Transport manager

60 customers.

You’re distributing 11K pallets. Checking performance, connect with your team, and reset priorities. You’re visible on site—supporting, coaching, and stepping in where it counts.

As issues arise (they always do), you handle them calmly and commercially balancing customer expectations, cost control, and service quality. You review KPIs, identify improvement opportunities, and make decisions that keep everything flowing.

Later, your focus shifts to the bigger picture: financial performance, customer reviews, future capacity, and new opportunities. You work with internal stakeholders, contribute to sales discussions, and ensure transport solutions work in practice.

Throughout the day, you set the standard—on safety, compliance, sustainability, and quality. You don’t wait for problems; you prevent them.

When you leave site, things are under control. Customers are confident. The team is aligned. And tomorrow is already set up for success.


* Lead and grow a transport team of 9, taking full ownership of day‑to‑day operations and driving a culture of performance, safety, and continuous improvement
* Take full accountability for the transport P&L, managing budgets, costs, invoicing accuracy, and operating income with a strong commercial mindset
* Deliver an excellent customer experience, exceeding KPIs, contributing to QBRs, and partnering with sales on quotations and growth opportunities
* Drive efficiency and innovation, embedding Lean principles, quality systems, sustainability initiatives, and leading the rollout of new transport technologies from 2026
* Be a role model for compliance and standards, ensuring Health & Safety, legal, environmental, and GXO requirements are consistently met


* Solid experience in transport or distribution operations (typically 5+ years), with strong operational credibility
* A people‑first leader who enjoys coaching teams and leading through change and continuous improvement
* Strong commercial and financial acumen, with confidence owning budgets and managing a P&L
* Comfortable driving operational improvement, efficiency, and change in a fast‑paced environment
* Fluent in Dutch and English, with professional French; a relevant degree and transport licence (vakbekwaamheid) are an advantage, not a requirement


* A full‑time leadership role with genuine ownership
* Influence over strategy, innovation, and future transport models
* Direct involvement in GXO’s 2026 transformation roadmap and rollout of Transport Technology
* Career development within a global, growing organisation
* A role where your impact is visible and valued