Ludwig Meyer is advertising 116 driver roles
In short
On 22 July 2026 Ludwig Meyer was advertising 116 CE driver roles across 64 German locations. The roles are spread thinly across a very large number of sites, which is characteristic of a national network replacing drivers continuously rather than staffing one new depot. For a staffing agency this is a company that has publicly stated a gap it has not closed on its own.
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The numbers
Figures come from public job advertisements collected on 22 July 2026. Every one was posted by the company itself.
| Measure | Count |
|---|---|
| CE driver roles advertised | 116 |
| German locations | 64 |
| Roles per location | 1.8 |
| Sector | Temperature-controlled food logistics |
| Snapshot date | 22 July 2026 |
At 1.8 roles per location this is a network-wide pattern rather than one depot struggling. That distinction matters, because it changes who decides and how much they can commit.
Where the roles sit
The largest concentrations at the time of the snapshot.
| Location | Roles |
|---|---|
| Henstedt-Ulzburg | 5 |
| Weyhe bei Bremen | 4 |
| Norderstedt | 4 |
| Landsberg bei Halle | 4 |
| Neumünster | 3 |
| Essen | 3 |
Spread across this many sites usually means a central framework decision with local execution. A supplier who can serve several of these locations at once is worth more to them than one who covers a single city well.
What this pattern means
The roles are spread thinly across a very large number of sites, which is characteristic of a national network replacing drivers continuously rather than staffing one new depot.
Three readings are possible, and they are not mutually exclusive. The company is growing and needs more drivers than the local market supplies. An incumbent supplier is failing to deliver. Or turnover has risen to a level internal recruitment cannot absorb.
All three point the same way for an agency: the company has a gap it has publicly admitted to and has not closed alone.
Who to approach
Food logistics runs to tight delivery windows, so an unfilled seat has same-day consequences and the people who feel it first are the local disposition teams.
In driver hiring the decision usually sits with disposition or depot management rather than central HR, because they carry the operational consequence of an unfilled seat. Where the roles span many sites, there is often a central procurement or fleet function running a framework, and that is a different, slower, larger conversation.
Approach both, but not with the same message.
How to open the conversation
Reference the specific roles, not the company in general. A depot manager knows exactly which seats are empty and does not need the situation explained back to them.
Lead with supply and timing: what you can provide, from where, and how quickly. Licences and Code 95 status matter more in the first message than any description of your process. Then ask for a short call rather than proposing a full commercial discussion.
German outbound carries its own rules. We reach people over LinkedIn and the contact the company publishes in its own advertisement, which is a distinction worth getting right before the first message rather than after.
What the data does not tell you
This is a snapshot of public advertising on one date. It does not show roles filled through agencies already, internal moves, or vacancies the company chose not to advertise.
Counts include the group entities that advertise separately, so the figure is the organisation-wide total rather than a single legal entity. And it goes out of date: this one was taken on 22 July 2026.
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