Teamleader Business Support 1

Logistics at full potential

Are you a natural leader with strong operational insight and a passion for guiding and developing teams? Do you excel in creating structure, improving processes, and ensuring the best possible transport planning performance? Then you may be the Team Leader Business Support – Transport Planning we are looking for!

In this role, you will lead the team of Transport Planners, ensuring optimal planning execution, team coordination, and continuous improvement.

What you do on a typical day

• Lead, coach, and develop the Transport Planning team to ensure high‑quality performance and operational accuracy.
• Assign daily tasks, monitor progress, and validate work for accuracy and completeness.
• Ensure optimal scheduling, routing, and resource utilization by supporting and guiding the Transport Planners.
• Resolve planning irregularities and support the team in problem‑solving.
• Maintain high standards of safety, quality, and customer service within the team.
• Identify process gaps and improvement opportunities and ensure they are escalated or resolved.
• Support the implementation of Lean Warehousing and continuous improvement initiatives within the department.
• Ensure team members are trained, cross‑trained, and fully up‑to‑date on processes and procedures.
• Foster a positive and collaborative team environment while effectively handling employee relations when needed.
• Work according to GXO Health & Safety standards and contribute to sustainability goals.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders such as Site Management, Finance, QESH, Engineering, HR and operational teams.

What you need to succeed at GXO

• Minimum education: Intermediate Vocational Education (MBO) in logistics, supply chain or comparable field.
• At least 3+ years of operations experience in a similar leadership or planning role.
• Strong communication skills in English.
• Experience in or affinity with transport planning, routing, scheduling or fleet utilization.
• Strong analytical skills; able to understand and interpret operational data.
• Ability to lead by example with a structured, disciplined and solution‑oriented approach.
• Capable of working under pressure and handling multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Customer‑focused mindset with strong stakeholder management skills.
• Experience with LEAN Warehousing or continuous improvement is considered a strong advantage.

What we offer you

• A dynamic and international organization where leadership, development and ownership are highly valued.
• A role with direct impact on transport performance and customer satisfaction.
• A collaborative team environment with opportunities to grow and develop within GXO.

Your work environment

Working at GXO Logistics means joining a global leader in supply chain solutions. You will be part of a dynamic operation where teams work together to provide best‑in‑class service for top‑tier customers across sectors such as e‑commerce, retail, FMCG and industrial supply chains.

Interested?

Apply via the button and upload your most recent CV.
For more information, you can contact Angel Roman, Corporate Recruiter, at angel.roman@gxo.com.

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GXO is a leading provider of cutting-edge supply chain solutions to the most successful companies in the world. We help our customers manage their goods most efficiently using our technology and services. Our greatest strength is our global team – energetic, innovative people of all experience levels and talents who make GXO a great place to work. GXO is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate, support and thrive on diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.  We believe that diversity and inclusion in our business is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. We are an Armed Forces friendly organisation and Disability Confident Leader as part of the Disability Confident Scheme (GIS) and actively welcome applications from people with disabilities.

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