Outbound Logistics Team Leader 80 - 100% (f/m/d)

Hitachi Energy Ltd.; Zürich; Hybrid; CHF 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Energy Ltd. is seeking an experienced Outbound Logistics Team Leader to coordinate and continuously improve outbound logistics for our GIS business.

You will lead a team, work with partners worldwide, and ensure safe, on-time product delivery while driving process improvements and exceptional customer experience. You will collaborate with manufacturing, project management, procurement, and customer service to optimize operations and performance across global shipments and packaging

Qualifications

• Degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, or a related field.
• Experience coordinating or leading teams.
• Experience managing outbound logistics in an international environment.
• Experience with ERP systems and logistics management tools.
• Fluency in English and German.

Responsibilities

• Promote a strong safety culture across all logistics activities and ensure compliance with health and safety requirements.
• Coordinate and support daily outbound logistics operations to ensure timely, efficient delivery.
• Guide, coach, and support a team of logistics specialists, fostering collaboration and development.
• Monitor transportation, warehousing, and distribution activities and address operational challenges.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency and service quality.
• Partner with manufacturing, project management, procurement, customer service, and external providers to ensure smooth order fulfillment.
• Support management of carriers and logistics partners, including performance monitoring and issue resolution.
• Monitor KPIs, prepare operational reports, and identify opportunities for improvement across outbound processes.
• Promote compliance with packaging, customs, and company policies; foster a positive, customer-focused team environment.

Skills

Team leadership

Logistics coordination

Vendor & carrier management

ERP systems

Data analysis

Communication

English & German fluency

Education

Degree in Supply Chain Management or Logistics

Tools

ERP systems

Logistics management software

Reporting tools

Job description

Hitachi Energy is looking for an experienced Outbound Logistics Team Leader to coordinate and continuously improve outbound logistics activities for our GIS business.

In this role, you will combine operational involvement with people leadership, helping to ensure products are delivered to customers around the world safely, efficiently, and on time. Working closely with colleagues across multiple functions and with external logistics partners, you will contribute to smooth day-to-day operations while supporting ongoing improvements in processes, customer experience, and team performance. Join our team!

How you'll make an impact

• Promote a strong safety culture across all logistics activities, ensuring compliance with workplace health and safety requirements and proactively addressing potential risks
• Coordinate and support daily outbound logistics operations, helping to ensure timely and efficient delivery of products to customers
• Guide, coach, and support a team of logistics specialists, fostering collaboration, development, and knowledge sharing
• Monitor transportation, warehousing, and distribution activities, addressing operational challenges and supporting effective solutions
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives that enhance efficiency, service quality, and overall logistics performance
• Partner with colleagues in manufacturing, project management, procurement, customer service, and external logistics providers to ensure smooth order fulfillment
• Support the management of carriers and logistics service providers, including performance monitoring and issue resolution
• Monitor and analyze logistics KPIs, prepare operational reports, and help identify opportunities for improvement across the outbound process
• Promote compliance with packaging regulations, customs requirements, and company policies, as well as help create a positive, inclusive, and customer-focused team environment

Your background

• Degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Business Administration, or a related field, combined with strong experience in logistics, supply chain, or transportation operations. Experience coordinating or leading teams is essential
• Experience managing outbound logistics activities in an international environment
• Experience working with ERP systems, logistics management systems, and reporting tools
• Strong problem-solving skills and a practical approach to operational challenge
• Effective communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build positive working relationships across teams
• Experience supporting, motivating, and developing others in a collaborative environment
• Fluency in English and German

More about us

We believe great work thrives in an environment where people feel genuinely supported and fairly rewarded. Our benefits are designed to create real value for every individual – fueling engagement, performance, and growth. By prioritizing well being, we build a workplace where personal and organizational success grow together.

We are a global leader in electrification, powering the electricity era to meet the energy demands of today, and the next 25 years. As the energy arm of Hitachi Group, over three billion people depend on our pioneering, mission-critical technologies to power their daily lives.

With over a century of innovation, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time: driving the evolution of the world’s energy system to ensure abundant, secure, affordable, and sustainable power for today’s generation and the next.

With an unparalleled installed base in over 140 countries, we are the grid ecosystem partner across the utility, industry, data center, and transportation sectors. Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 56,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $20 billion USD.