Ocean Import Manager

Our client is a International Logistics Service provider focussing on Ocean freight, Air freight and Contract Logistics.
As a large organisation they are a business partner for their clients, achieving optimized logistical processes bij following Lean/ Six Sigma methodology.

• You are responsible for leading the day to day operations of the Import Departement
• Your team consists out of 20 people with operational Import and Customs expertise
• You coach and develop individual members
• You report directly to the Branch Manager of the Antwerp office
• In your job as Ocean Import Manager you are not responsible for operational handling of tranportation files, you manage KPi's, create structure and are in a continue search for optimalisation of the departements results
• You will be kept up to date with all developments on operational level and be responsible for ad hoc trouble shooting
• Maintain contact with key accounts to check quality and service
• As Ocean Import Manager you are the main driver in Improvement cycles using and implementing Lean/ Six sigma

• You have a degree in Logistics and Transportation
• Pragmatic knowledge of Ocean Import and Customs are a absolute must
• You have a proven 'track record' in people management, managing teams of 15+ pers
• You have experience working in a Expeditors environment or equivalent
• Commercial and efficient
• A strong drive in optimizing processes
• NL/ FR/ ENG

• A challenging international environment
• A team with a direct way of communicating
• A commercial and resultdriven culture
• Stable organisation