Senior Project Manager Global Logistics

As Senior Project Manager, Global Logistics, you will play a key role in enhancing our global logistics capabilities while working with stakeholders across regions and functions.

In this role you will play a key role in shaping the future of our global logistics operations. Leading strategic initiatives across the freight network, you will drive the simplification, standardization, and digitalization of logistics processes, with a focus on automation, customer visibility, service performance, and cost optimization. Through effective project management, you will deliver scalable solutions that enhance operational efficiency and create a more connected, data-driven logistics organization.

This position offers the opportunity to collaborate with a diverse network of stakeholders across the organization and beyond. You will work closely with teams across Procurement, Digital, Customer Care, Business Process, and regional business functions, while building strong partnerships with freight vendors and customers.

With a strong cross-regional focus, the role will initially support stakeholders across ME&I and later contribute to the expansion of best practices and solutions into the Deco business, helping drive alignment and consistency across global operations.

We will enable and empower you to ..

• Lead the streamlining of freight booking processes across regions 
• Drive automation of the freight booking process through digital solutions. 
• Improve customer connectivity and enable customers to track their shipments. 
• Establish a clear and efficient invoice validation process. 
• Create end-to-end tracking of lead times and fulfilment performance for customers. 
• Identify, track and deliver freight savings opportunities. 
• Coordinate cross-functional input from Procurement, Digital, Customer Care and Business Process teams. 
• Engage freight vendors and ensure project requirements are understood and incorporated. 
• Manage project scope across all regions while keeping warehouse vendors out of scope. 
• Define detailed project KPIs, monitor progress and provide clear status updates to relevant stakeholders. 
• Identify process, resource, cost and customer-service risks and coordinate mitigation actions.

Here’s what it takes to become our next team member.

• Relevant degree or equivalent professional experience in supply chain, logistics, procurement, business process management or digital transformation. 
• Experience leading cross-functional process-improvement or digitalization projects. 
• Understanding of freight booking, shipment tracking, invoice validation and logistics workflows. 
• Strong project management, stakeholder management and KPI-tracking capabilities. 
• Ability to translate business requirements into scalable process and digital solutions. 
• Strong analytical and communication skills; fluent written and verbal English.
• Fluency in English is required; proficiency in additional European languages is considered an asset.

To succeed in this role, you bring a strong customer-focused mindset and a passion for delivering exceptional service and operational excellence. You thrive in collaborative environments, building effective partnerships across functions, regions, and external stakeholders to achieve shared goals. With a structured and analytical approach to problem-solving, you continuously seek opportunities to improve processes and drive sustainable change.

You take fully ownership of your deliverables, balancing execution with sound risk management, and demonstrate a strong focus on results. Finally, your clear communication skills and ability to influence stakeholders at different levels enable you to build alignment, drive engagement, and successfully lead complex projects from concept to implementation.

Sounds like a match?

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Seniority Level

Mid-Senior level

Job Functions

Other

Industry

Chemicals

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