Junior Ocean Freight Forwarder — Hybrid Work & Growth Path

Fracht Group; Antwerpen; Hybrid; EUR 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Meal vouchers

Hospitalisation insurance

Group insurance plan

Mobile phone and laptop

Net expense allowance

CBA 90 bonus

Hybrid working

Flexible hours

Job summary

Polytra, part of the Fracht Group, is growing and seeks a Junior Freight Forwarder to learn the trade from the ground up. Based at our Berchem head office near Antwerp, you start on standard ocean import files with an experienced colleague and grow into more complex work as you gain experience.

You will handle bookings, enter orders in the forwarding system, verify documents, and liaise with shipping lines and agents while monitoring arrivals and keeping daily contact with customers and

Qualifications

• A logistics degree, or a first year of experience in forwarding.
• Dutch and English, spoken and written.
• Accuracy: in import, a detail is rarely just a detail.
• The willingness to ask, and the willingness to learn.

Responsibilities

• Handle standard ocean import files from booking to closing.
• Enter and manage orders in the forwarding system.
• Check shipping and customs documents — reviewed together with you at first.
• Book and follow up with shipping lines, transport partners and agents.
• Monitor arrivals, deliveries and exceptions.
• Keep daily contact with customers and partners.

Skills

Dutch

English

Attention to detail

Willingness to learn

Education

Logistics degree

Tools

Forwarding system

Job description

Polytra, part of the Fracht Group, is growing and seeks a Junior Freight Forwarder to learn the trade from the ground up. Based at our Berchem head office near Antwerp, you start on standard ocean import files with an experienced colleague and grow into more complex work as you gain experience.

You will handle bookings, enter orders in the forwarding system, verify documents, and liaise with shipping lines and agents while monitoring arrivals and keeping daily contact with customers and