Director (m/f/d) Operational Excellence

DP World; Halberstadt; Vor Ort; EUR 90.000 - 130.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

DP World is seeking an experienced leader to drive Operational Excellence across roughly 20 sites in Germany. You will oversee launches, CI, BPI, BI, a WMS Super User role, and a strategic PMO, coordinating with HSEQ and security teams.

You will own OE budgets, enable profitable growth with customers, and ensure standardized project implementation, while delivering KPIs and maintaining global standards. Extensive travel required.

Qualifikationen

• Extensive experience in Contract Logistics with operational and financial performance responsibility.
• Fluency in German and English required with strong communication skills.
• Willingness to travel up to 75% regionally.

Aufgaben

• Lead multiple Operational Excellence functions across ~20 sites in Germany.
• Manage budgets, forecasts, revisions, and actuals for OE programs.
• Collaborate with sales and commercial teams on profitability and value proposition.
• Drive Lean Six Sigma projects and deploy BPM/BI tools across sites.

Kenntnisse

Operational Excellence

Budget management

Lean Six Sigma

Stakeholder management

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Continuous improvement certification

Tools

BI tools

WMS systems

Jobbeschreibung

Job Description

• 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.

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