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Ingrid Sørensen

Operations director turning freight networks into reliable machines

Operations director with 17 years in logistics and supply chain, currently responsible for a 6-terminal freight network moving 1.1M shipments a year. Known for turning around underperforming sites: three terminals brought from bottom-quartile to top-quartile on-time performance within 18 months each.

Operations Director, Northern Europe

Aug 2019 - present

Lead six cross-dock terminals and 480 employees across Denmark, southern Sweden, and northern Germany.

  • Raised network on-time delivery from 91.2% to 97.8% while shipment volume grew 34%.
  • Delivered a DKK 42M annual cost program through route consolidation and a rebuilt night-shift staffing model.
  • Cut lost-time injuries by 61% over four years with a near-miss reporting system now adopted group-wide.
  • Negotiated and integrated a 3PL partnership that absorbed peak-season overflow without temporary terminal leases.
P&L ownershipNetwork designLean operationsChange management

Terminal Manager

Mar 2014 - Jul 2019

Ran the group’s second-largest terminal: 140 staff, 24/7 operation, 6,500 pallets a day.

  • Took the terminal from last to first of nine sites on the internal scorecard in 20 months.
  • Introduced slot-booking for inbound carriers, cutting average dock wait time from 74 to 19 minutes.
  • Reduced staff turnover from 28% to 11% by restructuring shifts around predictable rotas.
Terminal operationsKPI turnaroundPeople leadership

Supply Chain Analyst, then Team Lead

Sep 2009 - Feb 2014

Planned distribution for a chilled-foods producer supplying 1,200 retail stores in Scandinavia.

  • Redesigned the picking layout of the central warehouse, lifting picks per hour by 22%.
  • Built the company’s first S&OP forecast model, cutting chilled-goods write-offs by DKK 4.8M a year.
  • Promoted to lead a team of five planners after two years.
S&OPForecastingWarehouse design

M.Sc. Supply Chain Management

Sep 2007 - Jun 2009

Thesis on capacity pooling in less-than-truckload networks, written in cooperation with a Danish freight operator.

Network optimizationLogistics economics

B.Sc. Economics and Business Administration

Sep 2004 - Jun 2007
EconomicsOperations management

Operational leadership backed by hands-on analytical tooling.

Multi-site P&L managementNetwork and route optimizationLean / continuous improvementS&OP and demand planningUnion negotiationWMS and TMS implementationsSafety management (ISO 45001)Power BICapacity planning

Operates across Scandinavian and German sites in local languages.

Danish (native)English (C1)German (B2)Swedish (B2)

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt

Issued Sep 2017

Certification project eliminated a recurring cross-dock mis-sort defect worth DKK 2.1M a year.

LeanSix SigmaProcess improvement

Certified Supply Chain Professional

Issued Mar 2013
Supply chainPlanning

Henrik Dalgaard

Available on request

Can speak to network turnaround results, cost-program delivery, and leadership through the 2022 volume surge.

COODirect manager

Pia Kristoffersen

Available on request

Can speak to people leadership, union relations, and the turnover reduction at the Aarhus terminal.

HRPeople leadership

Large cross-functional programs led end to end.

Network 2025 consolidation

2022 - 2024

Merged two overlapping regional networks into one, closing three redundant depots while keeping customer OTD above 96% throughout the transition.

  • DKK 42M annual run-rate savings, verified by group finance.
  • Zero involuntary redundancies: 87 affected employees redeployed via a retraining agreement with the union.
RestructuringProgram managementStakeholder management