Regional Head of Life Sciences & Healthcare (LSH) – APAC
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Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany · Hybrid
Mid level
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Regional Head of Life Sciences & Healthcare (LSH) – APAC
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Full-time
Posted 50d ago
~40 hrs/week
Responsibilities
Lead the strategy, governance, and growth of the Life Sciences & Healthcare vertical across the APAC region for Air & Ocean logistics. Manage strategic global accounts, ensure strict regulatory compliance (GDP/GxP), and align regional execution with global objectives.
Requirements
Requires proven senior experience in freight forwarding or logistics with a specialization in Life Sciences and Healthcare. Must possess strong leadership skills, expertise in complex tender management, and the ability to operate within a matrix organization.
Full job description
What You Can Expect:
1. Strategy, Governance & Performance
Be part of setting the global LSH vertical strategy and execution in your region for Air & Ocean, including annual planning for revenue, volume, and gross profit in line with agreed budgets.
Drive vertical growth initiatives, including account penetration, capability development, and business improvement programs aligned with customer expectations.
Act as the link between strategy and execution, translating strategic objectives into concrete initiatives, projects, and governance structures.
Lead, coach, and develop Key Account Management and Business Development resources within the LSH vertical.
2. Business Development & Key Accounts
Identify, develop, and manage high-potential and strategic global LSH customers, maintaining a robust sales pipeline.
Personally engage and drive in strategic sales opportunities, customer negotiations, and executive-level meetings where required.
Provide commercial and analytical input during tender and RFQ/RFP processes, including historic volume, rate, and profitability analysis.
Represent the LSH vertical in customer meetings, industry events, and relevant external forums.
Act as single point of escalation for key LSH customers, ensuring service quality, customer satisfaction, and rapid issue resolution.
3. Quality & Compliance
Ensure quality governance and regulatory compliance across the LSH vertical within Air & Ocean within your region.
Ensure adherence to relevant LSH industry standards and customer requirements (e.g. GDP, GxP, temperature-controlled logistics, validation, audit readiness).
Translate regulatory and customer requirements into standardized operational frameworks, controls, and KPIs across the global network.
Work closely with Quality, Operations, Product, and Sales to ensure customer solutions, contracts, and service commitments are fully compliant and risk-assessed.
Act as senior escalation point for quality deviations, audits, and compliance-related customer issues, ensuring structured root-cause analysis and corrective actions.
Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance compliance maturity, service quality, and risk management across LSH supply chains.
4. Internal Alignment & Network Engagement
Work closely with Global, Regional, and Country Sales leadership to ensure consistent vertical strategy execution across regions.
Build strong cross-functional collaboration with Product, Operations, Pricing, Tender Management, and other Business Units.
Drive internal awareness of LSH capabilities through structured communication, training, and best-practice sharing.
Ensure alignment between customer commitments and operational capabilities across the global network.
What You Bring:
Experience & Capabilities
Proven senior experience in freight forwarding or logistics, with a strong focus on Life Sciences & Healthcare and global customer management.
Demonstrated ability to lead strategic growth initiatives, manage senior stakeholders, and develop high-performing commercial teams.
Strong understanding of value creation in logistics, including cost-to-serve, productivity, total cost of ownership, and inventory considerations.
Hands-on experience with tender management, solution design, and complex deal execution.
Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills in an international environment.
Analytical, structured, and execution-oriented, with the ability to operate independently in a complex matrix organization.
Fluent in English; additional languages are an advantage.
Related keywords
Life SciencesHealthcareAPACAir & OceanGDPGxPTemperature-Controlled LogisticsSupply Chain OptimizationRFQRFPCost-to-ServeTotal Cost of OwnershipValidationAudit ReadinessFreight ForwardingLogistics
Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
Company size
10,001+ employees
Founded
1912
Headquarters
Holzwickede, Germany
LinkedIn followers
512,937
The Rhenus Group is one of the leading logistics specialists with global business operations and annual turnover amounting to EUR 8.2 billion. 39,000 employees work at more than 1,300 business sites in 70+ countries and develop innovative solutions along the complete supply chain. Whether providing transport, warehousing, customs clearance or value-added services, the family-owned business pools its operations in various business units where the needs of customers are the major focus at all times.
For further Information visit www.rhenus.group
Imprint: https://www.rhenus.group/imprint/
Data Protection Policy: https://www.rhenus.group/data-protection-policy/
Offices: Rhenus-Platz 1, Am Airport Dortmund, Holzwickede, Germany D-59439, DE
Contract LogisticsFreight Logisticsand Port LogisticsInformation TechnologyWarehousingLogisticsTransportationSupply Chain Management
Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
Company size
10,001+ employees
Founded
1912
Headquarters
Holzwickede, Germany
LinkedIn followers
512,937
The Rhenus Group is one of the leading logistics specialists with global business operations and annual turnover amounting to EUR 8.2 billion. 39,000 employees work at more than 1,300 business sites in 70+ countries and develop innovative solutions along the complete supply chain. Whether providing transport, warehousing, customs clearance or value-added services, the family-owned business pools its operations in various business units where the needs of customers are the major focus at all times.
For further Information visit www.rhenus.group
Imprint: https://www.rhenus.group/imprint/
Data Protection Policy: https://www.rhenus.group/data-protection-policy/
Offices: Rhenus-Platz 1, Am Airport Dortmund, Holzwickede, Germany D-59439, DE
Contract LogisticsFreight Logisticsand Port LogisticsInformation TechnologyWarehousingLogisticsTransportationSupply Chain Management