Description
Job Summary:
We are seeking a professional to manage shipments, coordinate customer deliveries, optimize costs and delivery times, and handle communication with transport companies and correspondents.
Key Highlights:
1. Opportunity to join a major multinational group
2. Personal and professional development in a logistics context
3. Training for growth and career progression
**7500 REASONS TO CHOOSE H.ESSERS**
H.Essers is an internationally trusted player in the logistics sector — and 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 invest continuously in growth, with a positive outlook on the future. Our people are our driving force. We support their personal and professional development, provide them with modern equipment, and pay close attention to work-life balance. Yes, our 7500 colleagues know why they choose **H.Essers.**
We hope you’ll soon understand why too!
**YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES**
* Opening and managing shipment files.
* Receiving customer cargo orders for assigned countries.
* Managing and coordinating customer shipments from pickup to final destination delivery, ensuring material arrival while optimizing cost and minimizing delivery time.
* Managing contacts and executing commercial/operational tasks with correspondents.
* Booking transportation means and communicating with transport companies.
* Closing shipments (accurate forecasting of costs and revenue).
* Receiving documentation from customers, freight forwarders, direct customers, and correspondents in destination countries.
* Preparing transport documentation.
* Promoting or facilitating potential visits to customer companies.
* Meeting individual KPIs and metrics.
* Following standard protocols.
* Reporting incidents.
**WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR**
* Technical training specific to 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).
Knowledge of ERP systems (AS400, Spyro, Padua, Xyric).
* You are empathetic, possess strong communication skills, are results-oriented, flexible, capable of making swift decisions, 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 provide training to further develop the competencies essential for your growth and career progression.