This role takes ownership of globally significant WMS growth, transformation, and strategic customer programs within DHL Supply Chain. It involves turning GOPS IT priorities into an executable global roadmap, driving portfolio governance, investment prioritization, cross-regional alignment, and measurable business outcomes. The role leads through influence across various IT and stakeholder teams to accelerate standardization, reuse, automation, and scalable WMS delivery.
Responsibilities
Own and drive the GOPS IT WMS Growth roadmap, ensuring alignment with Group strategy, global IT standards, regional priorities, and customer growth opportunities
Lead portfolio governance and prioritization across strategic WMS initiatives, balancing business value, delivery capacity, technology readiness, and investment priorities
Drive global standardization and adoption of scalable WMS capabilities, reusable solution components, and common delivery practices across regions
Partner with product owners, Centers of Excellence, solution architects, regional IT teams, and delivery organizations to industrialize and scale WMS delivery
Govern reuse opportunities across customer pursuits, implementations, and transformation programs to improve speed, quality, consistency, and cost efficiency
Lead the GOPS IT workstream for strategic global customer pursuits requiring multi-region, multi-product, or complex WMS solution alignment
Govern IT solution consistency across regions, ensuring alignment to standards, operating models, delivery assumptions, and support structures
Partner with commercial, solution design, regional IT, product, and delivery teams to shape scalable customer-facing technology approaches
Lead strategic transformation initiatives focused on WMS scalability, automated testing, configuration automation, AI-enabled quality practices, and operational efficiency
Define transformation roadmaps, success measures, adoption plans, and governance mechanisms for priority automation and digitalization initiatives
Convert lessons learned from strategic pursuits and implementations into reusable practices, templates, and governance standards
Serve as a trusted advisor to GOPS IT leadership on WMS growth, transformation, strategic pursuits, and cross-regional execution risks
Influence regional IT leaders, product teams, business stakeholders, and delivery organizations to align around common priorities and global standards
Provide concise executive communications, portfolio updates, strategic briefings, investment options, risk assessments, and governance materials
Requirements
4+ years of experience in strategic IT program leadership, portfolio governance, supply chain technology, WMS, or global transformation roles
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Strong understanding of warehouse management systems, supply chain IT operating models, solution architecture, implementation lifecycles, and enterprise technology governance
Proven ability to lead complex, cross-functional, multi-region initiatives through influence within matrixed organizations, aligning regional IT teams, product owners, solution architects, delivery organizations, and senior business stakeholders toward common objectives
Ability to translate strategic priorities into executable roadmaps, investment cases, governance models, delivery plans, and measurable business outcomes
Strong executive communication skills, including the ability to prepare decision materials, business cases, strategic recommendations, and leadership briefings
Experience driving standardization, reuse, automation, continuous improvement, or transformation initiatives across large-scale IT environments
Important Details
Travel: less than 20%
Locations: Europe/UKI (Bonn, Germany Preferred)
Application Process
Apply online ensuring that a full up to date CV is attached with your application
About the Company
DHL's business is logistics, with over 500,000 team members in 220 countries. It is one of the most innovative and culturally diverse companies globally, providing opportunities for personal and professional development.
