Senior Manager of People Operations, sennder
Digital freight-forwarder platform
Open for applications
Digital freight-forwarder platform
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
501-1000 employees
Company mission
Take logistics in a new direction and bring a new degree of transparency and flexibility to the industry.
Role
Who you are
- Experience in HR operations, including contract management, labor law compliance, visa processes, and payroll
- Proven ability to manage complex HR processes in a dynamic and fast-paced environment
- Experience in integrating and transferring HR Processes, such as payroll, employee services, on- and offboarding
- Excellent communication skills in English. Another European language is a plus
- Strong communication and organizational skills with a customer-focused mindset
- Exceptional attention to detail and ability to handle confidential information with integrity
- Experience working in a scale-up or international environment is a plus
- Leadership skills with the ability to mentor and develop team members
- Excellent communication skills in English and other EU language
What the job involves
- As the Senior Manager, People Operations, you will play a key role in leading operational excellence within the People Department. You will oversee and lead all aspects of the employee lifecycle, ensuring seamless processes from onboarding to offboarding. Acting as a trusted advisor to employees and stakeholders, you will drive impactful initiatives while collaborating with teams across our European offices
- Oversee and optimize the full employee lifecycle, ensuring compliance and efficiency
- Lead HR process harmonization and improvement post-acquisition
- Drive strategic projects, leveraging technology to enhance operations
- Collaborate with regional teams to align HR strategies and initiatives
- Provide data-driven insights to support decision-making
- Build and develop a high-performing People Operations team across Europe
- Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement
Our take
The global freight industry is massive, with estimates of its size ranging from $8 trillion to $12 trillion annually. Freight forwarding — the process of organising how and where items will be shipped around the world, and specifically the technology that underpins that work — continues to be a huge area of the logistics market.
Sennder, a digital freight forwarder focused on transporting cargo around Europe, is working towards becoming one of the biggest players in the European market. Sennder's current strategy, following major funding, is to expand rapidly, building upon existing expansions including Cars&Cargo, Uber Freight Europe and Everoad.
Although it is one of the most well-funded of the freight forwarders, Sennder will face direct competition in Europe from the likes of Zencargo, as well as international pressure from international giants such as the US' Flexport. To keep them ahead in the market, Sennder must ensure it keeps on top of developing tech such as fleet management systems and the use of the blockchain to manage automation. As well as this, they must battle with an increasingly climate-conscious consumer base putting growing pressure on the logistics industry to cut down its environmental costs. Ensuring it keeps a balance between performance and innovation will be crucial to Sennder's success going forward.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-4% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Dec 2022
$63.5m
LATE VC
May 2021
$80m
SERIES D
Total funding: $385.8m
Company benefits
- A fast-growing company, transitioning from startup to scale-up, where your work will make an impact on our growth and lead to several career opportunities
- An international team of 900+ people with 65+ nationalities spread across 7 country offices with English as our company language
- A quarterly feedback and review process for personal development. We also use “Objectives and Key Results” for company goals
- A structured promotion process, providing everyone with fair and transparent career growth
- Learning and development opportunities on the job and through conversations with your manager
- Various opportunities to connect with colleagues, formally and informally, digitally or in person (when allowed), through regular team events, company get-togethers, and partnership events with other companies and local organizers
- When in office: unlimited snacks, drinks, and fruits
- Compliance with COVID-19 restrictions when required with remote interviews, onboarding, and working
Company HQ
Tiergarten, Berlin, Germany
Leadership
David Nothacker
(CEO)David is also the co-founder of SmilingBox, and spent almost 5 years in strategy consultancy at Roland Berger.
Julius Koehler
(Managing Director)Julius began their career in logistics, working for the likes of Daimler, Roland Berger and McKinsey. They were also Senior Director of Business Development at WatchMaster.
Nicolaus Schefenacker
(Managing Director)With an MA in Business Administration, Nicolaus is an ex-strategy consultant for engineered and high tech products.
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