Vice President Business Development CEE

DHL Exel Supply Chain (Poland) Sp. z o.o.; Województwo mazowieckie; Remote; PLN 240.000 - 420.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

DHL Supply Chain is seeking a Vice President of Business Development for CEE to drive growth across Central & Eastern Europe. You will lead the commercial agenda, strengthen strategic client relationships and build a profitable pipeline, while shaping how the region competes and pursuing transformational opportunities.

The role requires leading multi-country teams, deep market insight, and a track record of profitable growth in logistics or related B2B sectors.

Qualifikationen

• Minimum 10 years of senior commercial leadership experience in logistics, contract logistics, supply chain services or a comparable B2B environment.
• Strong Business Development, Sales or Account Management experience with understanding of Operations and/or Solutions Design.
• Proven experience leading large and complex commercial opportunities and negotiations.
• Strong customer relationship and senior stakeholder management capability.
• Experience leading commercial teams across countries and culturally diverse markets.
• Strong international / cross-country experience.
• Entrepreneurship, commercial judgment, speed and adaptability as differentiators.
• Fluent English and university degree or equivalent experience.

Aufgaben

• Lead the commercial growth agenda across Central & Eastern Europe.
• Strengthen strategic customer relationships and build a sustainable pipeline of profitable opportunities.
• Shape where and how CEE competes and lead major transformational opportunities.
• Connect customer needs with commercially sound and operationally executable solutions.

Kenntnisse

Commercial leadership

Strategic sales

Relationship management

Cross-border collaboration

Negotiation

Ausbildung

University degree or equivalent professional experience

Jobbeschreibung

Vice President Business Development CEE

Location: CEE countries (Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania)

Reporting to: CCO DHL Supply Chain; dotted to CEO DHL Supply Chain CEE

Role purpose and strategic context

As Vice President Business Development CEE, you play a pivotal role in shaping the growth of DHL Supply Chain across Central & Eastern Europe.

You will lead the commercial growth agenda, strengthen strategic customer relationships and build a sustainable pipeline of profitable opportunities. Beyond winning new business, you will shape where and how CEE competes, lead major transformational opportunities and connect customer needs with commercially sound and operationally executable solutions.

In a rapidly changing market, your impact extends beyond sales results to strengthening commercial capabilities, developing the best Business Development team, and positioning CEE for sustainable future growth.

Success matrix along four role profile dimensions

Professional Capabilities – Delivering today

• Strong commercial and business expertise, translating priorities into clear CEE market, sector and customer strategies.
• Driving profitable growth through pipeline quality, disciplined opportunity management and strategic renewals.
• Leading large and complex opportunities from early customer engagement through solution development, negotiation and contract award.
• Strong understanding of end-to-end supply chains and the operational and financial dynamics of complex solutions.
• Building trusted relationships and influencing senior customer and internal stakeholders.
• Acting as a bridge between European, cluster and country perspectives, connecting strategy with execution.

Personal Capabilities – Leadership impact

• Head: Combines strategic commercial thinking with strong execution and prioritisation.
• Heart: Builds trust and creates an environment where people collaborate openly across countries and functions.
• Guts: Has the courage to challenge assumptions, make decisions and focus resources on opportunities that create sustainable value.
• BITE: Creates impact through empowerment and accountability, enabling BD teams and mobilising the wider organisation behind key opportunities.

Future Challenges – Shaping tomorrow

• Accelerating profitable growth and proactively identifying where CEE can win.
• Anticipating customer needs and shaping opportunities rather than only reacting to tenders.
• Developing innovative and transformational solutions together with Operations and Solutions Design.
• Balancing growth ambition and speed with profitability and operational deliverability.

Cultural Fit – Matching the environment

• Creating impact across diverse countries, customers, sectors and cultures.
• Building relationships based on trust and credibility.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration, connecting BD with Operations, Solutions Design, HR, Finance and other functions.
• Breaking down country and functional silos and encouraging knowledge sharing across CEE.
• Entrepreneurial, curious and externally focused, with the agility to operate in a changing environment.

Key requirements

• Minimum 10 years of senior commercial leadership experience in logistics, contract logistics, supply chain services or a comparable B2B environment, with a proven track record of profitable growth.
• Strong Business Development, Sales or Account Management experience combined with sound understanding of Operations and/or Solutions Design.
• Proven experience leading large and complex commercial opportunities and negotiations.
• Strong customer relationship and senior stakeholder management capability.
• Experience leading commercial teams across countries and culturally diverse markets.
• Strong international / cross-country experience.
• Entrepreneurship, commercial judgment, speed and adaptability as critical differentiators for success.
• Fluent English and relevant university degree or equivalent professional experience.