistic milestones and review appropriately.
• Experience and the ability to initiate and drive continuous improvement activities.
• Ability to promote and facilitate continuous development of employees within the organisation.
• Experience in Automotive Car Dealerships or Security/Access Systems is beneficial.
• The role will be based in Charlotte NC, but significant US and Global travel will be required.

We are looking for bright, motivated and passionate people to join our team.

Benefits: