Transport Cost Coordinator
Join our team as a Transport Cost Coordinator! Manage freight expenses, optimize costs, and ensure efficient logistics. Your expertise can make a real difference in our operations!
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Who we are?
We are a global logistics company, offering transport and related services by land, sea, rail and air. We particularly focus on cost-efficient, sustainable, and environmentally friendly transport. With an annual turnover of more than 800 million euros, we are one of the largest transport companies in Europe, with offices in 31 countries across Europe, North and South America, Asia and Australia, employing around 1500 employees in total.
Position Description
A Transport Cost Coordinator ensures adequate cost reservations for train, truck or barge transport costs in our operating systems and secures the correct matching of these with the actual costs received.
A Transport Cost Coordinator acts as a liaison between suppliers and cost owners and work closely with trade management and other relevant functions and teams to ensure the cost are correctly monitored, exceptions timely raised and at the same time looking continuously to improve the process.
Specific tasks and responsibilities
- Entry of rates/cost agreement in the operation system.
- Secure correct cost reservation on order level.
- Ensure orders are updated with actual costs before month-end deadline.
- Advise cost owner/manager and trades on cost accruals for costs which are not reserved on order level (e.g. storage) on a monthly level.
- Flag discrepancies on invoices to cost owner.
- Communication with internal stakeholders from the operation teams to validate. data from the invoice specifications and the KPI reporting.
- Communication with suppliers in case of discrepancies and take measure to minimize discrepancies on future invoices.
- Invoice check before approval by cost owner.
- Maintain monthly KPI reports that serve as primary data source for validating invoices: volumes, utilization, ADR, any other cost related metrics.
Knowledge and Skills
- Good analytical skills.
- Preferably with good number literacy.
- Solid Excel knowledge.
- Accurate in the execution of tasks.
- Ability to process and identify discrepancies in large quantity of data.
- Competent in the use of computers systems and a good understanding of electronic media distribution.
- Fluent in English both verbally and in writing.
Education and Experience
- A bachelor’s degree.
- Experience in international transport is nice to have.
- 3-5 years of experience in a similar job.
- Department
- Logistics
- Locations
- Cluj-Napoca
- Remote status
- Hybrid
About Sales Consulting
Since 1998, we've been active in the Human Resources consulting market, providing regional coverage across four key areas of expertise: recruitment and selection, personnel leasing, assessment centers and consultancy. As leaders in Transylvania, we've expanded our reach to embrace a culture of continuous improvement, thereby strengthening our position in the Romanian and also regional market. This commitment underscores our dedication to evolve alongside the dynamic needs of our clients and the ever-changing landscape of the business environment.
Our success stems from the professionalism of our services, the multidisciplinary expertise of our consulting team and our ongoing collaboration with those who rely on our consultancy services.
Building long-term partnerships with clients across diverse industries such as IT&C, automotive, outsourcing, pharma, banking, FMCG and more, is our primary objective.
Our commitment to client orientation, teamwork, flexibility, excellence, dedication and responsibility reflects our aim to bring added value to our services.
Transport Cost Coordinator
Join our team as a Transport Cost Coordinator! Manage freight expenses, optimize costs, and ensure efficient logistics. Your expertise can make a real difference in our operations!
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