General Manager - Freight Forwarding

It’s easy to hit a ceiling in your freight forwarding career

You’re an accomplished Branch Manager or Sales Manager, but how do you continue to move upwards?

You can’t take your boss’s job. He’s been with the company for 10 years and is going nowhere

Maybe your company isn’t growing fast enough to support your ambitions. You want to be doing more, but don’t have the opportunity

Here’s your chance to take that next step into the General Manager role you’ve been wanting

You’d be working for an American 3PL freight forwarder who have grown their European operations to 100 people over the last 5 years

They have offices in Stuttgart and Düsseldorf. So you should be based near one of these cities, although it’s up to you how often you’re in the office.

You'll need to be OK with travel, as the next branch will be opened in Hamburg.

You’d initially be managing a team of 17 people across Germany, but can delegate through several managers too. So you’ll need to leverage your existing leadership experience.

You’ll enjoy the opportunity here to grow and develop the German business, working closely with the (Germany-based) Managing Director for Europe to create and implement the regional strategy

The solutions sold here are 80% ocean freight, in General Cargo, Exhibitions and Shopfitting verticals. So a deep existing ocean freight knowledge will be essential.

You’ll be responsible for the P&L, so previous responsibilities for the financials of a branch / operation is essential. If you’ve managed both Sales and Operations before, then you’ll have a headstart

You’ll get to use your ability to make confident decisions, while finding solutions with the involvement of the wider team.

The existing teams works on quite a flat level, so dictators need not apply.

This is a people-focused business and you’ll be interacting with colleagues and customers in both German and English.

You’ll be compensated based on experience with a salary of €90k - €100k, plus benefits including a bonus of 5% based on the EBITDA

If this sounds like the step you’ve been waiting for in your career then please apply

You can also call me at +49 211 418 72000 or message me (Seth Bland) on LinkedIN if you’d like a confidential chat

Don’t worry if you don’t have an up-to-date CV at this stage, just reach out and we’ll explore if it’s a good match for you.