Ahlers Logistic announces a vacancy for the position: Operations senior executive
Founded in the port of Antwerp in Belgium in 1909, Ahlers has been helping clients with one common goal; finding the best solutions that fit the customers’ profile. Our international team with over 700 employees on 3 continents (Europe, CIS, Asia) provides state-of-the-art logistics support in sustainable supply chain management — international forwarding, secured transportation of theft-sensitive goods, warehousing, on-site logistics, projects and machinery, trade facilitation, after-sales services, and data analytics.
Operations senior executive is responsible communication with suppliers, developing procurement strategies and handling transportation, including the documentation, communication with carriers and service providers.
LOCATION OF THE POSITION: Georgia – Tbilisi (start-up location - remote working – no office at this moment)
WHAT DO WE EXPECT FROM THIS ROLE?
TRANSPORTATION
- Assist in tender procedures, receiving commercial offers from suppliers
- Deciding on supplier selection based on key metrics
- Support negotiation contract terms with suppliers, signing agreements, addendums
- Processing incoming requests for quotation, gathering additional information from account managers / business units, calculation and quotation of the costs.
- Execution of service delivery (incl. development of delivery method, loading / offloading monitoring & control).
- Managing freight forwarding, transport and accompanying documentation; invoices and acts of rendered services from carriers and service providers.
- Adding information related to operational execution of orders into internal databases.
WHO IS OUR IDEAL CANDIDATE?
- Bachelor's degree in preferably Logistics or another relevant domain
- Communication & negotiation skills
- Work experience and expertise in procurement and logistics
- Knowledge of the basics of local customs and logistics legislation, incoterms
- Ability to deliver client-focused solutions
- Knowledge of English at Upper-Intermediate level
- Native Georgian speaker, resident of Georgia
- Ability to analyze tariffs and pricing components, conditions for choosing the best quotation.
- Experience in Freight Forwarding
WHAT WE OFFER:
- Market competitive compensation package.
- Relevant training and development opportunities to grow your career.
- International environment with colleagues in different locations, regions.
- Family-owned company, with open culture and short reporting structure.
- Start up in a new location: flexibility to shape the role to maximize results.