Giancarlo Di Benedetto, CSCP

Global Category Director – Logistics | Road & Seafreight | Risk, Compliance & Complex Flows

Greater Hamburg Area

About

Giancarlo is a Global Logistics Procurement Leader at Aurubis, with responsibility for road and seafreight logistic categories across Europe and intercontinental flows. He has extensive experience in category strategy, supplier governance and the management of complex, high‑value logistics operations, with a strong focus on risk, compliance and cargo security. Before joining Aurubis, he held management roles at global logistics providers, giving him a solid end‑to‑end perspective on transport markets and supply chain execution.

Experience

  • Aurubis (15 yrs 4 mos)
    • Global Category Manager Logistics
      Oct 2019 - Present · 6 yrs 9 mos

      Global responsibility for logistics procurement with focus on road and seafreight across Europe and intercontinental flows. Global/hybrid category ownership, including strategy definition, RFQs, contract negotiations and supplier governance. Definition and enforcement of qualification standards, SOPs and performance KPIs across regions. Management of complex, high‑value logistics flows with strong focus on risk, compliance and cargo security. Lead interface between Procurement, Commercial, SCM, and Group Security on strategic and escalation topics. Steering of transport providers and forwarders, including corrective actions following incidents or service failures. Strategic reduction of dependency on large forwarders, increasing direct sourcing from asset‑based carriers where appropriate.

    • Procurement Manager Logistics, Lead Buyer Road and Seafreight
      Jan 2015 - Sep 2019 · 4 yrs 9 mos

      Procurement of logistic and transportation services for European and intercontinental flows. Execution of logistics RFXs and contract negotiations with regional and global providers. Close coordination with production, commercial and logistics operations to ensure service continuity and cost control. Management of supplier performance and commercial escalations. Progressive expansion from operational procurement into category‑level responsibilities.

    • Head of External Logistics Aurubis AG
      Mar 2011 - Dec 2014 · 3 yrs 10 mos

      End‑to‑end responsibility for externally sourced logistics services supporting production and sales operations. Mandate to stabilise and restructure external logistics procurement following a compliance‑related incident, with strong emphasis on transparency and governance. Redesign and enforcement of tender procedures, supplier selection processes and compliance standards. Steering and coordination of transport providers and forwarders across multiple transport modes. Responsibility for the Hamburg site gate operations, including access control and interface with logistics flows. Oversight of customs operations and coordination with internal and external stakeholders to ensure regulatory compliance. Management of operational disruptions, exception handling, and escalation cases. Interface between logistics operations, production, sales and customs‑related functions.

  • Branch Manager at CH Robinson
    Jul 2008 - Dec 2010 · 2 yrs 6 mos

    Full P&L responsibility for the Hamburg branch Leadership of commercial and operational teams Business development with industrial customers

  • General Manager, Supply Chain Management at Maersk Logistics
    Apr 2006 - Jul 2008 · 2 yrs 4 mos

    Management of integrated supply chain solutions Commercial responsibility in a global matrix organization Customer‑facing role for multinational accounts