Global Spares Product Manager

Do you want to be part of creating a safer world? Without thinking about it, you meet us in your everyday life – at home, in transit, and at work. We are at the airport, where you commute, where you work, play and shop. Diverse in our offering, our customer outreach and in our mindset, Gunnebo Entrance Control is leading the transformation of the security business through digitalisation and connectivity for the continuous developments of smart entrance control.

If you are passionate about being part of an exciting transformation journey working with a global, multi-cultural and highly motivated organisation, this is the opportunity for you. Gunnebo Entrance Control is small enough to see your ideas come to fruition, and big enough to realise your career goals. We are looking for a Global Spares Product Manager to join drive our growing Service business. The role is ideally based in Italy near/at our production facility in Lavis, and reports to Chief Operations Officer.

Role Overview

The Global Spares Product Manager is responsible for defining, developing, and optimizing the spare parts offering across Gunnebo Entrance Control’s global product portfolio.  This includes ensuring availability, profitability, and customer satisfaction through effective portfolio management, lifecycle planning, pricing strategies, and cross-functional coordination.

This is a newly established role within the organisation, with a strong mandate to build and shape the spares management function and drive spares as a growth area for Gunnebo. The successful candidate will take ownership not only of the operational performance of the spares business, but also of defining processes, governance, and ways of working to enable a structured and scalable approach across regions.

Working closely with product management, engineering, supply chain, service, and sales teams, the Spares Product Manager will act as the central point of coordination for all spare parts-related topics, ensuring alignment across the organisation and supporting the long-term success of our installed base.

Responsibilities

• Drive spares as a key growth area for Gunnebo
• Define and manage the global spare parts portfolio across all Entrance Control product lines.
• Develop lifecycle strategies including obsolescence management and end-of-life planning together with other product managers.
• Establish pricing strategies and governance for spare parts.
• Define global stockholding strategy, collaborating with sales companies and supply chain to improve forecasting and inventory optimisation.
• Identify growth opportunities such as spare part kits and service offerings.
• Act as central point of contact for spares across engineering, service, and sales.
• Define and standardise processes and data structures, enforcing them with local service teams
• Drive change management across the organisation, improvements in data quality and system usage.
• Develop KPIs to monitor revenue, margin, and availability.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives.
• Establish and develop the spares product management function.

Requirements

• Experience in product management, aftermarket, or spare parts business.
• Strong commercial and analytical mindset.
• Ability to work cross-functionally in a global organisation.
• Experience improving processes or systems is highly desirable.
• Structured and detail-oriented approach.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Self-driven with high ownership.
• Experience with ERP or product data systems is an advantage.
• Professional proficiency in English
• Willingness to travel to Gunnebo facilities around the world

This role is ideal for someone who combines strong commercial and analytical capabilities with a hands-on, structured approach, and who is motivated by the opportunity to drive change and build a function from the ground up.

What we offer

• Permanent position
• Metalworking industry collective bargaining agreement
• Entry-level grade B3
• Estimated annual salary between 60.000 and 80.000 euros, to be determined based on experience
• Company car

About us

The Gunnebo Group is a global leader in security, offering innovative products and services to protect and control the flow of people, and to safely secure valuables. Through our businesses and customers in retail, public transport, public and commercial buildings, industrial and high-risk sites and banking, we operate worldwide through our 3,400 employees, 25 country locations and 10 production facilities. Serving customers in over 100 markets, together we create a safer world.

Gunnebo Entrance Control specialises in entrance control solutions that enable our customers with increased efficiency, safety and end-user experience. Our wide range of products are designed to create a safe environment without restricting freedom of movement, whether it is to enter the lobby of a company, a supermarket, an entertainment area, an industrial area or public transport. We shape the future of people flow management.

Diversity Statement

Gunnebo Entrance Control is an equal opportunity employer. We know that great minds don’t think alike, and it takes all kinds of minds to make our products so unique. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and employment decisions are made without regards to race, colour, religion, origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, or any other dimension of diversity