Operations Team Leader - Ostrava

DP World, the fast-growing transportation and logistics leader that currently manages more than 10% of world trade, is seeking three professionals to join its Greenfield Contract Logistics site in Ostrava, Czech Republic as Operations Team Leaders. As Operations Team Leader, you will play a key role in launching and shaping the operations of our new warehouse. You will lead the development and optimization of processes across the value chain, ensure effective implementation of our Integrated Management System, and maintain strong alignment with customer, legal, and regulatory requirements. Reporting directly to the Site Manager, you will be responsible for driving operational results, ensuring order and efficiency in your area, and communicating clear expectations to your teams as the operation grows.

Your Responsibilities:

• Leading, guiding, and supporting all subordinate employees, including issuing clear instructions and ensuring effective task execution.
• Planning, controlling, and monitoring all site processes and workflows, driving optimization and supporting the Continuous Improvement Process (CIP).
• Overseeing and managing day-to-day operations to ensure smooth and efficient functioning of the location.
• Communicating regularly with the customer, identifying and understanding operational requirements, expectations, and improvement opportunities.
• Ensuring full compliance with customer interface agreements and maintaining a strong, cooperative working relationship.
• Conducting workforce planning, ensuring adequate staffing levels, employee availability, and ongoing development through training and performance reviews.
• Motivating and engaging employees to foster a high-performance culture within the team.
• Achieving company objectives, operational targets, quality goals, and AUG requirements within the area of responsibility.
• Ensuring compliance with all legal regulations relevant to operations at the site.
• Upholding and enforcing occupational health and safety standards in accordance with delegated responsibilities.
• Managing equipment and resource planning, including overseeing preventive and predictive maintenance where applicable.
• Monitoring and measuring product conformity to required standards.
• Tracking, analyzing, and managing performance within the area of responsibility using key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Supporting the development and implementation of corrective and preventive actions within the error-correction and continuous improvement processes.

Your Profile:

• Completed vocational training and ideally a university or college degree in a technical or commercial field, or an equivalent qualification gained through relevant professional experience.
• Additional specialist trainings in relevant operational or technical areas are considered an advantage.
• Strong knowledge of business administration principles and their application within an operational environment.
• In-depth understanding of logistics processes, with a particular emphasis on automotive and transport logistics.
• Familiarity with applicable local legal regulations governing operational, safety, and quality standards.
• Solid understanding of industry standards and customer-specific requirements, including DIN EN ISO 9001 and VDA 6.3.
• Basic proficiency in IT systems and tools required for daily operational and reporting tasks.
• Basic English language skills, sufficient for communication in an international operational context.
• Demonstrated experience in employee leadership, including managing teams and ensuring compliance with operational standards.
• Proven ability to manage a site, department, or similarly complex operational function with responsibility for performance, quality, and process adherence.
• Experience working with complex manufacturing or operational processes within defined standards, customer requirements, and quality frameworks.
• Practical experience in logistics operations, ideally within automotive logistics or transport logistics environments.

Compensation

DP World offers exciting and challenging roles within a growing international organization. We strive to hire and develop the right people, locally and globally, stimulating personal growth and self-development within an informal atmosphere. We offer a market competitive compensation package.

About DP World

Trade is the lifeblood of the global economy, creating opportunities and improving the quality of life for people around the world. DP World exists to make the world’s trade flow better, changing what’s possible for the customers and communities we serve globally. With a dedicated, diverse and professional team of more than 115,000 employees from 160 nationalities, spanning 78 countries on six continents, DP World is pushing trade further and faster towards a seamless supply chain that’s fit for the future. We’re rapidly transforming and integrating our businesses -- Ports and Terminals, Marine Services, Logistics and Technology – and uniting our global infrastructure with local expertise to create stronger, more efficient end-to-end supply chain solutions that can change the way the world trades. What’s more, we’re reshaping the future by investing in innovation. From intelligent delivery systems to automated warehouse stacking, we’re at the cutting edge of disruptive technology, pushing the sector towards better ways to trade, minimising disruptions from the factory floor to the customer’s door. DP World is on a mission to transcend boundaries and bridge the gap between all nations and cultures – not just in what we do but also in how we behave. We are dedicated to creating a culture where everyone feels respected, supported, and empowered to reach their full potential. We believe that embracing inclusion and diversity drives innovation and growth and helps us connect people, businesses, and societies. Free minds and different perspectives are changing our world, and together we can change what’s possible. WE MAKE TRADE FLOW TO CHANGE WHAT'S POSSIBLE FOR EVERYONE.