Overview
In this role you drive the global Life Sciences & Healthcare (LSH) vertical strategy in Air & Ocean, translating plans into actionable programs. You lead growth initiatives, governance, and cross-functional alignment to deliver revenue and service quality. You manage key accounts, engage senior stakeholders, and ensure regulatory compliance across the global network. You shape solutions with a collaborative, results-driven approach and act as the escalation point for major customer issues, enabling sustainable, customer-centric growth.
Verantwortungsbereiche
- Define and execute global LSH vertical strategy with annual planning for revenue, volume, and gross profit; translate strategy into concrete initiatives and governance.
- Lead, coach and develop Key Account Management and Business Development resources within the LSH vertical; manage strategic global customers and high-potential opportunities.
- Oversee quality governance and regulatory compliance for LSH in Air & Ocean, translating requirements into standardized frameworks and KPIs; drive risk assessment and continuous improvement.
- Align Global, Regional, and Country Sales with Product, Operations, Pricing and Tender teams; promote cross-functional collaboration and capability development; ensure commitments align with operational capacity.
Zentrale Anforderungen
- Senior experience in freight forwarding or logistics with a focus on Life Sciences & Healthcare and global customer management
- Proven track record in leading strategic growth initiatives and developing high-performing commercial teams
- Strong understanding of value creation in logistics (cost-to-serve, productivity, total cost of ownership, inventory considerations)
- Hands-on tender management, solution design, and complex deal execution
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management in an international environment
- Analytical, structured, execution-oriented; able to operate independently in a matrix organization
- Fluent in English; additional languages advantageous
- leadership
- stakeholder management
- negotiation
- tender management
- solution design
- complex deal execution
Regional Head of Life Sciences & Healthcare (LSH) – Air & Ocean in Wiesbaden Arbeitgeber: Rhenus Group
Rhenus ist ein hervorragender Arbeitgeber, der seinen Mitarbeitern im Back Office - Personal nicht nur ein dynamisches und unterstützendes Arbeitsumfeld bietet, sondern auch zahlreiche Möglichkeiten zur persönlichen und beruflichen Weiterentwicklung. Mit einem starken Fokus auf Teamarbeit und Innovation fördern wir eine positive Unternehmenskultur, die Kreativität und Engagement wertschätzt. Zudem profitieren unsere Mitarbeiter von flexiblen Arbeitszeiten und attraktiven Sozialleistungen, die das Arbeiten in unserer modernen Zentrale besonders angenehm machen.
