How you will contribute
Lead and manage multiple Operational Excellence functions across approximately 20 sites in Germany, including Launches, Continuous Improvement (CI), Business Process Improvement (BPI), Business Intelligence (BI), a WMS Super User, strategic PMO, as well as touchpoints with HSEQ and site security.
- Own the planning, management, and control of Operational Excellence budgets, including labor and non-labor expenses, forecasts, revisions, and actuals.
- Partner with Key Account Management and Sales teams to support the acquisition of profitable new business opportunities.
- Collaborate with commercial teams to effectively communicate and demonstrate DP World's value proposition to customers.
- Ensure the successful launch of new contracts and sites through a standardized project implementation methodology, delivering projects on scope, budget, timeline, and risk targets.
Provide operational expertise and input for customer proposals, tenders, solution design, costing models, and pricing assumptions to support profitable growth.
- Drive robust change management processes for new customer requirements, preventing scope creep and revenue leakage.
- Monitor and improve performance through the implementation of customer KPIs and DP World global operational standards.
- Ensure compliance with defined operating standards, processes, tools, and systems across all operations.
- Lead continuous improvement initiatives using Lean and Six Sigma methodologies, including 5S, Kaizen, Gemba, and GSA.
- Deploy Business Process Improvement methodologies to deliver transformational operational enhancements.
- Identify, share, and implement operational best practices across sites and functions.
- Oversee the deployment, maintenance, and enhancement of Business Intelligence and reporting tools.
- Drive profitability improvement initiatives, including low-margin optimization programs.
- Ensure compliance with and continuous improvement of Health, Safety, Environment, Quality (HSEQ) and Security standards.
- Enhance Warehouse Management System (WMS) deployment and adoption, acting as a key business partner to Operations, IT, and customers.
What you will bring
Extensive experience in Contract Logistics, including accountability for operational and financial performance ideally within the automotive sector
- Strong team player and collaborator who builds trusted relationships and works effectively across functions, business lines, customers, and external partners
A continuous improvement champion who challenges the status quo, drives positive change, and maintains a strong focus on operational excellence
- Knowledge of financial and productivity metrics, with the ability to apply commercial thinking to develop creative and effective business solutions
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and influencing skills
Fluency in both German and English is required
Flexibility and willingness to travel 50-75% of the time to support regional operations and strategic initiatives
About DP World
Trade is the lifeblood of the global economy, creating opportunities and improving the quality of life for people around the world. DP World exists to make the world’s trade flow better, changing what’s possible for the customers and communities we serve globally.
With a dedicated, diverse and professional team of more than 120,000 employees spanning 75 countries on six continents, DP World is pushing trade further and faster towards a seamless supply chain that’s fit for the future.
We’re rapidly transforming and integrating our businesses - Ports and Terminals, Marine Services, Logistics and Technology – and uniting our global infrastructure with local expertise to create stronger, more efficient end-to-end supply chain solutions that can change the way the world trades.
What's more, we're reshaping the future by investing in innovation. From intelligent delivery systems to automated warehouse stacking, we’re at the cutting edge of disruptive technology, pushing the sector towards better ways to trade, minimising disruptions from the factory floor to the customer’s door.
WE MAKE TRADE FLOW
To Change What's Possible For Everyone
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Skills Required
- Extensive experience in contract logistics
- Accountability for operational and financial performance
- Experience ideally within the automotive sector
- Strong collaboration and stakeholder relationship-building skills
- Continuous improvement and operational excellence experience
- Knowledge of financial and productivity metrics
- Commercial thinking and business solution development skills
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and influencing skills
- Fluency in German and English
- Willingness to travel 50-75% of the time
DP World Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about DP World and has not been reviewed or approved by DP World.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Fair & Transparent Compensation: Pay is considered competitive in many contexts, with strong salary perceptions in several regions. Feedback suggests compensation is sometimes viewed as equitable, with salary practices described as compliant and fair.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits: Wellness initiatives, flexible working hours, and practical supports like reimbursements for mobile, home internet, and home‑office equipment are emphasized. Feedback suggests these benefits contribute meaningfully to everyday work‑life needs.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare Strength: Health coverage is described as comprehensive in some locations, including medical emergency coverage and life insurance. A broader emphasis on health, safety, and wellbeing programs reinforces this support.
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What We Do
Trade is the lifeblood of the global economy, creating opportunities and improving the quality of life for people around the world. DP World exists to make the world’s trade flow better, changing what’s possible for the customers and communities we serve globally. With a dedicated, diverse and professional team of more than 108,000 employees, spanning 74 countries on six continents, DP World is pushing trade further and faster towards a seamless supply chain that’s fit for the future. We’re rapidly transforming and integrating our businesses – Ports and Terminals, Marine Services, Logistics and Technology – and uniting our global infrastructure with local expertise to create stronger, more efficient end-to-end supply chain solutions that can change the way the world trades. What’s more, we’re reshaping the future by investing in innovation. From intelligent delivery systems to automated warehouse stacking, we’re at the cutting edge of disruptive technology, pushing the sector towards better ways to trade, minimising disruptions from the factory floor to the customer’s door. We make trade flow, to change what’s possible for everyone.
