Lead Logistics Consultant, Road

Job title: Lead Logistics Consultant, Road

Company: Danish Crown


Job description: 02/07/2025Danish Crown IndustryDNK-Randers, Danish Crown VejLead Logistics Consultant, RoadAre you ready to lead continuous improvement, innovation, and sustainability within the Road Logistics agenda in a dynamic and international company? Do you thrive on working with complex problems and finding solutions in a global set up? If so, we invite you to join our team as Lead Logistics Consultant at our headquarters in Randers.You will play a pivotal role in ensuring Danish Crown’s local, regional and global road logistics operations. Our purpose is delivering resilient, customer centric and cost efficient solutions. You will be part of the Global Logistics department, collaborating with a team of 40 experienced professionals while engaging with additional international logistics colleagues. You will be part of a forward-thinking organization that values innovation, sustainability, and excellence.This position offers a broad and varied scope, allowing you to work at both a tactical and operational level. You will be responsible for analyzing, advising, and implementing process’ across Business Units and departments, ensuring that Danish Crown will reach the strategic goals and must win battles. Your expertise will be instrumental in optimizing the day-to-day work and to create synergies to streamline processes, identifying risks, and driving efficiency in our way of working.Beyond logistics, you will have the opportunity to work closely with internal stakeholders in operations and supply chain. You will act as a trusted advisor, providing guidance on continuously improvement, impact transformation and proactively benchmark our efforts, to keep logistics operations competitive. Additionally, you will contribute to cross-functional projects, collaborating with teams across different departments and regions to ensure a streamlined way to work and value creation.Your external focus will be to intensify working with the logistics suppliers. Hence, to develop the cooperation, to follow up on performance and be responsible for Quarterly Business Reviews (QBR’s).Key Responsibilities:

• Own and manage road logistics KPIs including OTIF, DIFOT, transport cost per unit, cost-to-serve, and CO₂ per pallet kilometer. To ensure logistics solutions meet both financial and service-level targets.
• Lead initiatives to optimize cost-to-serve and improve margin contribution, balancing cost, service, and sustainability.
• Analyze and manage logistics risks, design contingency plans, and ensure supply chain resilience against disruptions (e.g., strikes, fuel shortages, regulatory changes).
• Drive reduction in carbon emissions, fuel consumption, and environmental impact of road transport. Hence, partner with suppliers and internal teams to implement green fleet options, alternative fuels, and eco-efficient transport strategies.
• Support and drive deployment of Transport Management Systems (TMS), real-time tracking, digital freight platforms, and control tower visibility. Further to identify, trial, and scale innovative logistics.
• Additionally, to work with End-to-End Supply Chain Integration and Lead supplier performance management …
• One of your focal points will be to assess the performance, progress and goals with clients and stakeholders, in the Quarterly Business Reviews (QBR’s).

Who are we looking for?The ideal candidate have a relevant educational background – such as a bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain or Operations Management, Logistics, Business Administration, or equivalent. Further, you have a few years of documented experience working with Lean, TMS and digital supply chain systems.
You approach tasks in a structured and analytical manner, with attention to detail and business acumen. You have a diverse skillset and the experience to engage in delivering high-quality work and be proactive in engaging with stakeholders across the organization.Expect approximately 10 – 30 travel days per year.Additional Qualifications:

• 5+ years expertise in road logistics including cost, service, quality and sustainability drivers
• Data driven decision making and Cost 2 Serve
• Proven ability to drive change and improvement
• Experienced in Risk management and supply chain resilience
• Proven experience in succeeding in Supplier Relationship Management
• Fluency in English, German is an advantage, both written and spoken
• A collaborative mindset and a positive, can-do attitude

Appetite For More?
If you have any questions about the position, please feel free to contact Senior Director Global Logistics, Poul Knudsen, at (+45) 29 22 89 96.Please send your CV and cover letter at the latest on August 15th, 2025. We will conduct first round interviews in week 34, second round will be on August 25th and 26th. We aim for a start on October 1st, 2025 or earlier.We are a food company owned by Danish farmers supplying high-quality food to customers and consumers all over the world. From butchers to business developers, we’re more than 24,000 colleagues, all committed to lowering our carbon footprint and becoming climate neutral by 2050, for better food and a brighter future.

Expected salary:

Location: Randers, Midtjylland

Job date: Fri, 11 Jul 2025 07:05:44 GMT

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