Junior Logistics Coordinator | English and Dutch

Rotterdam, reference 2025-01716

Job description

As a Junior Logistics Coordinator, you will be at the heart of the organization. Together with your logistics colleagues, you will help build and professionalize the logistics operations. You’ll negotiate with transport partners and coordinate the entire logistics process - from loading at the producer’s site to delivery at our customers’ locations across Europe. The customer base is diverse, ranging from artisanal bakeries to large multinationals - and everything in between.

Your responsibilities include:

• Acting as the point of contact for the clients partners and ensuring timely loading and delivery of goods
• Organizing transport (including weekly planning and additional shipments)
• Building and maintaining a strong network of carriers throughout the EU - including client visits
• Coordinating the logistics process and finding practical solutions for unexpected issues
• Creating logistics orders and managing technical and logistics documentation
• Actively contributing to the optimization of internal processes with your team

Requirements

• Minimum of a bachelor’s (HBO) level of thinking and working
• Proven experience as a logistics coordinator or freight forwarder, with the necessary commercial skills
• Detail-oriented and ready to take responsibility for growing a successful logistics organization together with management and your logistics team
• Maximum of 2 years of work experience and looking for a hands-on, challenging role
• Fluent in English (C1), both spoken and written. Proficiency in Dutch is highly preferred, and additional European languages (Polish, French, or Italian) is considered a plus.
• A team player who works accurately
• For this role, it is essential to be a commercially minded individual, as well as solution-oriented, who can perform effectively under pressure

Please note that, in order to be considered for this role, candidates are expected to be based in the Rotterdam area and hold a valid work permit, as the client is unable to provide sponsorship.Salary based on relevant experience.

Working conditions

• Competitive salary
• Solid pension plan
• 25 vacation days
• Company mobile phone
• Laptop
• Travel expense reimbursement
• A centrally located office in Rotterdam with flexible work-from-home options
• Growth opportunities within a fast-growing and professional organization
• A dynamic and modern work atmosphere where teamwork is key

Work location

Rotterdam

Company description

Our client is a young trading organization that plays a central role in the dynamic European dairy sector.

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Recruiter contact

Rebecka Pojkas, Den Haag
rebecka.pojkas@undutchables.nl
+31 (0)638614194