Logistics Team Leader
Are you passionate about logistics operations and leading people?
Do you enjoy being close to the operation, solving daily challenges, and ensuring that materials and products move efficiently from production to customers? Are you an experienced logistics professional who thrives in a hands-on environment while also contributing to continuous improvements?
If so, you could be our new Logistics Team Leader at Riemann/ Functional Personal Care, Orkla Health.
About the role
As Logistics Team Leader, you will be responsible for ensuring the smooth day-to-day execution of our logistics operations. The position is based at our facility in Hillerød.
The role is primarily an operational leadership role (approximately 80%), where your focus will be on managing daily warehouse activities, transportation, inventory movements, customer deliveries and leading a team of warehouse operators.
The remaining 20% of your role will focus on tactical improvements, including optimizing logistics processes, driving continuous improvement initiatives, monitoring KPIs and supporting Supply Chain projects.
The role also includes ownership of the site's scrap management process, ensuring accurate reporting, root cause analysis and cross-functional follow-up to reduce waste and improve operational performance.
You will be part of our Operations organization, working closely with Planning, Procurement, Production, Technical Development and Customer Service.
You will have direct responsibility for a team of three warehouse operators and report to the Head of Sourcing & Logistics.
As this is a newly established position, you will have the opportunity to help shape both the role and the future way of working.
Key responsibilities
Operational (approximately 80%)
- Lead, coach and develop the warehouse team
- Ensure safe and efficient daily warehouse operations
- Coordinate inbound and outbound logistics activities
- Ensure timely deliveries to customers
- Manage inventory accuracy and warehouse performance
- Coordinate transportation and external logistics providers
- Resolve day-to-day operational challenges
- Collaborate closely with Planning, Production, Procurement and Customer Service
- Ensure compliance with company procedures, GMP requirements and applicable regulations
Tactical (approximately 20%)
- Identify and implement continuous improvements within logistics operations
- Own and continuously improve the site's scrap management process, including reporting, root cause analysis and cross-functional follow-up
- Develop operational KPI reporting and performance dashboards
- Analyze logistics performance and drive corrective actions
- Support warehouse optimization and process improvement initiatives
- Participate in Supply Chain improvement projects
- Support supplier and logistics partner performance reviews
Professional qualifications
- Relevant degree within Logistics, Supply Chain, Engineering or a related discipline
- Minimum 5 years of experience within logistics or supply chain operations
- Previous people management experience is preferred
- Experience working with Warehouse Management Systems (WMS), ERP systems or similar
- Experience with Power BI is an advantage
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to prioritize and make decisions in a fast-paced operational environment
- Fluent in Danish and English, both written and spoken
Personal profile
You are a visible and hands-on leader who enjoys being close to the operation.
You are structured, proactive, detail-oriented, and comfortable balancing operational priorities with longer-term improvements.
You have strong communication skills and naturally build positive relationships across departments.
You thrive in a dynamic environment where no two days are the same and where your leadership makes a real difference.
What we offer
At Functional Personal Care, you'll join a growing company with well-known international brands and an ambitious Supply Chain organization with professional and personal development opportunities.
You'll become part of a collaborative culture built on trust, knowledge sharing and continuous improvement, where people genuinely enjoy working together.
Our benefits include a pension scheme, parental leave scheme, health insurance, accident insurance, social events, flexible working arrangements, an attractive canteen, a corporate agreement providing access to fitness facilities, and electric vehicle charging.
Interested?
We review applications on an ongoing basis, so please submit your application and CV as soon as possible.
If you have any questions about the position, please contact: Josu Rodriguez Padro, Head of Sourcing & Logistics: josu.padro@orkla.dk
We encourage applications from all qualified candidates regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or cultural background.
About Functional Personal Care, Orkla Health
We develop, produce, and market the well-known brands, P20 sun protection and Perspirex antiperspirants. Our ambition is to become a global player within the two segments, and we are in the beginning of an exciting journey. As a company we are consumer centric in everything we do, and always strive to improve our highly performing brands, both in branding and in formulation.
The facility in Hillerød is a medium-sized company with approx. 70 colleagues in a flat organization with an informal tone. We are known in the industry for delivering "seriously reliable products", which we are very proud of. We are a part of the Orkla Group, so you will be part of a large global organization with many exciting development opportunities.
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