General

Location:         Paris
Reporting to:  Regional Supply Chain Director
In same team: Regional Planning Business Process Owner, Regional Order intake Business Process Owner

Contract:         Full-time
Start-date:      2026

Why is this job interesting?

It is an exciting time to join us!

Founded in 1932, Knauf is a people-caring, family-owned company that has grown from a small town in Bavaria into a 16B+ Euros organization with a global footprint, a leading technical offer and over 40K employees (2024, www.knauf.com/en/who-we-are).With our corporate strategy ”Knauf 100” we decided to challenge and re-invent ourselves to remain (or become) undisputed market leaders: world-class Transport and Warehouse strategy is a cornerstone in this journey.

Come and join us, and you will be among the first shapers of a new Supply Chain, in a newly established multi-billion region (WEI: UK, BeNeLux, France, Spain, Italy & Israel): you will participate in the Region’s growth by orchestrating smarter, faster Transports and Warehousing activities—join us to innovate with Technologies, Processes & Data, collaborate across countries, and see your impact on communities every day. If it was still not enough, you will work from brand-new offices in Levallois-Perret (Paris), with a hybrid set-up possible.

What does the role involve?

In close collaboration with countries (Functional reporting):

Process Design and Implementation:

• Implement new logistics and warehouse processes or modifying existing ones according Group Strategy.

• Developing and documenting processes, including testing and training.

Process Optimization & digitalization:

• Identifying areas for improvement and implementing changes to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.

• Monitoring process performance through KPIs’.

• Utilizing data analysis to identify trends and areas for optimization.

• Proactively support the roll out of Supply Chain digital eco-system (Blue Yonder/TMS/WMS/YMS,etc..).

Stakeholder Management:

• Acting as a Logistics & Warehouse process specialist.

• Being point of contact for Group, WEI Countries and for other Streams.

• Build & Develop Regional Transport and Warehouse community across the 7 countries in the Region.

• Communicating with stakeholders to ensure alignment and address concerns.

Compliance and Governance:

• Ensuring compliance with relevant regulations and laws.

• Ensuring compliance with safety standards. 

Budget Management:

• Logistics and Warehouse tendering in collaboration with Procurement.

• Cost optimization.

Change Management:

• Driving change management practices to ensure adoption of new processes.

Project Management:

• Leading workstream teams and clearing obstacles.

• Facilitating decision-making and ensuring project milestones are met.

What you need:

• Functional expertise. You know how to design, standardize, and continuously improve end‑to‑end transport and warehouse processes across countries; to ensure KPI performance, compliance, system enablement, and stakeholder adoption.
  

• Digital mindset and analytical skills. You understand and analyse transport, warehouse and financial data to drive optimization and contribute to customer service and P&L continuous improvement. You understand digital transformation through TMS (tendering, optimization, track & trace, freight audit & pay with systems such as: SAP TM, Oracle OTM, Blue Yonder) and through WMS (configuration, inbound, inventory & storage, order management & picking, Labor & task management with systems such as: SAP EWM).
  

• Business ownership. You will proactively take all necessary actions to get things done in an international matrix set-up. You understand trade-offs to focus on what matters the most, balancing global, regional and national needs to maximize value creation for the region.
  

• Exceptional communications skills. (including presentations). You can exchange in both formal and informal ways with all levels in the Group and you can promote & cascade  clearly any strategically decision taken by the Group and the Region. You can as well listen to the countries and support their needs in any optimization.
  

• Safety and Sustainability mindset. You will ensure safe transportation/handling of goods by following all regulatory requirements and company procedures, proactively identifying hazards, and stopping work when conditions are unsafe. You will as well drive the decarbonization initiatives and monitor the sustainability reporting.
  

• Functional leadership in a Region in Development. You will take care to build up the Supply Chain Transport and Warehouse community through the WEI Region and engage this community in the transformation journey.

Recruitment process:

1. HR Interview – Screening & Motivational Fit

2. Interview with our Regional Supply Chain Director – Operational expertise, autonomy, decision-making and ownership

3. Team Member Exchange – Cross-country collaboration, communication & working style

KNAUF is an equal opportunity employer: we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

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This job description provides a summary of key responsibilities and qualifications associated with this specific role. It is not exhaustive and may be subject to change as the needs of the organization evolve.