Supervisor Inland Operations

Samskip is a transportation company that provides transportation and transportation related services worldwide by land sea rail and air. We focus in particular on costefficient sustainable and environmentally friendly transport. With a turnover of more than 633 million euros 1500 employees and offices in 24 countries (in Europe North America Asia and Australia) Samskip is one of the largest transport companies in Europe.

Working in a world that literally never stands still!

Every week our Transport Planners plan several thousand transport routes using our multimodal transport consisting of road rail and barge transport. This is as costefficient and reliable as possible for us and our customers.

Where will you work as Supervisor Inland Operations

The Transport Planning department is your domain: you lead a team of 5 team members part of the team is in a remote location(s) and you strive for optimal productivity and efficiency. You are jointly responsible for our doortodoor intermodal shipment activities. The activities spread between the continent (mainly Germany Benelux and France) and Sweden where your team is responsible for 50000 transports per year using both own trucks as well as third party suppliers.

What are you going to do

As a Supervisor Inland Operations you are aware of everything. Because of you our customers get the best solution at the lowest possible cost. You achieve this by ensuring the of orders in accordance with customer requirements being the first point of contact for solving adhoc issues and realizing optimal and most efficient cooperation within the team between the various modalities.

Responsibilities:

• collaborating with other departments (especially customer service trade sales and purchasing) on projects for new customers or products acting as the transport expert.
• monitoring and measuring supplier performance through KPIs and on the basis of this develop initiatives to improve it together with the suppliers.
• implementing costeffective strategies and improving our service procedures based on data analysis and meaningful KPIs (ontime performance rescheduling performance cost per kilometer).
• implementing and continuously improving software and processes in collaboration with project groups and the Processes and IT departments.
• maintaining daily contact with business partners and suppliers visiting them regularly to improve processes.

The supervisor who is successful in this We like to describe it that way.

Because you are responsible for the performance of your team we are looking for an experienced team leader who motivates and encourages others. You understand that a good division of tasks is crucial to be able to provide the best service and you always know how to maintain an eagle view in stressful changing situations. Switching is key both in your team and with customers. That is why we think it is important that you have strong communication skills come up with fresh ideas and use our software to optimize our way of working.

Requirements: 

• A bachelors degree in logistics management and/or relevant working experience.
• Leadership experience preferably in a logistics environment.
• Interested in using software to improve processes and our ways of working.
• Preferably fluent command of the Dutch English and German language (is a plus) in connection with our international customers

Working at Samskip means planning your own route.

A career in transportation planning is stimulating and challenging and will leave you feeling energized. You participate in new inland transport projects expand your knowledge and network and develop yourself professionally and personally. You can just plan your own route because you get a lot of responsibility fill in your role independently and get the opportunity to broaden your career horizontally vertically and internationally.

What does that look like in terms of conditions

• Diverse projects international clients and a multicultural team.
• The chance to be active on a tactical level.
• A competitive salary including holiday pay and a 13th month.
• Additional conditions including 28 vacation days a pension provision ergonomic workspaces and team building activities.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime