Our priority is to accompany the Spanish company in the development of logistics activity.

The Spanish Center for Logistics (CEL) has defined its strategic roadmap for 2026, placing talent management and technological innovation as the fundamental pillars for the development of logistics activity in Spain. In a recent interview, Ramón García, the organization’s general director, emphasized that the entity’s absolute priority is to accompany Spanish companies in their competitive evolution, facing the challenges of a globalized and digitized market. One of the critical points identified is the duality in the demand for professional profiles. In the short term, the sector continues to suffer a significant shortage of traditional operational profiles, such as transport workers, drivers, and warehouse operatives. However, digital transformation has introduced new urgent needs in areas of cybersecurity, data management, and sustainability. García emphasizes that modern logistics is, in essence, information management, and there is a notable gap in the ability of companies to interpret and practically apply the data generated.

Looking to the future with a long-range vision, the CEL advocates for the creation of a new category of professionals: the "technologístucos." These hybrid profiles combine deep functional knowledge of the logistics business with advanced competencies in disruptive technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, and Blockchain. According to the CEL director, these technologies are not merely incremental — that is, not just to do the same thing faster — but transformative, enabling new business models and ways of operating that were previously unthinkable. The strategy for 2026 rests on solid growth recorded during 2025, a year in which CEL increased its number of members by 15% and experienced a spectacular 384% rise in its training activity, reaching more than 1,400 students. This momentum will be reinforced with the launch of the CEL Catalonia Committee, joining the already consolidated CEL Levante Committee, with the aim of strengthening business dialogue and territorial presence in key logistics hubs such as Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, and Seville.

In addition, the organization is promoting projects such as "Phoenix" (Fénix), a co-created training update initiative with companies to ensure curricula align with real market needs. Also highlighted is the creation of thematic committees dedicated to sustainability and the transport of goods by train, reflecting the sector’s commitment to decarbonization. Ramón García insists that leadership in logistics transformation is not optional; organizations must choose between reacting to the consequences of change or leading technological evolution to avoid being left out of the market. The integration of virtual and immersive training tools is another bet for 2026, aiming to modernize teaching and adapt it to new learning habits. Public-private collaboration and the promotion of an innovation ecosystem are, therefore, cross-cutting elements in this strategy that seeks to position Spanish logistics as a benchmark of excellence and efficiency at an international level.