Supply Chain Director - BU Transport Reagents

About the Unit

Help shape a global supply chain that enables cleaner transport worldwide.

At Yara, we work to responsibly solve some of the world’s key challenges – resource scarcity, environmental change, and climate impact. Yara Industrial Solutions (YIS) is a global unit within Yara International, delivering essential nitrogen-based solutions to industries worldwide.

Transport Reagents is one of four commercial units within YIS and is responsible for Yara’s AdBlue® / Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) / Arla 32 business. Yara is the world’s largest producer of AdBlue®, supplying millions of vehicles every day through a global network of plants, terminals, logistics partners, and customers. Our products play a critical role in reducing harmful NOx emissions and enabling compliance with stringent emission regulations globally.

We are now looking for a Supply Chain Director to take end-to-end accountability for the global supply chain of our Transport Reagents business.

About the Role

As Supply Chain Director, you will own the entire global supply chain for Transport Reagents – from urea melt at production sites through processing, storage, transportation, and final delivery to customers (liquid and solid).

This is a senior, outcome-driven leadership role with clear accountability for cost, reliability, safety, compliance, and scalability. You will act as the single point of accountability for physical product flows, ensuring that our supply chain delivers industry-leading service levels at the lowest total cost, while enabling future growth – including market entry in India, expansions in Brazil, and other global growth initiatives.

You will work closely with commercial teams, production assets, and global stakeholders, shielding sales from operational complexity so they can focus on customers and sales, while you ensure robust, profitable, cost efficient and reliable flows across the network.

Why This Role Mattaers?

Transport emissions are one of the world’s most pressing environmental challenges. In this role, you will:

• Enable millions of vehicles to operate with significantly lower NOx emissions.
• Ensure reliable supply of a mission-critical product for customers and regulators.
• Shape and professionalize a global, asset-intensive supply chain with real scale and complexity.
• Deliver measurable value through cost reduction, service improvement, and risk mitigation.
• Play a key role in Yara’s sustainability and decarbonization ambitions.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and execute the global supply chain strategy for Transport Reagents, optimizing total landed cost while delivering defined On-Time, In-Full (OTIF), availability, and service targets.
• Act as single point of contact (SPOC) towards production sites, owning replenishment planning and ensuring that production aligns with profitable and executable flows.
• Lead global network optimization, including terminals, processing, storage, and logistics setup; open, close, or repurpose assets where needed.
• Drive freight cost optimization across vessels, barges, containers, rail, and road through network design, contract renegotiation, and transport mode optimization.
• Integrate Third-party Produced Product (TPP) to enhance flexibility and reliability of supply.
• Build and run a robust global demand and supply planning process, integrating commercial forecasts, production constraints, and external sourcing.
• Own end-to-end physical product flow and quality release under controlled and compliant conditions.
• Identify, mitigate, and proactively manage supply chain risks in volatile and constrained environments.
• Build a data-driven decision making culture by define, track, and act on supply chain KPIs, driving corrective actions with pace.
• Build, lead, and develop a high-performing global supply chain team with a strong execution mindset.
• Translate digitalization, automation, and low-carbon logistics initiatives into concrete, measurable results.

What We Are Looking For?

• Experience:
  • • 10+ years in senior supply chain / operations roles with end-to-end responsibility in global, asset-intensive environments (e.g., chemicals, industrial commodities, energy, fuels).
    • Proven leadership experience managing international teams in commercially driven organizations.
    • Demonstrated accountability for large-scale cost reduction and network optimization.
• Expertise:
  • • Deep understanding of global logistics, terminal economics, and multimodal transport.
    • Experience with demand planning, supply allocation, inventory management, and landed-cost modelling.
    • Ability to operate in safety-critical, regulated environments and make disciplined trade-offs between cost, service, and risk.
• Leadership & Mindset:
  • • A clear owner who delivers results through decisive action, not bureaucracy.
    • Strong commercial instinct combined with a holistic “Yara-first” perspective.
    • Comfortable operating under pressure and driving alignment across complex stakeholder landscapes (Central Supply Chain, Terminal Operations, Global Planning Office, Plants, Sales/Market Managers, Other BUs, etc)
• Education:
  • • Master’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations, Industrial Management, or similar.
    • Additional executive education in logistics, operations, or finance is an advantage.

Additional Information

Location

Location is flexible but must be based in one of the major Yara hubs in a region, where Transport Reagents has meaningful business activities. Final location will be discussed with suitable candidates. The role has a global scope and requires close collaboration across regions and functions.

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a global market leader in AdBlue® / DEF / Arla 32.
• Take on a high-impact leadership role with clear accountability and visibility.
• Shape a supply chain that directly improves air quality worldwide.
• Work in an international, diverse, and values-driven organization.
• Grow your career at the intersection of operations, strategy, and sustainability.

Contact details

Christian Simonsen – SVP, Transport Reagents
Jens Heidenreich – Senior People Business Partner, YIS

Apply Now

Please submit your application in English via Yara’s job portal by May 17th, 2026.
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