Head of Transport & Dispatch (m / f / d)

REINERT Logistic GmbH & Co. KG; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A logistics company in London is seeking a Business Unit Manager to oversee a transport division with up to 100 trucks. Responsibilities include managing a team, expanding customer relationships, and ensuring profitability through clear KPIs. Ideal candidates will have substantial logistics management experience, strong leadership skills, and proficiency in German. Attractive compensation and flexible working options are offered.

Benefits

Company car for private use

Flexible working hours

Attractive compensation with profit sharing

Individual training programs

Flat hierarchies and short decision-making processes

Bonuses for business achievements

Qualifications

• Several years of professional experience in the transport or logistics industry with management responsibility.
• Experience in the planning and management of truck fleets.
• Entrepreneurial thinking, a keen sense for people and numbers.
• Structured, decisive and solution-oriented work style.
• Safe handling of dispatch and telematics systems.
• Excellent German skills; additional languages (e.g., English or Polish) are an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Strategic and operational development of your business area.
• Managing day-to-day operations based on defined KPIs.
• Professional management of the dispatch and driver teams.
• Deployment planning and recruitment of your team.
• Expansion of existing customer relationships and participation in tenders.
• Optimization of processes along the transport chain.
• Budget and profit responsibility for your business area.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Budget management

Customer relationship management

Problem solving

German language proficiency

Knowledge of logistics

Tools

Dispatch systems

Telematics systems

Job description

Base data

We are looking for

Your role

As a Business Unit Manager, you will assume overall entrepreneurial responsibility for one of our transport divisions with up to 100 trucks. Your focus will be on targeted business development, expanding customer relationships, and sustainably optimizing profitability – based on clear KPIs. You will lead your team of dispatchers and drivers with sound judgment, set clear goals, and ensure measurable results, as well as the operational development of your business unit.

Your tasks

• Strategic and operational development of your business area
• Managing day-to-day operations based on defined KPIs (e.g., capacity utilization, costs, service quality)
• Professional and disciplinary management of the dispatch team and the driver team in the assigned area
• Deployment planning, employee reviews, recruiting and development of your team
• Expansion of existing customer relationships, sales support, participation in tenders
• Optimization of processes along the transport chain in cooperation with internal interfaces (fleet, workshop, recruiting, sales)
• Budget and profit responsibility for your business area

We are offering

• Managing a high-growth business unit with significant creative freedom.
• Company car – also for private use
• Flexible working hours and mobile working by arrangement
• Attractive compensation with profit sharing and benefits (e.g. for retirement savings, childcare)
• Individual training programs in the areas of leadership, sales and management
• Flat hierarchies, short decision‑making processes, direct contact with management
• Bonuses for business and personal achievements
• Modern working environment in an independent, family‑run company

Required

• Several years of professional experience in the transport or logistics industry with management responsibility
• Experience in the planning and management of truck fleets
• Entrepreneurial thinking, a keen sense for people and numbers
• Structured, decisive and solution‑oriented work style
• Safe handling of dispatch and telematics systems
• Excellent German skills; additional languages (e.g., English or Polish) are an advantage.