Specialist Planning

Description

Job Summary: We are seeking a professional to open and manage shipments, coordinate deliveries, and handle commercial contacts, ensuring efficiency and cost optimization. Key Highlights: 1. Opportunity to join a major multinational group 2. Personal and professional development in a logistics context 3. Professional growth and continuous training **7500 REASONS TO CHOOSE H.ESSERS** H.Essers is an internationally trusted player in the logistics sector—but above all, a family-owned company offering employment and job security since 1928\. Our 7500 colleagues are ambitious individuals who dare to do business, ready to seize opportunities and make a difference every day—simply and effectively. This enables our company to continuously invest in growth with a positive outlook for the future. Our people are our driving force. We care about their personal and professional development, provide them with modern equipment, and pay attention to work-life balance. Yes, our 7500 colleagues know why they choose **H.Essers.** We hope you’ll soon understand why too! **WHAT YOU WILL DO** * Open and manage shipments. * Receive customer loading orders for assigned countries. * Manage and coordinate customer shipments from pickup to final delivery, ensuring on-time material arrival, optimizing costs, and minimizing delivery time. * Manage contacts and carry out commercial/operational tasks with correspondents. * Arrange transportation means and communicate with transport companies. * Close shipments (accurate forecasting of costs and sales). * Receive documentation from customers, freight forwarders, direct customers, and correspondents in destination countries. * Prepare transport documentation. * Promote or facilitate potential visits to customer companies. * Meet individual KPIs and metrics. * Follow standard protocols. * Report incidents. **WHAT YOU BRING** * Specific technical training in international road transport. University degree in Logistics and/or International Trade. * Minimum 3 years’ professional experience in land-based import/export operations. * Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office suite (advanced Excel). ERP system knowledge (AS400, Spyro, Padua, Xyric). * You are empathetic, possess strong communication skills, are results-oriented, flexible, capable of agile decision-making, and skilled in negotiation. **WHAT WE OFFER YOU** * Opportunity to join a major multinational group * We offer you the chance to develop your aspirations as an enterprise-oriented individual through hands-on experience within a logistics environment. * You will be a key contributor to the project and grow alongside the company. * Additionally, we offer training to further develop the competencies essential for your growth and career progression.