GXO Logistics — one of the world’s leading logistics companies, known for innovation, automation, and operational excellence — is seeking a strategically capable, data-driven, and people-focused Team Leader Workforce Planning (m/w/d) to join its highly automated logistics site in Bremen, Germany. This is not a role that simply maintains existing processes. This is a role that gives you the opportunity to actively shape the workforce strategy of a modern, rapidly growing logistics location — building bridges between data, people, and operational excellence, and driving direct, measurable impact on site performance and customer satisfaction.
About This Role — Team Leader Workforce Planning at GXO Bremen
Company: GXO Logistics — one of the world’s leading logistics service providers, with a strong focus on innovation, automation, and sustainable growth
Site: Highly automated logistics site in Bremen — a modern, technology-driven operational environment at the forefront of contemporary German logistics
Role Level: Team Leader — strategic and operational workforce planning responsibility with direct team leadership and cross-functional stakeholder management
Systems: ATOSS workforce management system (existing or future implementation), Excel, and relevant WFM/reporting tools
Authorization: Candidates must be authorized to work in Germany — work authorization is a prerequisite for application
Why GXO Logistics Bremen — Shape the Future of Workforce Planning in German Logistics
Active Development Role: You don’t just execute workforce planning — you actively develop and professionalize the processes and systems (including ATOSS) at a growing, ambitious logistics site
Global Leader Platform: GXO Logistics is a global market leader — the career credential, international network, and professional development resources available here are among the best in the European logistics sector
Direct Business Impact: Your workforce planning decisions directly influence site performance KPIs, staffing costs, productivity, and customer satisfaction — genuine, visible, and daily organizational impact
Career Advancement: Clear development and career opportunities within a global logistics organization — a well-structured advancement pathway for ambitious workforce planning professionals in Germany
Position Overview
The Team Leader Workforce Planning (m/w/d) at GXO Bremen will take full responsibility for the strategic and operational personnel and capacity planning of the logistics site. You will lead and develop the Workforce Planning team, create short-, medium-, and long-term forecasts, manage staffing deployment based on volume forecasts and productivity targets, plan for peak periods and seasonal variations, develop workforce management processes and reporting structures, analyze KPIs including productivity, attendance, overtime, and personnel costs, manage staffing agency performance, collaborate closely with Operations, HR, Finance, and the customer, and support budget, headcount, and resource planning throughout the year.
Why This Team Leader Workforce Planning Role at GXO Bremen Stands Out: You hold a key position with direct influence on site performance and customer satisfaction — not a back-office support function but a strategically central leadership role with visible, measurable organizational impact, the opportunity to actively co-design and professionalize workforce planning processes and future systems like ATOSS at a growing, highly automated logistics site is a genuinely rare professional development opportunity in German logistics, collaboration with Operations, HR, Finance, and international GXO experts creates extraordinary cross-functional professional development breadth that accelerates career advancement well beyond standard workforce planning roles, GXO’s global market leadership, technology-driven culture, and commitment to innovation means you join an organization at the absolute forefront of contemporary logistics — not just a stable employer, but an exciting and progressive one, and an attractive salary package plus individual training and development support confirms that GXO invests substantively in the professionals who help shape its operational future.
Key Responsibilities
Team Leadership & Workforce Planning Strategy
- Lead, develop, and continuously improve the Workforce Planning team — building a data-driven, analytically strong, and operationally connected planning capability that directly enables the Bremen site’s performance goals
- Create short-, medium-, and long-term volume forecasts and capacity plans — translating complex volume data into practical, actionable staffing plans that meet productivity targets and cost objectives
- Manage staffing deployment based on volume forecasts, productivity objectives, and cost parameters — ensuring the right colleagues are in the right place at the right time to meet operational demands
- Plan and manage staffing requirements for peak periods and seasonal demand fluctuations — proactively building flexible workforce capacity plans that prevent service disruptions during high-volume operational periods
Forecasting, KPI Analysis & Reporting
- Develop and continuously improve workforce management processes and reporting structures — building the analytical infrastructure that enables data-driven workforce decisions across the entire Bremen logistics site
- Analyze all relevant KPIs including productivity, attendance rates, overtime hours, and personnel costs — identifying trends, risks, and optimization opportunities through rigorous, systematic data analysis
- Build and maintain workforce planning dashboards and performance reports for Operations, HR, Finance, and senior site management — providing clear, timely, and actionable workforce intelligence to all key stakeholders
- Contribute to workforce planning system development — actively participating in the implementation and optimization of ATOSS and other workforce management platforms at the Bremen site
Staffing Agency Management & Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Manage and monitor the performance of staffing and personnel service providers — conducting regular performance reviews, managing service levels, and ensuring contractual compliance across all temporary workforce partnerships
- Collaborate closely with Operations, HR, Finance, and the customer — ensuring workforce planning decisions are aligned with operational requirements, financial targets, and customer service expectations at all times
- Support budget, headcount, and resource planning activities — providing accurate and insightful workforce data that enables informed organizational decision-making across all planning horizons
- Work alongside international GXO experts within the wider logistics network — contributing Bremen site workforce planning insights and receiving best-practice knowledge from GXO’s global operations community
What GXO Logistics Offers You
Your Benefits as Team Leader Workforce Planning at GXO Bremen:
Key Role with Site Impact
ATOSS System Development
International Expert Network
Automated Modern Logistics
Clear Career Development
Attractive Salary Package
Individual Training Offers
Global Market Leader
Qualifications & Requirements
Educational Background
- Degree in Logistics, Business Administration (BWL), Industrial Engineering (Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen), or a comparable qualification — or alternatively a commercial vocational training with relevant professional experience in workforce planning
- GXO explicitly states it is not looking for a perfect checklist — people with experience in workforce planning who have a genuine desire to take on responsibility are warmly welcomed to apply
Experience Requirements
- Experience in workforce planning, capacity planning, or resource management within logistics, production, or staffing services — with first or several years of leadership experience as a team lead or supervisor
- Very good Excel skills and genuine enthusiasm for working with data — combined with ideally ATOSS or comparable workforce management system experience
- Good German and English language skills — required for internal communication and collaboration with GXO’s international expert network
- Must be authorized to work in Germany — valid German work authorization is a prerequisite for this position
How to Apply
Send Your CV Directly to GXO Logistics Corporate Recruiter:
Valerie Libunao — Corporate Recruiter | GXO Logistics
valerie.libunao@gxo.com
Subject: Team Leader Workforce Planning Bremen — Your Name
About GXO Logistics — Where Innovation Meets Operational Excellence
GXO Logistics is one of the world’s leading logistics service providers — a company that actively drives innovation, automation, and operational excellence across its global network. At GXO, every day is different, individual development and initiative are actively encouraged, and sustainable growth is genuinely valued. With a strong focus on customer satisfaction, innovation, and colleague development, GXO has earned its position as a global logistics market leader through consistent operational delivery and a forward-thinking culture that attracts and develops the best talent in the industry.
At GXO Bremen, you join a highly automated, modern, and technology-driven logistics site where your workforce planning expertise directly shapes site performance outcomes, cost efficiency, and customer satisfaction metrics. The opportunity to co-design and professionalize workforce management processes — including the active development of ATOSS and future WFM systems — makes this a genuinely rare and career-defining logistics leadership role in Germany’s vibrant logistics market.
Career Excellence: Shape the workforce planning future of one of the world’s leading logistics companies from GXO’s Bremen site — where your analytical capability, planning expertise, and leadership strength directly drive operational excellence and make an impact that is visible, measurable, and genuinely valued every single day.
Who Should Apply?
- Workforce Planning Professionals with Team Leadership Experience: With proven capacity planning, forecasting, and workforce management experience in logistics, production, or staffing environments in Germany
- ATOSS or WFM System Users: With hands-on experience in ATOSS or comparable workforce management platforms — and strong Excel and data analysis skills for KPI reporting and trend analysis
- Logistics & Supply Chain Graduates: With relevant workforce planning or capacity management experience and a genuine desire to take on leadership responsibility and shape processes at a highly automated GXO logistics site
- Data-Driven Operations Leaders: Who combine analytical thinking, pragmatic problem-solving, and confident stakeholder communication with a personal commitment to building rather than just maintaining
- German-English Bilingual Professionals: Authorized to work in Germany — ready to contribute to and collaborate within GXO’s international workforce planning expert network from the Bremen base
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