Are you an experienced, operational road transport & logistics professional with strong leadership skills and a commercial mindset? Would you like to be the spearhead of an ambitious growth strategy securing the company's position among the best performing in the industry. Are you passionate about managing change for growth using your great talent for creating a positive and inspiring working environment?
If so, we may have the perfect job for you!
Our client, ANCOTRANS, operates in the transport and logistics industry with a focus on container road transport solutions. They also offer solutions in rail, intermodal and to a lesser extend tank and trailer. ANCOTRANS is one of Denmark's oldest family-owned and family-managed companies. They have around 900 trucks and 2000 chassis in daily rotation throughout Europe with offices in several key cities throughout their core markets in Germany, Benelux, Sweden, and Denmark. They have more than 450 employees and around 600 subcontractors, all of whom keep the wheels turning handling more than 335.000 yearly transports.
Currently, Denmark and Sweden constitute 2/3 of the activities, and Benelux and Germany constitute 1/3. But as ANCOTRANS is already the market leader in Denmark the biggest potential lies outside of Denmark with Germany being an important strategic area.
For ANCOTRANS, Landau Headhunting is searching for a Country Manager, who will be given the full P&L responsibility for the German business entity, including the strategic management and leadership responsibility of 26 FTE's in Commercial & Planning.
ANCOTRANS' three German sites are located in Hamburg (headquarter), Cologne and Stuttgart. Currently, they run a total of 130 trucks in Germany, 87 owned by ANCOTRANS and 43 subcontractors, and the number of subcontractors is expected to rise over the coming years. Turnover in 2024 was EUR 26 Mio.
ANCOTRANS' Fleet department with 4 FTE's and around 115 truckdrivers is also part of the P&L but is managed separately by the Fleet Manager, who reports to Group COO.
The German market position is an important focus area that ANCOTRANS wishes to strengthen. Therefore, we are looking for a strong strategic, operational and highly commercially oriented profile, who can drive an ambitious growth journey, enter the untapped markets and lead the German subsidiary to the next level, thereby securing the company's position among the best-performing in the industry.
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