Country Manager Denmark

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Horsens, Midtjylland, DNK
In-Office
Expert/Leader
Transportation
The Role
Lead the Danish business through a profitability and operational turnaround, with full P&L ownership across warehousing and contract logistics. Reshape the customer and contract portfolio, strengthen governance and accountability, improve execution discipline, and manage commercial and operational risk. Represent the business to customers, the Group Board, and stakeholders while leading the leadership team and driving measurable performance recovery.
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What You Can Expect:

  • You bring several years of experience at Managing Director, Country Manager or Business Unit Head level with full P&L responsibility, including proven leadership experience in warehousing and contract logistics operations.

  • The role centres on leading a clearly prioritised turnaround to restore profitability, operational stability and execution discipline.

  • You independently identify operational and commercial weaknesses, analyse root causes and translate insights into decisive action.

  • The customer and contract portfolio is actively reshaped to prioritise value contribution, economic discipline and risk control over volume or legacy.

  • You lead the organisation as a leader of leaders, setting clear expectations, measurable targets and strict accountability across the leadership team.

  • Governance, decision‑making and escalation frameworks are clearly defined, consistently applied and personally role‑modelled.

  • You represent the Danish business with clarity and credibility towards the customers, the Group Board and stakeholders.

What You Bring:

  • You bring several years of experience at Managing Director, Country Manager or Business Unit Head level with full P&L responsibility.

  • You have successfully led turnaround, restructuring or performance‑recovery situations under ongoing business conditions.

  • Your background includes deep operational exposure to warehousing, logistics or similarly operations‑intensive environments.

  • You demonstrate strong commercial judgment in contract logic, pricing, cost models, negotiations and risk management.

  • You take clear decisions under uncertainty and stand visibly behind outcomes and consequences.

  • Your leadership style is entrepreneurial, demanding and impact‑driven, focused on results rather than consensus.

  • You communicate confidently in Danish at C1 level and in English at executive level, operating comfortably in an international board environment.

Skills Required

  • Several years of experience as a Managing Director, Country Manager, or Business Unit Head
  • Full P&L responsibility
  • Proven leadership experience in warehousing and contract logistics operations
  • Experience leading turnaround, restructuring, or performance-recovery situations
  • Deep operational experience in warehousing, logistics, or similarly operations-intensive environments
  • Strong commercial judgment in contract logic, pricing, cost models, negotiations, and risk management
  • Ability to make clear decisions under uncertainty and own outcomes
  • Entrepreneurial, demanding, and impact-driven leadership style
  • Danish proficiency at C1 level
  • English proficiency at executive level
  • Ability to operate in an international board environment
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The Company

What We Do

Niederrheinische Verkehrsbetriebe AG (NIAG) is a regional transport company based in Moers, Germany, that provides comprehensive bus and rail services to the Lower Rhine region.

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