Regional Operations Manager
Regional Operations Manager
Permanent
Air & Ocean
Your Benefits
Air & Ocean
Job Description
What you can expect
What you will be doing?
As the Regional Operations Manager- South - Road Freight, provide end-to-end leadership for the South region, owning full P&L accountability while integrating sales, operations, and key account management to deliver sustainable growth, margin expansion, service excellence, and long-term customer value. Our vision is to understand our customers like no other and challenge ourselves to improve every single day to make logistics simple.
You will be contributing to that vision by…
Own and steward the regional P&L, with full accountability for revenue growth, gross profit, margin expansion, and budget achievement.
Provide integrated leadership across Sales, Operations, and KAM, ensuring alignment between commercial ambition, operational capability, and customer commitments.
Drive profitable growth for the South region, translating national strategy into regional priorities, execution discipline, and measurable outcomes.
Set the commercial agenda for the region, strengthening new business acquisition, strategic account growth, and long-term customer partnerships.
Ensure operational excellence and service reliability, balancing cost efficiency, capacity optimisation, safety, and scalability across the regional network.
Champion customer profitability and value creation, ensuring key accounts are managed with strong governance, margin discipline, and service consistency.
Build, lead, and succession-plan high-performing regional leadership teams, embedding ownership, accountability, and execution rigor.
Establish strong governance on performance management, including regular reviews of financials, sales pipelines, operational KPIs, and risk.
Strengthen the regional ecosystem and external relationships, including key customers, strategic partners, and industry stakeholders.
Enable long-term regional scalability and transformation, supporting network expansion, capability upgrades, and change initiatives aligned to business growth.
What you bring
What skills & experience you will bring to us:
18+ years of experience in road freight / logistics / transportation, with end-to-end regional leadership exposure
Proven track record of full P&L ownership at regional or business-unit level
Strong experience spanning sales leadership, operations management, and key account governance
Deep understanding of FTL economics, margin management, and network operations
Experience leading large, multi-location and multi-function teams
Ability to operate effectively with CXO stakeholders and large enterprise customers
Graduate degree required; MBA or equivalent leadership qualification preferred
Business Unit
Air & Ocean
Regardless of whether it is a long-distance shipment or a particularly time-critical shipment, we at Rhenus make everything possible for our customers and partners to get the goods to their destination safely and on time. Our particular strength lies in our global network, which is constantly being maintained and expanded. As part of Rhenus Air & Ocean you can, therefore, expect to find a whole host of exciting tasks all over the world, a wide range of opportunities for personal development, and the chance to take on responsibility in an international working environment.
Welcome to Rhenus
Where our journey of growth connects with yours.
We are a global powerhouse on a mission to be pioneers in everything we do. United, we make an impact and dare to redefine what's possible. Ready to unlock untapped potential. We are on the fast track. At Rhenus, we thrive on collaboration. Every voice is heard, and every idea is valued. We stand as one global team. Where everyone contributes to our success. Together, we shape the future of logistics and beyond. Empowered by you.