Europe-Focused Global Automation & Innovation Lead

DP World; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

DP World is seeking a Global Automation & Innovation Manager to drive regional automation and enablement across Europe. The role combines technical automation with stakeholder influence, shaping scalable solutions and playbooks for adoption across sites and regions.

You will lead regional communities, collaborate with operations and vendors, and translate requirements into repeatable deployment models while aligning with global standards.

Qualifications

• Degree in mechanical/industrial/supply chain engineering or similar.
• Experience leading automation in warehouse or logistics operations.
• Ability to identify scalable automation opportunities and build business cases.

Responsibilities

• Drive regional automation and innovation initiatives.
• Support regional enablement strategy and standards adoption.
• Operationalize global automation standards and playbooks.
• Lead regional automation communities and workshops.
• Translate pain points into actionable automation opportunities.
• Collaborate with operations, vendors and engineering globally.
• Lead deployment of validated automation solutions at scale.
• Ensure alignment with global standards and priorities.

Skills

Automation strategy

Stakeholder mgmt

Regional engagement

Playbooks & templates

Automation enablement

ROI thinking

Education

Bachelor/Master in engineering

Tools

AMRs

ASRS

Robotics

Conveyors

Vision systems

Job description

DP World is seeking a Global Automation & Innovation Manager to drive regional automation and enablement across Europe. The role combines technical automation with stakeholder influence, shaping scalable solutions and playbooks for adoption across sites and regions.

You will lead regional communities, collaborate with operations and vendors, and translate requirements into repeatable deployment models while aligning with global standards.