Solve the puzzle! Bring your organizational and communication skills to the complex task of efficient Transport Planning for our international transportation company
Every day, everyone at Samskip comes to work 100% committed to a single task. That task is to ensure smooth running transport processes for all our customers. As a Transport Planner, you’re at the heart of all this, arranging transports that leave and arrive on time. And if there’s a hitch, you resolve the issue quickly and efficiently. If you think you can help to deliver ultra-efficient and multimodal transportation across Europe for well-known companies, read on!
A growing and international company
Samskip is an international company that provides the latest and most sustainable logistics solutions across Europe. Our office in the heart of Gdansk Wrzeszcz is in constant communication with a wide range of clients as well as our headquarters in Rotterdam and other Samskip offices from the UK to Norway. It’s busy, it’s fun and every day is different as you work together to ensure that products get from A to B without a problem.
Delivering on our promises
Transport Planning is a daily puzzle involving numerous moving parts and any number of starting points and destinations. Your job is to solve the puzzle so that our customers enjoy efficient and cost-effective transportation. It’s multi-tasking and multi-facing role in which you interact with a wide range of contacts, both internal and external. Above all, it calls on you to live up to our slogan 'Together We Make Things Happen.' Within this dynamic and future-focused environment, your main tasks include:
- Planning optimal routes via our sophisticated transport management systems;
- Monitoring transports and intervening when necessary;
- Cooperating closely with international hauliers;
- Ensuring correct documentation;
- Controlling transport costs.
It’s just a great place to be!
Our small office in Gdansk embodies an informal spirit within a large and international structure. And Samskip wants you to grow and succeed, so we offer extensive development opportunities including meaningful training and e-learning via our Samskip Academy. After work, we love to get together, so you can expect some great team events when the pandemic is over. Samskip also offers:
- Competitive salary in line with your experience;
- A private health care plan from Medicover;
- 20-26 days of holiday each year in accordance with local legislation;
- A thorough onboarding process.
Are you the problem solver and communicator we’re looking for?
The transportation world is hectic and always involves a degree of stress. But you’re a proactive and stress-resistant team player who thrives in this world. You also have a commercial focus and an instinctive understanding of customer needs. As such, you do all you can to ensure the delivery of our customers' goods in line with the agreements we’ve made. Sometimes, however, weather conditions or traffic jams throw a spanner in the works. And that’s where you step in, with a solution-oriented approach and an ability to keep communicating with all parties. You simply won’t let anything get in the way of that transportation promise! Further specific job requirements are:
- 2+ years of experience as a Transport or Logistics planner at a logistics company;
- Ideally you are familiar with transport management systems such as Power BI, Truckom and an online container exchange platform;
- Good written and spoken Polish and English.