Transport Planning, Kokkola

Ahola Group; Kokkola; On-site; EUR 32,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Ahola Group is seeking a Transport Planner in Kokkola. You will own customer orders from initial contact to full loads, coordinating with Sales, Transport Planning and Route Planning to ensure smooth deliveries.

You’ll build lasting customer relationships, manage bookings and communicate in Swedish, Finnish, and English. A collaborative, customer-centric approach and willingness to work with a Nordic team are essential.

Qualifications

• Interest in logistics, customer service and sales.
• Service mindset and long-term customer relationships.
• Ability to communicate effectively in Swedish, Finnish and English.
• Willingness to work closely with sales, planners and customers.
• Experience in logistics or customer service is a plus.

Responsibilities

• serve customers professionally and be their point of contact
• receive and confirm customer orders and make sure they are correct
• stay in active contact with customers to make sure volumes are right
• plan customer orders into complete loads and book capacity for them
• handle ferry bookings and make sure the best ferry connections are used efficiently
• buy external capacity when needed, following the agreed routine
• handle changes and deviations during transport and keep the customer informed
• optimise the day’s transport flows together with the planning side
• work with Sales on matters such as pricing and customer agreements

Skills

Logistics interest

Customer service mindset

Sales collaboration

Multilingual communication

Communication skills

Job description

We are looking for a Transport Planner, to Kokkola!

In Transport Planning, you are responsible for the customers in your geographical area. You take customer orders, make sure they are correct, and plan them into complete loads ready for transport. You are at the start of the customer flow, so every transport begins with your work. The Route Planner take it from there.

The job is teamwork: Sales, Transport Planning and Route Planning work together for the customer. It is also independent; you handle your own customers and make decisions quickly when things change.

Your responsibilities

• serve customers professionally and be their point of contact

• receive and confirm customer orders and make sure they are correct

• stay in active contact with customers to make sure volumes are right

• plan customer orders into complete loads and book capacity for them

• handle ferry bookings and make sure the best ferry connections are used efficiently

• buy external capacity when needed, following the agreed routine

• handle changes and deviations during transport and keep the customer informed

• optimise the day’s transport flows together with the planning side

• work with Sales on matters such as pricing and customer agreements

You bring

• an interest in logistics, customer service and sales

• a service mindset and a wish to build long-term customer relationships

• a willingness to work closely with sales, planners and customers

• the ability to communicate effectively in Swedish, Finnish and English

• experience in logistics or customer service is a plus

You will learn with us

• the Ahola Way, our values and how we work

• transport planning, load planning and ferry traffic

• the market and its price levels

• our own transport management system

What we offer

• a varied role where no two days are the same

• a thorough introduction and colleagues who help you succeed

• a secure workplace in a growing Nordic family company

• a culture built on our values: total responsibility, openness and respect for the individual

For more information about the job, please contact Business Unit Manager's Markus Käld or Markus Corin: [e-mail], [e-mail].

We look forward to receiving your application no later than November 9, 2026.