Strategic Logistics Lead – German Ops (Hybrid)

Ardagh Glass Ltd.; Deutschland; Hybrid; USD 69,662 - 90,561; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training and development for career progression

Defined contribution pension scheme

Option for hybrid working

Good career and development prospects

Job summary

Ardagh Glass Ltd. is seeking a Logistics Manager as part of its German Management Team. The role involves managing customer deliveries at optimal costs while ensuring compliance with quality and safety standards.

You will be responsible for optimizing logistics operations within the company's German glass plants, driving cost efficiency, and fostering a collaborative work environment. The ideal candidate must be bilingual in German and English, with a Bachelor's degree in a relevant field and substantial experience in logistics.

Ardagh offers a supportive workplace and opportunities for training and career advancement.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of managerial experience in logistics.
• Proven ability to set up a high performing operating model.
• Strong business acumen and understanding of the transportation market.

Responsibilities

• Manage customer deliveries at the lowest costs while meeting customer requirements.
• Optimize delivery performance and haulier management.
• Ensure efficient use of plant and external warehouses.
• Maximize FTL deployment in collaboration with logistics.
• Drive continuous improvement on logistics complaints.

Skills

Fluent in German

Fluent in English

Strong communication skills

Customer service focused

Strong leadership skills

Operational excellence

Stakeholder management

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Logistics, Business Administration, or related field

Job description

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The Logistics Manager is a member of our German Management Team and reports to the Logistics Director Europe. The purpose of this role is to manage all customer deliveries at the lowest costs possible at the agreed customer requirements, national and international and steer an efficient use of internal and external warehouses in our 7 German glass plants.

Responsibilities

• Drive freight costs as low as possible at the required quality and safety level. Optimizing delivery performance and cost levels. Strong focus on haulier management to grow long-term performance and reduce the total number of carriers used.
• Ensure an efficient use of all plant warehouses and external warehouses.
• Ensure right logistic equipment and efficient use of logistic equipment in the German plants.
• In conjunction with manufacturing logistics and the haulier supply base, work to maximise FTL deployment.
• Ensure continuous improvement on logistic complaints, managing customer experience and cost impact.
• Demonstrate a leading role in the Ardagh core values, behaviours, policies and procedures.
• Establish a working environment which empowers collaboration, can-do attitude acting with integrity and in an ethical manner.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Logistics, Business Administration, or related field
• 5-7 years of managerial experience in logistics
• Fluent in German and English language
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Customer service focused with sense of urgency
• Strong focus on operational excellence, perfomance and cost wise
• Solid leadership, stakeholder management and engagement / negotiation skills
• Convincing interpersonal impact and personal credibility
• Proactive, detail oriented, excellent prioritisation and organisational skills
• Proven ability to setup high performing operating model, combining fact based data with expert knowledge
• Ability to plan, prioritize, think strategically and work independently
• Strong business acumen
• Understanding of German and European transportation market
• Driving license

What we offer

• A workplace in a globally successful company where safety is the top priority
• Training and development for career progression
• Defined contribution pension scheme
• Option for hybrid working
• Good career and development prospects

Interested or any questions left?

Then we are looking forward to your online application! Please contactFriederike Müller in the HR Departmentfor further questions under the telephone number +49 5021/85-761.

About Ardagh Group

Ardagh Groupis a global leader in metal and glass packaging solutions, producing packaging for the world’s leading brands. We trace our roots all the way back to the Irish Glass Bottle Company, founded in 1932. Since then we have grown rapidly to a team of more than 20,000 people with revenues of almost $10 billion. Today we have a presence across Europe, Africa and the Americas.

• Did you know that Ardagh produce many of the beverage cans and bottles you drink your favourite beverages from?
• Did you know we produce metal and glass packaging which are permanent materials, meaning they can be infinitely recycled without any loss of quality?
• Did you know we produce more than 160 million containers per day?

Ardagh is passionate about sustainability and have a reputation for innovation. We push the boundaries of what’s possible, pioneering new production methods, new design techniques and new ways to recycle and save energy. Our aim is to reduce any negative environmental impact whilst remaining economically sustainable and socially responsible.

We believe that the success of our business depends on the success of our people. We strive to create working environments where our employees feel valued, can work to their full potential, and where their achievements are celebrated.

Here at Ardagh, we offer exciting and rewarding opportunities for talented and creative people. If you have ambition and want to make an impact with your career, come and join our team, you’ll enjoy the journey!