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 strong Sales team for Japanese and Non Japanese customer, allowing the focus of this role to also be 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 teamBuild 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
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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