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Director (f/d/m) Trade Management Intra-Europe at Hapag-Lloyd AG

Hapag-Lloyd AG · Hamburg, Germany · Hybrid

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As a Director (m/f/d) Trade Management Intra Europe, you will be part of a high-performing team of 10 professionals, responsible for driving business growth and profitability in the Intra-Europe trade. We are looking for a shipping professional with a strong background in Short-Sea Trade. You will bring your expertise and passion to drive business growth, improve profitability, and differentiate Hapag-Lloyd from the competition. Your leadership abilities, strong communication skills, and analytical mindset will enable you to inspire and manage your team effectively, while driving results-oriented projects and initiatives.

Responsibilities

  • Leading the Trade Team IRT Europe and responsibility for bottom line result of the Trade
  • Owning responsibility for systematically and continuously developing the IRT pricing strategy, incl. growth of long-term customer base (tender strategy) and systematic leverage of Hapag-Lloyd’s state-of-the-art digital products
  • Collaborating with Cargo Control teams to maximize profitability through optimized cargo mix
  • Identifying opportunities to optimize the European Short-Sea network of Hapag-Lloyd from both commercial and operational perspectives
  • Leveraging the short-sea and long-haul network to strategically grow market share, improve quality, reduce costs and differentiate from competition
  • Budgeting of volume, freight rate and segmentation, as well as closely monitoring and analyzing deviations against targets
  • Leading internal projects and studies, as well as ad-hoc requests from Senior Management

Qualifications

  • Strong shipping background with experience in Short-Sea Trade Management
  • Proven leadership abilities to inspire and manage a team effectively
  • Strong communication and presentation skills
  • Systematic and goal-oriented approach to work, combined with strong analytical capabilities and in-depth knowledge of short-sea specific KPIs and profitability calculations
  • Excellent knowledge of IT systems like QlikView/-Sense, Excel and PowerPoint
  • Fluent in English (business proficiency)

About Company

We offer:

  • The opportunity to introduce solutions that you are individually convinced of, and to constantly take on new challenges with a distinguished level of responsibility
  • Excellent career development opportunities, supported by a spacious range of training and development courses
  • Competitive remuneration (14 salaries) and various benefits, as well as a permanent employment contract with a financially healthy company
  • 30 days of vacation, flextime, capital-forming benefits, company pension plan
  • Company restaurant with constant fluctuating, great-quality dishes to choose from as well as coffee bar
  • Centrally located between the main train station and Jungfernstieg as well as subsidized public transportation
  • Blended work model: 3 days a week at our headquarters in the heart of Hamburg and 2 days a week of mobile work
  • Health and company sports programs (e.g. yoga, sailing, company doctor, etc.) as well as bicycle leasing
  • Fitness Cooperation with EGYM – Wellpass
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Company

With a fleet of 313 modern container ships and a total transport capacity of 2.5 million TEU, Hapag-Lloyd is one of the world’s leading liner shipping companies. In the Liner Shipping segment, the Company has around 14,000 employees and 400 offices in 140 countries. Hapag-Lloyd has a container capacity of 3.7 million TEU – including one of the largest and most modern fleets of reefer containers. A total of 133 liner services worldwide ensure fast and reliable connections between more than 600 ports on all the continents. In the Terminal & Infrastructure segment, Hapag-Lloyd has equity stakes in 21 terminals in Europe, Latin America, the United States, India and North Africa. Around 3,000 employees are assigned to the Terminal & Infrastructure segment and provide complementary logistics services at selected locations in addition to the terminal activities.
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