General information

Legal entity

GEODIS is a Supply Chain Operator ranking among the top companies in its field in Europe and the World. GEODIS, which is part of SNCF Logistics, which in turn is a business line of the SNCF Group, is the number one Transport and Logistics operator in France and ranked number four in Europe. The international reach includes a direct presence in 67 countries and a global network spanning over 120 countries.

Why join us ?

Transport and Logistics form a key sector in the world economy. As a major international player on this sector, GEODIS is geared to full satisfaction of all stakeholders, starting with its workforce, more than 39500 men and women worldwide who share the same values of commitment, innovation, trust, solidarity and passion that form the pillars of GEODIS corporate strategy.  

Reference

2022-9242  

Position description

Type of assignment

Full-time Regular

Function

Support function - Operations Executive Management

Job title

Sub-regional Director Overland M/F

Job description

Key Responsibilities:

 Coordination and super-vising of all transport management activities (FTL, LTL, FCL) within the Benelux countries
 Development and ensure adherence for sub regional defined organization, job descriptions/ competencies, standards, processes and tools; inform, train and communicate best practices and business developments to team.
 Set up sub regional sourcing strategy to meet the Local, Regional, Global growth targets and satisfy customer expectations.
 Support sub regional budget for all overland activities and steer business performance (engage in regular business reviews, review performance against budget and KPIs, agree on potential action plans)
 Ensure operational compliance to company and Group procedures regulations.
 Provide Monthly reports/updates on market evolution.
 Monitor business performances of countries within regions in relation to profit including to FCF, growth targets


Additional thougts and first steps:

 Get to know the organization from the inside and explore the corporate identity as well as the targets, expectations and KPI´s in place •
 Identify different stakeholders in the region beneficial including to this new function and establish relations with an agile and innovative view
 Different case study regarding already existing overland -related activity within Geodis and today's procurement strategy
 Extract all existing data from TMS, PowerBI etc. and together with feedback from stakeholders to create a fact driven fundament and include possible verticals
 If not already in place make sure a knowledge bank for best practice will get started also with facts regarding new EU mobility package, regulations etc
 Describe the costumer journey seen from a road client perspective to meet customer expectations and work with BDM.
 Become the natural go to person within the Transport Management / ROAD organization for supervision, coordination of new initiatives and sparring across the region.
 Make sure to build a winner attitude in line with the mission and the corporate DNA

Applicant's profile

- Bachelor/Academic degree
- Experience in transport management (FTL, LTL, FCL)
- strong leader and P&L responsible

Working time (%)

100

Position location

Position place

Europe, Netherlands

Location

Candidate criteria

Minimum level of education required

BACHELOR'S DEGREE

Years of experience in similar position

Senior (more than 10 years of experience)