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Job summary
A logistics company in Manchester is seeking a Business Unit Manager to lead a transport division of up to 100 trucks. The successful candidate will focus on business development, customer relationships, and profitability optimization. Key responsibilities include managing day-to-day operations, leading teams, and budget management. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in transport logistics and excellent German language skills, with additional languages being advantageous.
Benefits
Qualifications
- Several years of professional experience in the transport or logistics industry with management responsibility.
- Experience in planning and managing truck fleets.
- Excellent communication skills in German; additional languages are an advantage.
Responsibilities
- Assume overall responsibility for a transport division with up to 100 trucks.
- Manage day-to-day operations based on defined KPIs.
- Expand and optimize processes along the transport chain.
Skills
Tools
We are looking for
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.
- 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
- 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
- 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.
* The salary benchmark is based on the target salaries of market leaders in their relevant sectors. It is intended to serve as a guide to help Premium Members assess open positions and to help in salary negotiations. The salary benchmark is not provided directly by the company, which could be significantly higher or lower.