Meeting Eunhee Jeong feels like meeting someone who carries entire chapters of experience with quiet confidence. Her story unfolds through challenge, culture, resilience, and the deep belief that leadership is, at its heart, about people. What defines her journey is not the pressure she endured, but the connections she built and the courage she found, often in moments she never expected.
For Eunhee, a turning point came unexpectedly in 2015. She was working as an in-house project manager at a client’s office when deugro secured one of our most complex CIS projects. It involved nearly every transport mode and required synchronization across global networks. At the same time, she was already overseeing a major project in South Asia.
The scale of responsibility felt immense. She remembers pushing back at first, questioning whether she could manage both. But management believed in her, even before she did.
Suddenly she wasn’t just balancing two massive operations and representing deugro with a team of ten colleagues, larger than the client’s own logistics department. The next two years became a cycle of requests, calls, technical decisions and demanding teamwork.
What she remembers most is the team spirit forged under pressure:
“For two years, I don’t remember what I did every day: just answering all the questions and requests from clients and colleagues. We were arguing, fighting, struggling, crying and laughing together, but we always looked in the same direction for the project to succeed.”
And through all of it, she discovered a quiet truth that has shaped her leadership ever since:
“People are the most important in our job. Without help, trust, and good relationships with clients and colleagues, there is no success.”
Working in a traditionally male-dominated industry has meant confronting assumptions, sometimes subtle, sometimes stark.
It’s a situation many women in logistics will recognize. Yet Eunhee doesn’t dwell on the negative. She chooses instead to focus on the change she sees gaining momentum:
“It still happens from time to time, but we see more women in meetings and events, more women managers now. This change will make unconscious discrimination disappear in the near future.”
Early in her career, Eunhee set a personal goal: to be the person clients call when they face problems no one else can solve. Today, those calls are coming.
“I wanted to be the person clients call when they can’t find logistics solutions. Now I’ve got the first calls from some clients; and it motivates me.”
Eunhee’s career is shaped by cross-cultural leadership. As a Korean woman living in Japan and leading in a male-dominated industry, her presence challenges outdated expectations simply by existing.
“I’m living in Japan as a Korean woman and leading a Japanese company in a male-dominated industry. It shows everything, everyone is treated equally regardless of gender or nationality.”
She believes deeply in building workplaces where people are valued for their expertise and their drive, not for the labels society assigns them.
Being part of a global company like deugro, and especially the deugro Women’s Network (dWN), has shaped how Eunhee leads. For her, DEI is a daily practice that defines how opportunities are distributed and how teams grow.
“As a global company, we are in DEI when hiring, promoting, giving opportunities and evaluation. This will drive us toward a better company environment and motivate everyone.”
When asked about the skills or mindset women need to step into leadership roles, Eunhee’s answer is both grounded and empowering. She believes the foundation is simply giving your all.
“Have you ever put 100% effort into your job? If yes, you are already the expert (…). Don’t think you are ‘the woman,’ even if others remind you. Don’t set any limits because of it.”
She offers profound compassion for working mothers in particular:
“Working moms have a totally different story. I have no child, my career is 200% easier than theirs. If you are a working mom, we respect you. Be easy on yourself, take all the help you can get, don’t be sorry. You’re doing great and don’t give up on your career.”
Eunhee’s leadership represents the best of deugro: respect, collaboration, technical mastery and people-centric values. Her story is a testament to what happens when skill meets humility and when courage meets opportunity.
It is a reminder that change is not always loud. Sometimes, it looks like showing up, day after day, with integrity and lifting others as you rise.
