Group Head Warehousing & Last Mile (m/f/d)
Swiss Automotive Group AG
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Swiss Automotive Group AG seeks a Group Head Warehousing & Last Mile to lead a cross-functional product team across markets, shaping standards for warehouse and transportation excellence.
The role owns KPI framework, drives lean practices, and translates strategic targets into integrated roadmaps with market alignment. Reporting to the Group CIO, you will collaborate across countries to deliver scalable, measurable improvements.
Qualifications
- Senior leadership in international logistics or large-scale supply chain.
- Broad expertise across warehousing, transport, and last mile.
- Strong KPI, performance management, and data-driven decisions.
- Experience in supplier negotiations and management.
- Knowledge of lean and continuous improvement methods.
- Familiarity with warehouse automation and robotization.
Responsibilities
- Lead Group Warehousing Experts Team with clear direction and performance expectations.
- Build a cross-functional team of logistics, programmers, ERP, data & AI experts.
- Own business capabilities and product direction for WMS/WCS, automation, and D365 processes.
- Define Group-wide standards and best practices for warehouse and transport excellence.
- Ensure collaboration between markets, local teams, and Group experts.
- Drive KPI framework definitions, governance, and reporting across markets.
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The Swiss Automotive Group (SAG) is one of the largest auto parts suppliers in Europe, with distribution networks in Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, the Czech Republic, and other countries.
As a strong partner in Europe, we are committed to continuously complementing our experience with innovative ideas and ensuring our high quality as we pursue our growth journey.
This is a high-impact Group role for a logistics leader who wants to shape the future of warehousing and last mile excellence across SAG. The position combines strategic influence, hands-on transformation, and measurable business impact across multiple markets, including the scaling of warehouse robotization and automation as key efficiency drivers.
As Group Head Warehousing & Last Mile, the role owner leads a permanent, cross-functional Warehousing & Last Mile product team combining logistics experts with dedicated technology roles. By connecting market realities with Group-wide business and technology expertise, the role turns improvement ideas into scalable standards, integrated product roadmaps, and tangible efficiency gains.
The role owns the warehousing and transportation KPI framework and creates transparency on performance, progress, and value creation. Through lean methodologies, operational excellence principles, and data-driven performance management, the role enables SAG markets to improve service quality, productivity, and operational resilience in a sustainable way.
This position reports to the Group CIO who is part of the groups executive board and responsible for Logistics and Supply Chain.
- Lead the Group Warehousing Experts Team, including WMS Expert, Last Mile Expert, Automation & Robotization Expert with clear direction, priorities, and performance expectations.
- Build and lead a stable cross-functional product team in which logistics specialists work side by side with programmers, ERP, WMS/WCS, data & AI, and automation experts.
- Own the business capabilities and product direction for WMS/WCS, D365 warehouse processes, automation and robotization, and related data and AI solutions end to end.
- Define and improve Group-wide standards, methods, and best practices for warehouse and transport excellence.
- Ensure effective collaboration between markets, local logistics teams, and Group experts.
- Improve strategic KPI (ex. orderlines per worked hour) with the markets by improving processes, workflows, systems, and technologies to unlock efficiency gains.
- Turn initiative targets into practical market roadmaps, actions, and improvement plans.
- Translate strategic targets into one integrated business and technology roadmap, prioritized backlog, and coordinated release plan.
- Prioritize opportunities to standardize, simplify, digitize, automate, or robotize warehouse and last-mile operations.
- Drive adoption across countries by aligning stakeholders, addressing local constraints, and supporting implementation.
- Own the warehouse and transport KPI framework, including definitions, governance, reporting, and cadence.
- Measure and report the impact of improvement initiatives to markets and top management.
- Provide clear KPI visibility on efficiency, service performance, process quality, and operational progress.
- Assess warehouse and transport process efficiency and identify improvement opportunities.
- Drive and Monitor continuous improvement plans together with countries
- Apply lean processes, continuous improvement methods, and practical operational excellence standards.
- Drive continuous improvement with the markets, focused on measurable results, scalability, and lasting adoption.
- Act as the key link between market logistics teams, Group experts, and top management on warehouse and transport performance.
- Support supplier negotiations and supplier management where they affect warehouse, transport, or last-mile performance.
- Ensure clear communication in English and German with operational teams and senior stakeholders.
- Proven leadership experience in international logistics or supply chain, gained through a senior role with a reputable global logistics provider or within the in-house logistics function of an international company such as retail, consumer goods, or pharma.
- Broad logistics and supply chain expertise across markets, including warehousing, transport, and last mile.
- Strong skills in KPIs, performance management, and data-driven decision-making.
- Experience in supplier negotiations and supplier management.
- Strong knowledge of lean processes, operational excellence, and continuous improvement.
- Experience with warehouse robotization and automation as key drivers of logistics efficiency.
- Practical familiarity with WMS/WCS, ERP-enabled warehouse processes such as D365, data & AI solutions, and technology-led logistics transformation.
- Strategic thinker who aligns Group standards with market realities and manages stakeholders effectively.
- Strong communication skills in English and German, any additional European language would be an asset.
- Ability to drive adoption and lasting change across countries.
- High self-drive, structured working style, and focus on measurable business impact.
- University Degree in logistics and supply chain or apprenticeship with higher professional qualification in Logistics, Supply Chain Management, or a related field.
- Additional logistics certification (e.g., Logistics Specialist or equivalent) is highly desirable.
- A family-owned company with over 90 years of experience, combining tradition with a forward-thinking mindset
- Entrepreneurial culture, where innovation, respect, and direct feedback foster a dynamic and empowering work environment
- Freedom to make an impact, with the autonomy to shape your role and contribute meaningfully
- An international work environment with a global network, offering diverse career growth and development opportunities
- A results-driven approach, staying ahead through cutting-edge technologies and agile processes
- A collaborative work environment with a strong emphasis on partnership, trust, and shared success across all levels
- Flexible working hours and remote options
- Access to cutting-edge technologies and tools
- A company pension fund
- Free parking
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