Product Owner BI Logistics CBS
You’ll shape the future of BI for Logistics in our fast-growing international e-commerce operation: Cross Border Solutions.
That’s why you as a Product Owner choose PostNL:
• Visible work: The BI solutions you lead will directly enrich our Logistics insights across PostNL’s international network and help our teams make smarter decisions every day.
• Challenge: We aim for the whole of CBS to have the knowledge and tools to be capable to make data-driven (fact-based) decisions, and you will play a pivotal role in this.
• Great atmosphere: Collaboration, tackling challenges, and having fun at work are key elements of the positive atmosphere in this team.
• Freedom: You have the flexibility to work partly from home and partly at a flexible workspace in our vibrant and state-of-the-art office in the historic Stationspostgebouw, next to Holland Spoor station.
• Responsibility: You have the freedom to largely shape your role and working hours.
• Development opportunities: There are plenty of opportunities to take courses and grow into other roles or departments within the company.
Your role
As Product Owner BI Logistics, you are the strategic driver of data value creation within PostNL’s international logistics operation. Your mission is to ensure that every BI initiative delivers measurable impact. Whether by improving operational efficiency, enhancing supply chain transparency, or enabling smarter decision-making across borders.
You own and prioritize the product backlog, working in an Agile setup with a multidisciplinary team of one BI Analyst, three Data Analysts, and two Data Engineers. You work in a BI landscape that includes Power BI Services for data visualization, Redshift and Databricks for data processing, and AWS as our cloud platform. The team also uses DBT Cloud to manage and scale our data pipelines. With the understanding of your BI landscape, you are able to translate the complex business needs, into actionable data solutions, always with a sharp focus on outcomes that matter.
In this international context you collaborate closely with stakeholders from Operations, Finance, IT, and Strategy. You co-define priorities with CBS Logistics stakeholders and report to the BI&A Manager.
Your growing domain expertise allows you to proactively identify opportunities to optimize performance, reduce costs, and increase reliability through data.
You lead the roadmap with a value-first mindset, ensuring that every dashboard, model, and insight contributes to the wider strategic goals. Whether it’s enabling real-time operational decisions, forecasting volume peaks, or analyzing the performance of our network, you make sure the BI Logistics team delivers solutions that scale, resonate, and drive results.
Your colleagues
At PostNL, our business unit Cross Border Solutions (CBS) makes it easy for people and businesses to communicate and trade across international boundaries. CBS aims to become the most respected service provider by supporting the cross-border e-commerce market through creative and innovative distribution solutions. This international business unit has 13 offices worldwide with 1,200 employees, operating in an agile, customer-focused, and reliable manner. CBS serves customers in over 190 countries.
Within CBS, the Business Intelligence & Analytics (BI&A) department provides insights for the entire organization. The BI&A team consists of approximately 25 professionals, organized in domain-focused subteams. You will join the BI Logistics team, which includes:
• 1 BI Analyst
• 3 Data Analysts
• 2 Data Engineers
• 1 Product Owner (this role)
The team works Agile and collaborates closely with stakeholders from Operations, Finance, IT, and Strategy. Together, you translate business questions into valuable insights that improve performance across the logistics domain.
This is what we offer you
A role full of innovation, and work that you literally see on every street in the Netherlands. At PostNL, we aim to grow into the logistics e-commerce platform of the future, so that we can deliver special moments even smarter, faster, and better. Your mentality and our challenge come together here. In return, you can count on an attractive benefits package:
• A salary between €4.521,29 and €6.402,21 gross per month (scale 11) based on a 37-hour workweekHybrid working with flexible hours
• €45 net monthly home working allowance (when working 2+ days from home)
• 8% holiday allowance and 25 vacation days (based on full-time)
• Travel allowance for commuting
• Solid pension plan via the PostNL Pension Fund
• Laptop and phone
• Access to the PostNL Academy for training and development
• Discounts on holidays, events, and products
This is what you bring
As a Product Owner BI Logistics, you combine a strong business sense with stakeholder management skills and a passion for impact through data. You’re not necessarily a technical expert, but you know how to translate business needs into actionable data solutions and create a shared vision.
You recognize yourself in the following:
• At least 3–5 years of experience in a comparable Product Owner role
• Strong interpersonal and stakeholder skills; a natural connector
• Growth mindset with the ability to influence team culture
• Experience with Power BI or similar tools; basic SQL knowledge is a plus
• Used to working across different teams or domains
• Fluent in Dutch
Some final mail…
Because PostNL believes in equal opportunity, candidates take an assessment designed to evaluate their competencies and skills relevant to the position.
Questions? contact karolina.kolcun@postnl.nl or call +31623017061