Transportation Manager Europe

Transportation Manager Europe, Belgium / Planning & Fulfilment – Global Logistics & Expedition

• Location: Lummen, Belgium or Assens, Denmark
• Working hours: Full-time
• Work model: Hybrid
• Contract type / duration: Permanent

Are you motivated by leading transport operations in a complex, global supply chain? Do you want to play a key role in shaping STG’s international transport flows, ensuring compliance, and driving operational excellence across our EU manufacturing operations? Then you might be the person we are looking for.

What your day will look like

In this role, you will typically focus on:

• Lead and develop transport teams across EU manufacturing operations, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Demonstrate strong people management skills, supporting team performance and engagement.
• Provide strategic leadership for all transport activities across STG’s EU manufacturing operations, ensuring alignment with supply chain strategy, cost-to-serve objectives, and long-term network design.
• Shape and optimize complex international transport flows, including imports and exports to the US, Indonesia, Europe, and Asia.
• Develop a unified transport operating model across EU manufacturing sites, driving standardization, efficiency, and compliance in documentation, carrier management, and cross-border execution.
• Ensure regulatory, customs, and fiscal compliance in the transport operation for all EU and non‑EU movements.
• Oversee accurate documentation flows, including import/export declarations, transport documentation, and cross-border compliance requirements.
• Conduct risk assessments and manage transport-related claims, ensuring proactive mitigation and proper documentation.
• Oversee end-to-end transport execution across EU manufacturing operations, ensuring reliable inbound, outbound, and export flows.
• Lead multi-site performance management, defining and steering KPIs that ensure carrier reliability, documentation accuracy, on-time delivery, and operational consistency.
• Ensure financial governance and cost control, validating invoices, ensuring rate adherence, managing surcharges, and identifying cost-optimization opportunities.
• Drive digitalization and data-driven decision-making, identifying opportunities for automation, system integration, and advanced analytics.
• Communicate effectively with operational teams, leadership, and cross-functional stakeholders, ensuring clarity, alignment, and timely decision-making.

What you’ll bring

• A proven ability to lead transport organizations through change, strengthening team capability and operational discipline.
• A strategic mindset that connects transport decisions with broader supply chain, cost, and network objectives.
• Experience navigating complex international environments, ensuring smooth cross‑border execution and compliance.
• Strong operational governance, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and reliability across multi‑site transport activities.
• A performance‑driven approach, using data, KPIs, and analytics to improve service, cost, and carrier performance.
• Solid financial acumen to control transport spend, validate costs, and identify optimization opportunities.
• A digital and process‑oriented mindset, continuously seeking simplification, automation, and better visibility.
• Clear, structured communication that aligns teams and stakeholders and supports timely decision‑making.

Working at STG & What to expect

At Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG), we are so much more than what meets the eye. We combine the strength of global brands with the entrepreneurial mindset that allows people to make a real impact. Here you'll have the opportunity to grow your career, collaborate across borders, and help shape what's next. At STG you'll find more than a role—you'll find opportunities to grow, collaborate across borders, and make a meaningful impact.

For this role, the Annual Base Salary ranges from 80,000 to 90,000 corresponding to the level of the position, expected experience and responsibilities.

Incentives and Benefits: The salary package may include short-term and/or long-term incentives as well as other employee benefits based on position level, location, functional area and relevant market benchmarks.

Ready to be part of something bigger? Apply now and discover much more.

Our recruitment process

Before starting our hiring process, your application will be reviewed by a member of our Talent Acquisition team. We assess each application against the key competencies and requirements for the role. If your experience and skills are a good match, you’ll be invited to continue through our hiring process, which may include the following steps:

• Recruiter screen
• Interview with the hiring team
• Assessment, case study, or work sample, if relevant
• Final interview with leadership or key stakeholders

At Scandinavian Tobacco Group, you'll be part of a global company where diverse perspectives, collaboration, and continuous learning drive our success. Join a team where your ideas are valued, your growth is supported, and your contributions make a real impact.

Ready to make your mark? Apply now and discover what makes STG more than meets the eye!

Scandinavian Tobacco Group Talent Team

Scandinavian Tobacco Group is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

"Please be informed that this Direct Search is conducted exclusively by Scandinavian Tobacco Group. We do not accept applications from agencies, and we will not provide compensation for unsolicited CVs.