{"data":{"id":176613,"slug":"platschef-till-gota-kanal-besokscentrum","type":"job","title":"Site Manager for G\u00f6ta Canal Visitor Center","description":"Would you like to build and lead an entirely new visitor destination at one of Sweden's most renowned locations?\nHigh above the Carl Johans locks in Berg in Link\u00f6ping Municipality, G\u00f6ta Canal's new visitor center is taking shape. Here a new attraction is being created with exhibitions, caf\u00e9 and restaurant, and conference facilities in the heart of one of G\u00f6ta Canal's most visited areas.\nThe goal is to welcome approximately 100,000 visitors per year while developing Berg from a strong summer destination to a location with activities throughout much of the year for individual visitors, groups, businesses, and schools.\nWe are now seeking you to take on the overall responsibility for building, establishing, operating, and developing the business.\nAbout the Role\nAs Site Manager, you will have overall responsibility for G\u00f6ta Canal's Visitor Center in Berg. The role encompasses profit responsibility, budget responsibility, personnel responsibility, and operational responsibility, and you will lead both commercial and operational development.\nYou will be part of AB G\u00f6ta kanalbolag's management team and report directly to the CEO.\nBefore opening, you will play a central role in building the organization, working methods, staffing, processes, and commercial offerings.\nAfter that, you will be responsible for daily operations and for developing the business over time.\nYou will have personnel responsibility for two to three permanent employees as well as seasonal and hourly staff.\nYour Assignment\nYou are responsible for ensuring the visitor center reaches its financial and operational targets.\nThis includes, among other things:\nManaging budgets, revenues, costs, results, forecasting, and follow-up.\nLeading daily operations and ensuring staffing, service, safety, and work environment standards.\nCreating world-class hospitality and visitor experiences.\nDeveloping sales, new revenue streams, and commercial offerings.\nDeveloping business within groups, corporations, schools, conferences, and events.\nLeading and developing staff and building an organization with clear goals and responsibilities.\nCoordinating operations and stakeholders within the facility.\nDeveloping partnerships with businesses, the tourism industry, municipality, region, and G\u00f6ta Canal's partners.\n\nYou will work closely with the company's other functions including marketing, finance\/HR, and operational canal activities.\n\nWho We Are Seeking\nWe are seeking a confident, business-driven, and engaged leader with a strong sense of hospitality and visitor experience.\nYou combine strategic ability with operational drive and thrive switching between business development, leadership, finance, and daily operations.\nWe believe you have:\nRelevant academic education or equivalent experience in areas such as tourism, sales, retail, finance, or operations management.\nDocumented experience in leadership and personnel responsibility.\nExperience with budget responsibility, profit responsibility, and operational responsibility.\nExperience in sales and business development.\nAbility to develop and structure operations.\nGood communication skills in Swedish and English.\nExperience from tourism, hospitality, retail, destination development, conferences, or events is a merit.\nExperience building or establishing a new operation is particularly valuable.\n\nAbout AB G\u00f6ta kanalbolag\nG\u00f6ta Canal is Sweden's largest cultural-historical construction project and one of the country's most popular visitor destinations with approximately 4 million visitors each year.\nAB G\u00f6ta kanalbolag is owned by the state and is tasked with preserving and developing G\u00f6ta Canal and creating conditions for tourism on and along the canal.\nWe are approximately 30 year-round employees and around 150 seasonal employees with headquarters in Motala.\nAs Site Manager, you will have the opportunity to help create an entirely new business at one of the canal's most iconic locations while building a new business area within the company.\nApplication and Start Date\nLocation: Berg in Link\u00f6ping Municipality.\nThe position is planned to be filled around the turn of the year 2026\/2027. The visitor center opens in May 2027.\nWe look forward to welcoming a new colleague who wants to help preserve and develop a unique part of Swedish history. Please submit your application with CV and cover letter to jobb@gotakanal.se\nSelections and interviews are ongoing, so please submit your application as soon as possible.\nDeadline for applications is September 30, 2026.\n\nIf you have questions, you are warmly welcome to contact:\nCEO, Roger Alts\u00e4ter, 0141-20 20 60\nMarketing and Communications Manager, Magnus Hollwin, 0141-20 20 57","language":"sv","is_translated":true,"title_original":"Platschef till G\u00f6ta kanal bes\u00f6kscentrum","description_original":"Vill du bygga upp och leda ett helt nytt bes\u00f6ksm\u00e5l vid en av Sveriges mest v\u00e4lk\u00e4nda destinationer?\nH\u00f6gt ovanf\u00f6r Carl Johans slussar i Berg i Link\u00f6pings kommun v\u00e4xer G\u00f6ta kanals nya bes\u00f6kscentrum fram. H\u00e4r skapas ett nytt bes\u00f6ksm\u00e5l med utst\u00e4llningar, caf\u00e9 och restaurang och konferensm\u00f6jligheter mitt i en av G\u00f6ta kanals mest bes\u00f6kta milj\u00f6er.\nM\u00e5let \u00e4r att v\u00e4lkomna omkring 100 000 bes\u00f6kare per \u00e5r och samtidigt utveckla Berg fr\u00e5n en stark sommardestination till en plats med verksamhet under st\u00f6rre delar av \u00e5ret f\u00f6r privatbes\u00f6kare, grupper, f\u00f6retag och skolor.\nNu s\u00f6ker vi dig som f\u00e5r det samlade ansvaret f\u00f6r att bygga upp etablera driva och utveckla verksamheten.\nOm rollen\n Som platschef har du det \u00f6vergripande ansvaret f\u00f6r G\u00f6ta kanal bes\u00f6kscentrum i Berg. Rollen omfattar resultatansvar, budgetansvar, personalansvar och verksamhetsansvar och du leder b\u00e5de den kommersiella och operativa utvecklingen.\nDu ing\u00e5r i AB G\u00f6ta kanalbolags ledningsgrupp och rapporterar direkt till vd.\nInf\u00f6r \u00f6ppningen f\u00e5r du en central roll i att bygga upp organisation, arbetss\u00e4tt, bemanning, rutiner och kommersiella erbjudanden.\nD\u00e4refter ansvarar du f\u00f6r den dagliga verksamheten och f\u00f6r att utveckla aff\u00e4ren \u00f6ver tid.\nDu har personalansvar f\u00f6r tv\u00e5 till tre tillsvidareanst\u00e4llda medarbetare samt s\u00e4songsanst\u00e4lld och timanst\u00e4lld personal.\nDitt uppdrag\n Du ansvarar f\u00f6r att bes\u00f6kscentrum n\u00e5r sina ekonomiska och verksamhetsm\u00e4ssiga m\u00e5l.\nDet inneb\u00e4r bland annat att du.\nAnsvarar f\u00f6r budget, int\u00e4kter, kostnader, resultat, prognos och uppf\u00f6ljning.\nLeder den dagliga driften och s\u00e4kerst\u00e4ller bemanning service s\u00e4kerhet och arbetsmilj\u00f6.\nSkapar v\u00e4rdskap och bes\u00f6ksupplevelser i toppklass.\nUtvecklar f\u00f6rs\u00e4ljning, nya int\u00e4ktsstr\u00f6mmar och kommersiella erbjudanden.\nUtvecklar aff\u00e4rer inom grupper, f\u00f6retag, skolor, konferenser och evenemang.\nLeder och utvecklar medarbetare och bygger en organisation med tydliga m\u00e5l och ansvar.\nSamordnar verksamheter och akt\u00f6rer i huset.\nUtvecklar samarbeten med n\u00e4ringsliv, bes\u00f6ksn\u00e4ring, kommun, region och G\u00f6ta kanals partners.\n\nDu arbetar n\u00e4ra bolagets \u00f6vriga funktioner bland annat marknad, ekonomi\/HR och den operativa kanalverksamheten.\n\n\n Vem s\u00f6ker vi\nVi s\u00f6ker dig som \u00e4r en trygg aff\u00e4rsdriven och engagerad ledare med stark k\u00e4nsla f\u00f6r v\u00e4rdskap och bes\u00f6karens upplevelse.\nDu kombinerar strategisk f\u00f6rm\u00e5ga med operativt driv och trivs med att v\u00e4xla mellan aff\u00e4rsutveckling, ledarskap, ekonomi och den dagliga verksamheten.\nVi tror att du har.\nRelevant akademisk utbildning eller motsvarande erfarenhet inom exempelvis bes\u00f6ksn\u00e4ring, f\u00f6rs\u00e4ljning, handel, ekonomi eller verksamhetsledning.\nDokumenterad erfarenhet av ledarskap och personalansvar.\nErfarenhet av budgetansvar, resultatansvar och verksamhetsansvar.\nErfarenhet av f\u00f6rs\u00e4ljning och aff\u00e4rsutveckling.\nF\u00f6rm\u00e5ga att utveckla och strukturera verksamheter.\nGod kommunikativ f\u00f6rm\u00e5ga p\u00e5 svenska och engelska.\nErfarenhet fr\u00e5n bes\u00f6ksn\u00e4ring hotell handel destinationsutveckling konferens eller event \u00e4r meriterande.\nErfarenhet av att bygga upp eller etablera en ny verksamhet \u00e4r s\u00e4rskilt v\u00e4rdefullt.\n\nOm AB G\u00f6ta kanalbolag\n G\u00f6ta kanal \u00e4r Sveriges st\u00f6rsta kulturhistoriska byggnadsverk och ett av landets mest popul\u00e4ra bes\u00f6ksm\u00e5l med omkring 4 miljoner bes\u00f6kare varje \u00e5r.\nAB G\u00f6ta kanalbolag \u00e4gs av staten och har i uppdrag att bevara och utveckla G\u00f6ta kanal samt skapa f\u00f6ruts\u00e4ttningar f\u00f6r turism p\u00e5 och l\u00e4ngs kanalen.\nVi \u00e4r cirka 30 \u00e5retruntanst\u00e4llda och omkring 150 s\u00e4songsanst\u00e4llda med huvudkontor i Motala.\nSom platschef f\u00e5r du m\u00f6jlighet att vara med och skapa en helt ny verksamhet vid en av kanalens mest ikoniska platser och samtidigt bygga upp ett nytt aff\u00e4rsomr\u00e5de inom bolaget.\nAns\u00f6kan och tilltr\u00e4de\n Placeringsort: Berg i Link\u00f6pings kommun.\nTj\u00e4nsten planeras vara tillsatt kring \u00e5rsskiftet 2026\/2027. Bes\u00f6kscentrum \u00f6ppnar i maj 2027.\nVi ser fram emot att v\u00e4lkomna en ny kollega som vill vara med och bevara och utveckla en unik del av Sveriges historia. 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