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

REINERT Logistic GmbH & Co. KG; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A logistics company in Scotland is seeking an experienced Business Unit Manager to lead one of its transport divisions. The role involves strategic development, managing day-to-day operations, and ensuring profitability based on KPIs. Candidates should have several years of experience in the transport industry, excellent German language skills, and a structured work style. This position offers a company car, flexible hours, and competitive benefits.

Benefits

Company car – also for private use

Flexible working hours

Attractive compensation with profit sharing

Individual training programs

Qualifications

• Several years of professional experience in the transport or logistics industry with management responsibility.
• Experience in the planning and management of truck fleets.
• Safe handling of dispatch and telematics systems.

Responsibilities

• Strategic and operational development of your business area.
• Managing day-to-day operations based on defined KPIs.
• Professional and disciplinary management of the dispatch team.

Skills

Entrepreneurial thinking

Managerial experience

Planning and management of truck fleets

Safe handling of dispatch systems

Excellent German skills

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.