Freight Manager Emea

**Key Responsibilities**:

- **Lead and Improve Freight Management Process**: Drive and enhance the freight management process, ensuring efficiency and cost-effectiveness.
- ** Execute Freight Tenders**: Manage and improve the freight tender process, ensuring effective execution and best value for the company.
- ** Coach and Train Local Teams**: Provide training and support to local teams on tender processes, enabling them to execute efficiently.
- ** Digitalization and Reporting**: Continuously improve and automate freight reporting processes, utilizing data to enhance freight processes and costs.
- ** Warehouse Network Optimization**: Support warehouse network optimization through tenders, analysis, and project management.
- ** Vendor and KPI Management**: Manage vendor relationships and evaluate performance through KPIs to ensure alignment with company standards.
- ** Educational Background**: Bachelor’s Degree in a related field.
- ** Experience**: Minimum of 3 years in freight management or a related field, with at least 2 years in a supervisory or lead role within a matrix organization.
- ** Technical Skills**: Proficient in modern freight management practices, digitalization of freight processes, and freight reporting. Strong proficiency in Excel and experience with complex ERP & BI Systems (e.g., SAP, AX, Power BI). Experience with TMS systems, particularly Transporeon, is preferred.
- ** Leadership and Communication**: Strong leadership skills with the ability to influence and lead team members. Excellent organizational, project management, and communication skills, capable of conveying information clearly and concisely at all levels.
- ** Analytical Skills**: Strong analytical abilities to assess freight market trends and recommend strategies.
- ** Travel and Adaptability**: Willingness to travel internationally and domestically up to 50% of the time. Pro-active, self-driven personality with a commitment to continuous improvement and digitalization.