Senior Manager Transportation Excellence EU (m/f/d)

Location

Herzogenaurach | Germany

Job description

TA Contact Person: Mini Bawa Sharma

Purpose

The Senior Manager, Transportation Excellence is a key in-house strategy execution role for an organized, passionate, goal-oriented, visionary leader who understands the challenges and the opportunities of an EU wide supply chain and transportation network. The primary focus of this position is to drive excellence in EU transportation network. This role creates and implements the vision and strategy for transportation programs, systems and processes required to define and support the company’s current and future distribution and supply chain requirements. The candidate should be capable of defining and driving business transformation, lead complex projects and building new solutions to simplify processes and deliver on strategic objectives.Consecutively the team initiates, manages and drives improvement programs. 

• Identify gaps and improvement opportunities in the network, systems, and processes
• Accordingly, deliver a tactical / strategical improvement plan to streamline operations, processes, and systems, essentially to deliver better value for the business
• Lead and execute transportation improvement projects, improve processes and methods to generate higher value, efficacy, and efficiency
• Run workshops, analysis, qualitative and quantitative workshops for brainstorming and idea generation.
• Create a vision for transportation, and work backwards by defining the strategy and relevant milestones to reach to the consensus vision of the organization
• Deliver and manage major projects and change initiatives in EU network (New DCs, Key Cities, Stores, Launches)
• Enable new services to provide convenience and choice to our customers
• Develop standard operating procedures and metrics to achieve business results and drive continuous improvement in all aspects of transportation across the company
• Ensure proper communication and stakeholder engagement

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead transport excellence team and key tactical and strategical projects across the EU delivery network in alignment with company’s strategic direction and priorities
• Own a quantitative, data-driven, fact-based mindset in order to prioritize and manage the EU transportation excellence agenda 
• Ensure projects are delivered with proper cadence and governance, along with a clear communication plan
• Improve overall transportation KPIs (OTIF, Speed, Sustainability, cost, NPS) for our omnichannel business (ecom, retail and wholesale)
• Drive enhancement and demand process for system landscape 
• Optimize the transportation network for better cost, service, speed and reliability 
• Be customer centric in everything we do, owning the delivery experience by enhancing consumer preference and convenience options

Key Relationships: 

• Initiate and drive discussions with cross-functional internal stakeholders, as well as external partners; to collect and consolidate input, issues, feedback, and insights to prepare, plan, align and deliver solutions 
• Deliver execution of the aligned tactical / strategic initiatives
• Proactively manage stakeholders, build relationships, and manage communication

Stakeholders can relate (but not limited) to the following core functions:

• EMEA Supply Chain Management (all functions) 
• EMEA Market (all functions)
• External partners (carriers, solution providers and consultants)
• Global Operations (Global Transportation, Procurement. Digital, Strategy and IT)
• Corporate functions (e.g., legal, finance & performance management)

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: Soft skills:

• Thinks Big and has a bias for action. Expected to be creative, to plan, shine and deliver.
• End-to-end mindset with a holistic view of problems and opportunities on hand
• Solution builder with a creative mind and solid experience in delivering results
• Possess constant quest for innovative improvement, rigor, excellent relational capacities for managing diverse stakeholders with erratic interests of their own
• Highly self-motivated, and acts like an ‘owner’
• Earns trust, both of his/her team and internal/external stakeholders. Does what he/she says in due time, and dares to say ‘No’ when required so
• Engaging, open and perceptive to feedback and improvement
• Autonomous and capable of handling all-way communication (upward, lateral and downward)
• Change management skills, influencing a network of internal and external stakeholders
• Solid presentation and storytelling skills
• Discipline in planning, time management and organization skills 

Hard skills:

• Expertise on EU parcel carrier and last mile network, with suppliers, services, and consumer preferences
• Working experience with a Transportation Management and Optimization system
• Strong project management experience, from ideation to execution and follow-up
• Advanced MS Office skills, especially MS Excel and MS PowerPoint
• Has experience in building and evaluating Business Cases with scenario planning
• Continuous improvement and problem-solving skills; ability to develop and implement processes and metrics to manage business results
• Change management experience and communication skills, particularly interpersonal, in complex large / matrix organizations
• Demonstrated experience in building strategic and operational plans that drive results over multiple cycles

People management skills:

• Works with an ‘authentic / servant leader’ mindset. Leads by example.
• Fosters a team culture that encourages trust, open and constructive discussion
• Insists on the Highest Standards. Setting right expectations is a determinant of success.
• Good at prioritization, effort estimation, job assignment and communication
• Frugal. Knows sustainable success is a teamwork.
• Perceptive to feedback and owns his/her own development and performance 
• Assists in recruitment, coaches the junior team members, supports onboarding
• Curious, Open to learn, develop and share. Encourages/ puts leverage in his/her learning

Qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s degree from relevant departments of universities required. A Master’s degree preferred.
• Professional Certifications in PMP, Six Sigma, Value Stream Mapping are an advantage
• Minimum 6 years of relevant work experience in an advanced supply chain and/or transportation management environment (relevant consultancy included)

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