GROUP LOGISTICS MANAGER

A unique opportunity to oversee global supply chain operations by joining of Royal Greenland!

As Group Logistics Manager, you step into a role where you have the responsibility for Group Logistics and Business Process Engineering in Royal Greenland. The responsibility includes management of 15 full time employees, including 2 team leaders. The position is pivotal to Royal Greenland’s continued growth, and you must therefore have a hands-on pragmatic focus on management, business development, strategy implementation, optimization, cost reduction – and on a sustainable and healthy organization.

Your area of responsibility as Group Logistics Manager encompasses two critical facets of the organization: logistics management and business process optimization. This entails full responsibility for the day-to-day management and optimization of the organization’s operational functions (warehouse and logistics), to ensure that the activities support the Royal Greenland’s financial goals and growth. In close cooperation with colleagues, you prepare and implement the operations strategy in accordance with Royal Greenland's overall objectives and strategy and ensures efficient and value-creating operations.

The responsibilities as the Group Logistics Manager include a wide range of tasks including an updated overview of Royal Greenland’s opportunities, main activities, larger projects and resources. You gain this overview through proactivity, dialogue, analysis and close communication with relevant business partners.

The overall responsibility as Group Logistics Manager also includes the following areas:

• Global Supply Chain Oversight: responsible for managing and optimizing the global supply chain to ensure efficient and timely delivery of Royal Greenland's products from source to market. This includes coordinating with suppliers, transportation providers, and distribution centres across multiple regions
• Inventory Management: oversee the inventory levels across Royal Greenland’s warehouses and distri­bu­tion centres, ensuring that stock levels are optimized to meet customer demand while minimizing holding costs and reducing the risk of obsolescence
• Transportation and Distribution: manage the logistics operations related to transportation, including selecting and negotiating with carriers, optimizing routes, and ensuring compliance with international shipping regulations to guarantee cost-effective and timely deliveries
• Logistics in Greenland: oversee logistics operations in, to, and from Greenland, addressing the unique challenges of the region
• Process Optimization: lead efforts to analyse, design, and implement improvements to business processes across the organization. This involves identifying inefficiencies, redundancies, or bottlenecks in existing processes and developing streamlined solutions to enhance productivity, reduce operating costs and improving efficiency
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: work closely with various departments, including production, sales, finance, and IT ensuring that business processes are aligned with the company’s strategic goals and that they support the smooth operation of the logistics function
• Technological Advancements: initiate and manage the implementation of technological improve­ments, such as robotics, that enhance operational efficiency and profitability
• Leadership: lead and manage a team of professionals, providing guidance, mentoring, and support to ensure high performance and employee development

You are an experienced Logistics Manager that has worked with leading and developing teams in logistics and/or Supply Chain - ideally in an organization of the same size and complexity as Royal Greenland.

From previous experience or from your current position, you have gained several of the following experiences:

• Experience in navigating both at a strategic, tactical and operational level
• Strong managerial background
• Able to win natural respect of the different stakeholders, e.g. owners, manage­ment team, employees, customers, suppliers etc.
• Excellent communication, negotiation and presentation skills
• Running continuous global improvement projects
• Multi-site experience within the food industry is a clear advantage.

You have an excellent understanding of the integrated connections between Supply Chain Management, logistics, continuous improvements and Business Process Engineering – and you are ready to utilize your knowledge though a pragmatic, patient and hands-on approach. In this position, you drive optimization, development and change across the departments and countries and champion various efforts within group-growth and business development.

Your management style is characterized by a high level of energy, high discipline and humour. At the same time, you ensure the well-being of your employees, job satisfaction and employee development as a natural part of your work. You can lead and inspire team members across different geographies, while at the same time encouraging innovation, autonomy, and professional growth. On a personal level, you are motivated by working in an organization focusing on a high degree of professional performance.

Your approach to your work is proactive, commercial and goal oriented. You have a talent for main­taining an overview while focusing on the details. You are motivated by working with a high degree of integrity, you have an action-oriented approach to your areas of responsibility, and you thrive working in a dynamic environment.

The starting point for your work is Aalborg, Denmark or Nuuk, Greenland, but you must expect a certain amount of travel activity in the job.

For more information about the company and/or the position please do not hesitate to contact Kompetent A/S, Managing Partner Karsten Romby on phone +45 2524 0260 or mail: [email protected]

Royal Greenland is one of the leading groups within fish and shellfish in Europe. As a global supplier, Royal Greenland has experience with innovative product development and efficient distribution of quality products. Royal Greenland is a company with deep roots in the Greenlandic culture. The company has approx. 2300 employees in fishing, production and sales of high-quality seafood products for the world market. The group has its own trawler fleet and state-of-the-art factories in Greenland, Norway, Germany, Canada and Chile.

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