At C.H. Robinson, we're currently seeking a Branch Manager in the Istanbul branch. As the Branch Manager, you'll be leading a team of local employees in Istanbul. Your role will encompass overseeing capacity and account management activities, ensuring the fulfillment of customer transportation needs, delivering top-notch experiences, and meeting the financial targets set by the organization. Your primary focus will revolve around managing and implementing a business plan geared toward achieving profitable growth.

Responsibilities:

• Grow the business through:

  • active cooperation with regional and corporate sales teams on planning and supporting new sales as a subject matter expert.

  • delivering excellent service to existing customers, implementing account management routines to accelerate the growth of existing accounts, and preventing churn of business.

  • delivering excellent value to existing carriers, and implementing carrier management routines to accelerate growth of existing relationship.

• Branch P&L responsibility

• Hold ongoing business reviews

• Manage and execute business plan for profitable growth of domestic business

• Coordinate change management initiatives (communication, implementation and reinforcement)

• Ensure that our customers, carriers and employees are informed of emerging market trends and are well-positioned to adapt correctly to market changes

• Manage team of professionals, supervisors and managers; Act as an advisor to subordinates regarding projects & overall operations and provide leadership through both hands-on management approaches and delegation

• Building the branch through active sourcing and recruitment of talented employees

• Drive employee productivity and performance culture

• Develop and grow existing accounts to generate more revenue and expand cooperation

• Develop, maintain, and optimize carrier relationships and capacity procurement strategies

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of professional experience in the European logistics, Supply chain or Transport industry

• Additionally, 3+ years of management experience in a dynamic, analytical-minded environment, with diverse and geographically spread out teams and customer base.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proven ability to lead through changing market conditions

• Knowledge of industry metrics and strong affinity with automation, Technology and analytical reporting tools

• Demonstrated success generating revenue or business growth in a manager or equivalent role

• Strong understanding of industry sales-, account- and financial management operations

• Bachelor’s degree in economics or equivalent

• Entrepreneur with an innovation bias: continuously scans the market for new opportunities, best practices and potential disruptors

• Willingness to travel within the Region on a regular and as need basis

What does C.H. Robinson offer you?

• Opportunity to develop your talent in a fast-moving, global organization

• Use and develop your language skills in our international work environment. Our offices speak over 26 European languages each day.

• Unlimited access to training platform Percipio and GoFluent, Employee Assistance Program ICAS

• Real career possibilities and the opportunity to develop your talent in a fast-moving, global organization

• Benefits package which includes: health insurance, WFH allowance, gym allowance, meal vouchers

Questioning if you meet the mark? Studies have shown that women and people of color may be less likely to apply unless they match the job description exactly. Here at C.H. Robinson, we’re building a diverse and inclusive workplace where all employees feel they belong. If this position excites you, we welcome you to apply whether you check all the preferred qualifications or just a few. You may just be our next great fit!

Why Do You Belong at C.H. Robinson?

Standing out among the world’s largest logistics platforms, C.H. Robinson solves logistics problems for companies across the globe and across industries, from the simple to the most complex. For 100+ years, our global suite of services has innovated trade to seamlessly deliver the products and goods that drive the world’s economy. With 20 million shipments annually for 100,000 customers, and millions of dollars contributed to support causes that matter to us, our people and technology literally move the world.

As a FORTUNE 200 company, FORTUNE has also named C.H. Robinson one of the World’s Most Admired Companies 2022. Headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, we are proud to be recognized as one of LinkedIn’s Top Companies in Minneapolis-St. Paul 2021. And we’re not stopping there… Join us as we collaborate, innovate, and work as one global team to make life better and more sustainable for our customers, communities, and world.