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GXO Logistics

Contract logistics with warehousing and automation

Workforce Planning Team Lead

Operations & LogisticsConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeBremen, GermanyNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A completed degree in logistics, business administration, industrial engineering, or a comparable qualification; alternatively, commercial vocational training with relevant professional experience in workforce planning, personnel, or logistics control.
  • Several years of experience in personnel and capacity planning in a logistics, temporary staffing, or production environment.
  • Initial or several years of leadership experience.
  • Very good Microsoft Excel skills, ideally including pivot tables, Power Query, and forecasting models.
  • Experience with workforce management systems, preferably ATOSS.
  • Good spoken and written German and English.
  • Strong analytical thinking and numerical aptitude.
  • Strong communication and assertiveness.
  • Structured and independent working style.
  • Ability to work under pressure in a dynamic logistics environment.
  • Ability to coordinate different stakeholders successfully.
  • Solution-oriented and entrepreneurial thinking.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the Workforce Planning team functionally and disciplinarily.
  • Create short-, medium-, and long-term personnel and capacity plans.
  • Manage workforce deployment planning in consideration of customer volumes, productivity targets, and personnel costs.
  • Own forecasts, scenarios, and peak planning.
  • Introduce and further develop workforce management processes using ATOSS Workforce Management.
  • Create and analyze reports, dashboards, and forecasts using Microsoft Excel.
  • Monitor relevant KPIs, including productivity, attendance, overtime, temporary labor ratio, and personnel costs.
  • Manage and monitor the performance of temporary staffing providers, including SLA monitoring.
  • Develop measures to optimize personnel availability, flexibility, and the skills matrix.
  • Work closely with Operations, HR, Finance, and Customer Management.
  • Support budget planning, headcount control, and capacity models.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience with workforce management systems, preferably ATOSS.
  • Very good Microsoft Excel skills, ideally including pivot tables, Power Query, and forecasting models.

About the Company

GXO Logistics

Contract logistics with warehousing and automation

GXO Logistics provides contract logistics services across warehousing, order fulfillment, reverse logistics, and transportation management. It serves e-commerce, retail, consumer packaged goods and industrial manufacturing clients with tailored, technology-driven supply chain solutions. The company operates through long-term contracts, typically on a cost-plus or fixed-fee basis, leveraging scale, automation, and data analytics to improve efficiency and cut costs for customers. A notable differentiator is GXO ServiceTech, which handles product returns and reverse logistics for retailers, manufacturers, and insurers, especially in consumer electronics. GXO’s goal is to reduce customers’ logistics costs and complexity by delivering end-to-end, tech-enabled logistics services at scale through long-term partnerships.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Greenwich, CT
Founded
2021

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