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English translation: Service Center Manager

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German term or phrase:	Stützpunktleiter
English translation:	Service Center Manager
Entered by:	Colin Rowe

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15:00 Nov 23, 2011

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German term or phrase: Stützpunktleiter

"Ich war u. a. als Projektingenieur, Turnaround Manager, Instandhaltungs- und Stützpunktleiter für die *** [company name] tätig. Dabei lag der Arbeitsschwerpunkt immer auf Serviceleistungen in der Großindustrie, wie Raffinerien, Kraftwerken und der Petro-/Chemieindustrie."

This is from a small blurb about someones career and some basic personal details (my name is so and so, I am married, have kids, studied blah blah) - he has just joined a new company and this is for their in-house newsletter which always runs a piece introducing new colleagues.

UK English

The second hit on google brought me to this Wiki page:
Stützpunktleiter (Base Action Leader) was a Nazi Party political rank which existed between 1933 and 1938. !!

Obviously not what is meant here!!
I guess it means that he was manager of a particular branch/location or department/area - support/services? But am not not sure which - any advice would be much appreciated! thanks

finebetty

Service Center Manager

Explanation:
would be my suggestion (or "centre" for UK)

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Note added at 50 days (2012-01-13 14:51:20 GMT) Post-grading
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If the client is not happy with "service center", something more general like "base manager" might work well.

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Colin Rowe
Germany
Local time: 10:27

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Summary of answers provided

4 +3

Service Center Manager

Colin Rowe

Service and support manager

Nutan Niphadkar

Discussion entries: 2

Answers

14 hrs confidence:

Service and support manager

Explanation:
Service & Support Manager is responsible for the provision of services to the business and for the day-to-day oversight of internal staff and vendors

Nutan Niphadkar
India
Local time: 13:57
Native speaker of:

English

6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

Service Center Manager

Colin Rowe
Germany
Local time: 10:27
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 16

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Notes to answerer

Asker: Sounds good - thanks Steffen for changing the field, was looking for something like that - jobs, personnel - stupid me didnt think of HR ;)

Asker: I'm afraid this answer is NOT correct - according to the client it has nothing to do with a service center but unfortunately they never came back to me with an answer...

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Changes made by editors

Dec 9, 2011 - Changes made by Colin Rowe:
Created KOG entry	KudoZ term => KOG term
Nov 23, 2011 - Changes made by Steffen Walter:
Field (specific)	Engineering (general) => Human Resources

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