Operations Manager

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City, Powys, Wales, GBR
In-Office
Mid level
Transportation • 3PL: Third Party Logistics
The Role
Lead transport operations with P&L responsibility: translate strategy into operational plans, optimize efficiency and returns, manage and coach teams, maintain customer relationships, ensure compliance with transport regulations, and identify growth opportunities.
Summary Generated by Built In

Are you ready to harness your passion for logistics in the dynamic role of Operations Manager? Discover below the challenges and rewards that come with this role at H.Essers in Italy.

YOUR CHALLENGES

As Operations Manager, you bear the P&L responsibility for your transport customers and operations. You make your customers profitable by translating the strategic vision of the organization into a plan of action in which vision, commercial binding, organizational efficiency and people management are the guiding principles. This is how you achieve maximum return.

What does this mean concretely?

  • You know how to convince us of an impeccable vision regarding an optimal organizational structure with the aim of ensuring the continuity of your operations

  • As Operations Manager, you are at the base of an optimal cooperation with other departments so that your team gets all necessary input and resources for a smooth operation

  • You guarantee a safe, efficient and profitable way of working by monitoring returns and optimizations

  • With a view to continuous growth, you maintain relationships with existing customers and identify opportunities for new business

YOUR TALENTS

  • As Operations Manager, you are a born people manager with strong emotional intelligence and a proven ability to motivate, coach and elevate teams to the next level

  • Your experience within the transportation sector, preferably in healthcare transport, provides a solid foundation to lead operations with a strong focus on profitability, efficiency and customer retention

  • You combine a structured and analytical approach with excellent people management skills, enabling you to manage complex operations while keeping your teams engaged and aligned

  • Building trusted relationships comes naturally to you, both with internal stakeholders and customers of international caliber

  • Your knowledge of transport regulations is considered a strong asset, allowing you to navigate operational and compliance challenges with confidence

  • With your strategic vision, out-of-the-box thinking and solution-oriented mindset, you easily convince others and drive continuous improvement

  • You are comfortable operating in a transport-focused environment and communicate fluently in English, which is mandatory for this role

YOUR REWARD

  • You can count on an attractive salary package

  • Supported by our vision of 'Lifelong Learning', the H.Essers Academy offers you a free choice of various courses that contribute to your personal development

  • Your physical and mental health is strengthened by the H.Essers health programme Fit2Grow

  • The greatest asset is undoubtedly your place within the close-knit H.Essers family

7500 REASONS TO CHOOSE H.ESSERS

  • Family values: forming a strong foundation of trust and commitment for both employees and clients since 1928

  • Job security: in a rapidly changing world

  • Ambitious team: with 7500 dedicated colleagues, we strive for excellence and have a greenhouse of ambition and opportunity

  • Innovation: in our processes and services, allowing us to serve our customers ever more efficiently and sustainably

  • Sustainable international growth: recognizing our social, economic and environmental responsibility as an organization to have a positive impact on society as a whole

  • Diversity and inclusion: are crucial to a healthy and productive work environment and are actively embraced within H.Essers

These are just a few reasons why H.Essers is an attractive choice, we are curious to discover your reason(s).

Skills Required

  • Proven people management and coaching experience
  • Experience within the transportation/logistics sector
  • P&L responsibility and commercial/operational planning experience
  • Fluent English communication (mandatory)
  • Ability to build and maintain customer relationships and identify business opportunities
  • Structured, analytical and solution-oriented mindset
  • Knowledge of transport regulations
  • Experience in healthcare transport
  • Strategic vision and change/continuous improvement mindset
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The Company
7,500 Employees
Year Founded: 1928

What We Do

H.Essers is a family-owned transport and logistics company that partners with clients to improve and optimize their supply chains. Founded in 1928, it provides sustainable transport, logistics, warehousing, and integrated supply-chain solutions across Europe. The company serves industries including chemicals, healthcare/pharma, automotive parts, and infrastructure, combining long-term partnerships with organic growth and strategic acquisitions through a broad European operating network.

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