European Warehouse Excellence Lead: Automation & CI

Unilever; Katowice; Hybrid; PLN 180,000 - 320,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life insurance

Private medical care

Pension fund

Sharing the cost of sports activities

Cafeteria benefits and more

Job summary

Unilever is seeking a Senior Warehouse Operations professional to drive operational excellence across Europe. You will enhance warehouse performance, lead continuous improvement, and support cost-efficient, technology-enabled operations with both company-operated and third-party facilities.

A focus on robotics, automation, and data-driven decision making will shape your daily activities. You will work with market teams, logistics partners, and internal stakeholders to deliver measurable

Qualifications

• Five years of relevant experience in warehouse management, warehousing excellence, logistics operations, or related supply chain environment.
• Knowledge of logistics operations, performance management, process optimisation, and cost control.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to translate insights into actionable recommendations.
• Business acumen with a customer-focused mindset and ability to collaborate across functions and partners.
• Professional proficiency in written and spoken English with strong communication and data storytelling.

Responsibilities

• Support performance of 15 distribution centres across Europe, including company-operated and third-party logistics.
• Benchmark warehouse performance and share best practices aligned with global standards.
• Contribute to achieving 5% year-on-year savings across ~€250 million warehouse expenditure.
• Identify savings and improvement opportunities with in-market teams and translate into plans.
• Map and evaluate warehouse processes to identify inefficiencies and recommend solutions.
• Support robotics and automation roadmaps to improve throughput and efficiency.
• Manage improvement projects from opportunity to benefits tracking.
• Analyse data from multiple sources to identify trends and cost drivers.
• Collaborate with third-party operators and conduct structured performance reviews.
• Onboard and mentor new team members as needed.

Skills

Warehouse management

Cost control

Data analysis

Process optimisation

Stakeholder collaboration

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree in logistics

Tools

Power BI

SQL

Job description

Unilever is seeking a Senior Warehouse Operations professional to drive operational excellence across Europe. You will enhance warehouse performance, lead continuous improvement, and support cost-efficient, technology-enabled operations with both company-operated and third-party facilities.

A focus on robotics, automation, and data-driven decision making will shape your daily activities. You will work with market teams, logistics partners, and internal stakeholders to deliver measurable