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PR/118526 | Country Director UK, Logistics & Freight Forwarding Industry
| Location | United Kingdom, West Drayton |
| Job Type | Permanent Full-time |
| Salary | Negotiable, based on experience |
Job Description
Title
Country Director, Freight Forwarding & Logistics Industry
Salary
Around GBP 100K
Job profile
The Business driven Country Director UK is responsible for leading and transforming the UK entity (~25 FTE) into a stable, high-performing and profitable organization.
The role focuses on driving operational excellence, strengthening financial control and building a performance-driven culture, while leveraging existing commercial capabilities and developing the business with all stakeholders.
This is a hands-on leadership role with a clear mandate to improve performance and deliver sustainable profitability.
The commercial responsibilities are supported by an existing new strong Sales team for Japanese and Non Japanese customer, allowing the focus of this role to be also on operational and financial performance.
JOB DESCRIPTION
Key responsibilities
Full P&L responsibility for UK
Define and execute turnaround plan
Improve operational efficiency (including -own- warehousing/logistics)
Strengthen cost control and margin discipline
Lead and align local management team
Build up the team to Dynamic
Ensure performance-driven culture
Align operations with commercial activities
Success criteria
Develop the business (directly/indirectly)
Achieve sustainable profitability
Optimized operational performance
Improved efficiency and cost structure
Stronger financial control and forecasting
Stable and accountable team
Profile
Main experience in freight forwarding (contract logistics less)
Sales driven
Strong operational and financial mindset
Intrapreneur, hands-on, pragmatic, results-driven, bring people together
Leadership experience with P&L responsibility
Demonstrable experience in growing a company in structured manner
Important
We are looking for a strong operational leader with commercial affinity.
Location
West London
Hours
Mon – Friday 0900am – 0500pm
Start Date
ASAP
Visa
Eligible to work in the UK without any restriction
About our client
A Japanese global freight forwarding company
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General Requirements
| Minimum Experience Level | Over 10 years |
| Career Level | Mid Career |
| Minimum English Level | Fluent |
| Minimum Japanese Level | None |
| Minimum Education Level | Associate Degree/Diploma |
| Visa Status | No permission to work in Japan required |
Job Location
- United Kingdom, West Drayton
Work Conditions
| Job Type | Permanent Full-time |
| Salary | Negotiable, based on experience |
| Industry | Logistics, Storage |
