Logistics Coordinator Outbound

We are looking for a Logistics Coordinator Outbound!
With beautiful, sustainable and modern materials, we want to offer customers a nice, warm and modern interior. We are looking to the future and we want to be able to move with the changes around us. We supply our furniture both to business customers and directly to consumers. Within our Supply Chain team, a vacancy has arisen as Logistics Coordinator Outbound! Do you have a passion for Supply Chain and Logistics and especially for processes and relationship management in outbound transport? Then we are looking for you!

As Logistics Coordinator Outbound you are responsible for good cooperation with our transport partners. You ensure good relationship management, service/quality assurance and cost control so that our customers receive the furniture on time and in good order in a cost-efficient manner. In this role, you will report to the Supply Chain Manager.

What will you do?

• You are the point of contact for outbound transport partners and responsible for good relationship management for this group.
• You negotiate to get the best rates within the framework of quality and service.
• You map out the performance of the individual transport partners and work out improvements with them.
• You lead projects and/or are involved as an expert in projects to improve service and quality and/or sustainability with regard to outbound transport.
• You manage the efficient balance between delivery times and free amounts for our customers.
• You focus on results and proactively propose improvements in terms of processes, cost savings and service enhancement.
• Your package also includes operational tasks such as: rolling forecasts, reporting defects, handling issues, requesting quotations for exceptional shipments, pallet registration, checking invoices, keeping track of any damage, submitting any claims.

And do you have?

• Enthusiasm and energy!
• HBO work/thinking level.
• Negotiation skills, where you know how to get not only the best rates but also the highest quality/service level.
• Good analytical skills to extract the common thread from a lot of data and be able to assess the performance of our transport partners in relation to customer satisfaction.
• At least 2 years working experience in a similar position.
• Experience with ERP systems and affinity with logistics.
• Communication skills in Dutch and English.
• Ability to work well with different teams.
• Stress resistance and the ability to make quick decisions.
• A customer-oriented and quality-conscious mindset.

This is what we offer you:

• A good salary.
• Travel allowance and a pension scheme.
• Discount on all our products.
• Nice colleagues.
• Opportunities to keep developing yourself.
• Online Academy.

We are De Eekhoorn Dutch Furniture.
The concept of De Eekhoorn Dutch Furniture is clear and simple: designing robust, attractive furniture. With our brands WOOOD and vtwonen, we sell our products in more than 50 countries through 1500 points of sale. With a team of 200 dedicated employees, De Eekhoorn Dutch Furniture has been a specialist in developing, producing and distributing interior products for DIY stores, department stores, furniture specialty shops and online retailers in Europe for over 44 years.

More than 30% of our collection is manufactured in our own factory in Zwaagdijk-Oost, and our head office, including distribution centre and showroom, is conveniently located along the motorway in Hoorn.

Working at De Eekhoorn means being challenged, getting the best out of yourself every day. It is important to us that you enjoy going to work. De Eekhoorn is an international and growing company with an open culture. You will work together with enthusiastic colleagues who, like you, like to go the extra mile.

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