Founded in 1980, our client company offers a wide range of forwarding and logistics services to importers, exporters and vessel owners. The office is located in the Rotterdam central business district, from this location they run the General Agency and Logistics Service department as well as cargo brokering and chartering activities for Chinese state-owned multinational conglomerate in transportation services.
- Daily contact with customers, vendors, shipping lines, overseas agents;
- Negotiate rates with LSP's, warehousing companies, overseas agent;
- Preparation of quotes;
- Independently processing forwarding files in our FITON system;
- Able to think out of the box;
- Attending TEAMS meetings and customer / vendor visits;
- Assist in any operational forwarding related activities.
- MBO diploma level 4 and / or certificates;
- Additional education and certificates are preferred;
- 3+ years of experience in forwarding / liner environment;
- Sales experience;
- Fluent English spoken and written, Chinese or Dutch is a plus;
- Expert with Excel;
- (Customer) service oriented;
- Able to work both independently and within a team;
- Ability to deal with multiple tasks;
- Accurate with figures and data.
- A team player and problem solver;
- Flexible attitude;
- Pro-active and accurate;
- Have good communication skills;
- Able to work under pressure;
- Feeling for customer service
- Candidates must reside in the Netherlands, we cannot support relocation :(
- Candidates must hold valid Dutch working permit.