Operations Manager

We offer
Working at Maersk brings a unique blend of being part of a rich heritage and an enthusiastic, youthful, fast-paced logistics company. We believe in rewarding and recognizing individual performances within highly professional teams supported by our distinctive values.
Collaborative and commercial mindsets are the key cornerstones of being a high performer in Maersk. Ours being a network business, it is key that you are able to think and act beyond your own domain and geography of work. By commercial mindset we mean your ability to think of the benefits for the customer; in whatever action, you take, irrespective of your position and role.

The role as Operations manager offers a great opportunity to be part of a building a winning team and be a strong enabler in shaping the success of our increased focus on Project Logistics. You will play a crucial part in building a new European team as desire to deliver best in class service, effective communication, cost awareness and continuous performance which supports our growth aspirations and the success of our customers within Project Logistics.

The position is located in Aarhus, Denmark.

Key responsibilities
As an Operations Manager, you will be a part of a team of 150 experienced colleagues in the Maersk Project Logistics product in Europe, where we strive to deliver the best service for our customers.
The position is newly established and require an entrepreneurial mindset with initial task of building on the team across Europe, but also globally selected areas.

Together with your new team you will play a key role in designing tailor-made logistics solutions and coordination of various projects for our customers as well as being part of our accelerated growth within our segment.

Your main responsibilities will, among others, be:

- Building a team with a European footprint from ground consisting of initial 6-8 employees.

- Coordination and planning of solutions for our customers via your team

- Operate and oversee project coordination and execution

- Leading the Continuous improvement towards our customers

We are looking for
Our ideal candidate is innovative, self-driven person with a can-do attitude, well organized with great stakeholder management skills in a complexed environment. You strive in a collaborative role being the leader and motivator for a team incl direct leaders. We value our unique team and are looking for someone who shares our vision of teamwork being the backbone of all we do.

The strong candidate has:
- Proven Leadership skills.

- Experience from building teams would be an advantage
- Experience from Out of gauge cargo execution is an advantage, but not a requirement
- Excellent communication skills, including both verbal and written fluency in English
- A collaborative mindset with a “can do” attitude
- Eagerness to be best in class and part of a winning team
- Ability to be flexible when needed as our job is not always 8-16
- Ability to travel approx. 20-25 days a year

Applications will be read continuously, so do not wait with your application!

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Locations:
DK - Aarhus