Transportation Specialist

**Title**: Transportation Specialist
**Reports To**: Logistics Manager
**Location**: Antwerp

**Who We Are**:
Triton International is the world's largest and most reliable container leasing company. We provide our customers with efficiency and certainty in an unpredictable world. Our customers depend on our extensive worldwide network and large equipment inventory to meet their needs and help keep global commerce moving forward. We are guided by our values of integrity, reliability, creativity, excellence, teamwork, and long-term view, alongside core competencies that foster a culture of leadership, innovation, and sustainable growth. Together, these principles empower our team, driving our continued success and cementing our position as an industry leader.

**Why You’ll Love This Job**:
As part of the Triton Team you will play an integral part in our mission “to support the supply chains that connect the world.”
- Impact: Contribute to meaningful projects that make a difference in the global supply chain.
- Growth: Take advantage of professional development opportunities and grow your career with us.
- Culture: Be part of a supportive, innovative, high-performing, global team where your ideas are valued.
- Benefits: Enjoy a comprehensive benefits package.

**What You’ll Do**:
The Transportation Specialist will be responsible for executing container movements across European road, rail, and inland waterway networks, based on arbitrage and/or inventory management opportunities identified by senior management. Issue/manage Sales invoice/bookings to customers.

This is a dual-facing role, combining internal collaboration and pricing support (inside sales) with external engagement of European transport providers. The Transportation Specialist will work cross-functionally with Operations, Logistics, Sales, and Leasing teams, while also serving as a key external liaison with trucking, rail, and barge providers across Europe. A strong emphasis is placed on managing vendor relationships and ensuring rate schedules are kept up to date.

Key responsibilities include:

- Implement container movements based on pre-identified arbitrage strategies supplied by senior management and commercial leads.
- Translate strategy into action by sourcing capacity, securing rates, and activating multimodal routes across trucking, rail, and barge.
- Ensure end-to-end coordination of container flows between origin and destination hubs (Point A to Point B), while adapting to real-world constraints.
- Act as a commercial operations bridge between Logistics, Sales, and Leasing teams.
- Support inside sales by providing rate visibility, transit time estimates, and execution feasibility for proposed transport solutions.
- Build and manage a network of reliable trucking companies, rail operators and barge carriers servicing European corridors.
- Negotiate short
- and long-term rates and service terms in alignment with the company's arbitrage models and/or as determined by the regional management team.
- Ensure rates are updated, traceable, and easily accessible across commercial and operational teams.
- Monitor carrier performance, manage service exceptions, and maintain strong vendor relationships.
- Maintain a central repository of all carrier rates, accessorial charges, and contract terms.
- Provide pricing inputs to support tendering, quoting, and spot-market decisions.
- Resolve real-time execution issues with agility, including congestion, carrier cancellations, and weather-related delays.

**What We’re Looking For**:

- Bachelors or Associates degree preferred.
- Minimum of 2 years’ experience in arranging trucking and transport logistics is mandatory and takes precedence over academic qualifications.
- Minimum 2 years of Operations experience required.
- Driver Dispatch experience preferred.
- Knowledge of container leasing, shipping, or transportation industries preferred.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite required.
- Fluency in English is required. Proficiency in additional languages such as Dutch, French, Italian, German and/or or Spanish is a strong plus.
- Strong attention to detail, self-motivated, high-energy level and positive attitude.
- Demonstrated ability to perform efficiently in a team environment.
- Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks to completion under deadlines.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build and maintain good customer and vendor relations.
- Ability to travel extensively within the assigned area.
- Willingness to work outside regular office hours as reasonably required by the business.
- Must be at a commutable distance (within 50 miles) to the Antwerp office
- Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the EU. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

**You’ll Succeed Here If You Are**:

- Aligned to Triton’s company values which includes Integrity, Reliability, Creativity, Excellence, Teamwork and Long-term view.