Vice President Contract Logistics

Vice President Contract Logistics

We are looking for an experienced and people focused leader to take on the role of Vice President Contract Logistics. This position plays a key role in shaping and leading a complex Contract Logistics operation, ensuring sustainable growth, operational excellence, and strong partnerships with customers and internal teams. The VP Contract Logistics leads strategy execution while remaining closely connected to the day to day business. This role combines commercial insight, operational leadership, and a strong focus on people, performance, and continuous improvement.

Define and execute the Contract Logistics strategy in line with European and global priorities, translating plans into measurable results.

Lead and develop a multi site, multi country organization, fostering a strong culture of safety, engagement, and performance.

Drive profitable growth through operational excellence, successful contract retention, and close collaboration with commercial teams.

Ensure smooth implementation and ramp up of new customers and expansions, delivered on time, within scope, and within budget.

Own P&L performance, budgeting, forecasting, and financial discipline, with a strong focus on sustainable profitability.

Build long term, trusted partnerships with key customers, maintaining high service levels and continuous improvement.

Standardize processes, systems, and ways of working while encouraging innovation and data driven decision making.

Promote a culture of continuous and business process improvement across all operations.

Collaborate closely with support functions (Finance, HR, IT, Procurement) to deliver integrated business outcomes.

Act as a role model for integrity, compliance, and leadership values across the organization.

Extensive senior leadership experience within Contract Logistics or a similar operational environment, with full P&L responsibility.

Proven ability to lead large, complex organizations and inspire high performing, diverse teams.

Strong strategic and commercial mindset combined with hands on operational leadership.

Solid financial acumen and experience managing large scale budgets and growth initiatives.

Fluency in business English and German and residency in The Netherlands with willingness to travel regularly.

DP World offers exciting and challenging roles within a growing international organization. We strive to hire and develop the right people, locally and globally, stimulating personal growth and self-development within an informal atmosphere. We offer a market competitive compensation package.

Trade is the lifeblood of the global economy, creating opportunities and improving the quality of life for people around the world. DP World exists to make the world's trade flow better, changing what's possible for the customers and communities we serve globally.

With a dedicated, diverse and professional team of more than 126,000 employees spanning 75 countries on six continents, DP World is pushing trade further and faster towards a seamless supply chain that's fit for the future.

We're rapidly transforming and integrating our businesses -- Ports and Terminals, Marine Services, Logistics and Technology – and uniting our global infrastructure with local expertise to create stronger, more efficient end-to-end supply chain solutions that can change the way the world trades.

What's more, we're reshaping the future by investing in innovation. From intelligent delivery systems to automated warehouse stacking, we're at the cutting edge of disruptive technology, pushing the sector towards better ways to trade, minimizing disruptions from the factory floor to the customer's door.

To Change What's Possible For Everyone