General Manager

Manages the strategic, operational, and tactical activities for a country to ensure successful revenue, productivity, and profitability levels. Oversees workforce planning and development for the country to ensure employee capability and performance align with overall business needs.

Main Tasks:

• Develops business strategies, policies, and operating plans of the business.
• Manage and direct the overall sales, operations, and service functions on a daily basis.
• Directs country objectives to ensure annual budget revenue, volume, and profit targets, and line profitability goals are met or exceeded.
• Manages overall synergies between business units.
• Oversees the enforcement of company policies within country's geography.
• Reviews and approves proposed internal policies of business units to ensure alignment with overall business direction and conform to prevailing regional and legal requirements.
• Oversees long-term planning for the country to ensure future growth and development of the business are aligned with overall business objectives; as needed, presents plans for general review and approval from executive management.
• Develops and proposes operating and capital expenditure budgets for review and approval by executive management.
• Analyzes operating results and its principal components relative to established objectives; as needed, makes adjustments and implements new procedures to correct unsatisfactory conditions.
• Represents the organization as appropriate in its relationships and partnerships with major customers, suppliers, competitors, commercial and investment bankers, government agencies, professional societies and similar groups.
• Ensure all safety, regulatory, and compliance measures are met within company and global guidelines.
• Select and place staff, ensure staff receives training for their job activities, and define specific job assignments.
• Manage performance to ensure required levels of productivity and organizational objectives are met.

• Knowledge of theoretical concepts underlying a professional field and acquired through third-level education.
• A proven track record of building and developing strong organization and aligning internal resources with external customer expectations
• Must possess outstanding communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Must possess strong leadership and employee relations skills with a focus on engagement.
• High standard of integrity and reliability; able to build trust & loyalty with others.

Professional Development
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Working Internationally
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Work-life Balance
Our vacation and leave policies reflect our belief in proper work-life balance.

Mental Health and Well-being
We offer comprehensive support through an Employee Assistance Program, dedicated to enhancing and strengthening the well-being and resilience of our employees.

At DB Schenker, you are part of a global logistics network that connects the world. A network that allows you to shape your career by encouraging you to contribute and truly make a difference. With more than 72,000 colleagues worldwide, we welcome diversity and thrive on individual backgrounds, perspectives and skills. Together as one team, we are Here to move.