Team Leader - Freight Brokerage

Damco Spain SL; Chennai District; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Maersk in India seeks an experienced Team Leader to steer Freight Brokerage operations and a skilled coordination team. You will oversee shipment tracking, carrier management, and customer communication, driving performance and continuous improvement across the operation.

The role requires strong leadership, problem-solving, and data-driven decision making, with flexibility for night shifts and weekends to meet business needs.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a Team Leader, Supervisor, or People Manager role.
• Willingness to work night shifts and weekends as required by business operations.
• Demonstrated experience managing teams against operational KPIs and service-level targets.
• Strong problem-solving, decision-making, and escalation-management skills.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Proven ability to analyse performance data, identify root causes, and drive corrective actions.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of Freight Brokerage Specialists to achieve business and service objectives.
• Drive team performance through structured coaching, performance management, and targeted development plans.
• Identify capability gaps and implement training initiatives to strengthen operational expertise.
• Build a culture of accountability, ownership, collaboration, and customer focus.
• Support onboarding and capability development of new team members.
• Oversee end-to-end load execution from pickup through delivery, ensuring service commitments are consistently met.
• Drive effective coordination across customers, carriers, drivers, and internal stakeholders to ensure seamless shipment execution.
• Monitor load execution, shipment status, appointments, and potential service disruptions, ensuring proactive intervention.
• Oversee carrier coordination, load coverage, scheduling, and execution to maximize operational efficiency.
• Ensure compliance with SOPs, customer requirements, contractual obligations, and escalation protocols.
• Own and drive key operational KPIs, including productivity, service levels, on-time performance, response time, quality, and load execution.
• Analyse performance trends, identify root causes, and implement corrective actions to close performance gaps.
• Provide regular performance insights and business updates to management.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on efficiency, service quality, cost effectiveness, and customer experience.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to identify and eliminate recurring operational issues.
• Serve as the primary escalation point for complex customer and operational issues, driving timely resolution.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with key internal and external stakeholders.
• Ensure customer expectations are translated into clear operational priorities and consistently delivered by the team.
• Manage critical service issues with a strong focus on customer experience, communication, and resolution.

Skills

Team leadership

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

MS Excel

Problem solving

Communication

KPI management

Operational excellence

Shift flexibility

Job description

We are looking for an experienced and results-driven Team Leader to lead Freight Brokerage operations and a team responsible for shipment coordination, carrier management, customer communication, load tracking, and exception resolution.

The candidate should have strong experience in transportation, logistics, supply chain, customer service, or related operations, along with proven people-management, stakeholder-management, and operational leadership skills.

The role involves driving team performance, ensuring service quality, managing escalations, developing team capability, and identifying opportunities for continuous improvement and operational efficiency.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of Freight Brokerage Specialists to achieve business and service objectives.
• Drive team performance through structured coaching, performance management, and targeted development plans.
• Identify capability gaps and implement training initiatives to strengthen operational expertise.
• Build a culture of accountability, ownership, collaboration, and customer focus.
• Support onboarding and capability development of new team members.

Freight Brokerage Operations

• Oversee end-to-end load execution from pickup through delivery, ensuring service commitments are consistently met.
• Drive effective coordination across customers, carriers, drivers, and internal stakeholders to ensure seamless shipment execution.
• Monitor load execution, shipment status, appointments, and potential service disruptions, ensuring proactive intervention.
• Oversee carrier coordination, load coverage, scheduling, and execution to maximize operational efficiency.
• Ensure compliance with SOPs, customer requirements, contractual obligations, and escalation protocols.

Performance & Business Management

• Own and drive key operational KPIs, including productivity, service levels, on-time performance, response time, quality, and load execution.
• Analyse performance trends, identify root causes, and implement corrective actions to close performance gaps.
• Provide regular performance insights and business updates to management.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on efficiency, service quality, cost effectiveness, and customer experience.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to identify and eliminate recurring operational issues.
• Serve as the primary escalation point for complex customer and operational issues, driving timely resolution.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with key internal and external stakeholders.
• Ensure customer expectations are translated into clear operational priorities and consistently delivered by the team.
• Manage critical service issues with a strong focus on customer experience, communication, and resolution.

We Are Looking For

• Proven experience in a Team Leader, Supervisor, or People Manager role.
• Willingness to work night shifts and weekends as required by business operations.
• Demonstrated experience managing teams against operational KPIs and service-level targets.
• Strong problem-solving, decision-making, and escalation-management skills.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Proven ability to analyse performance data, identify root causes, and drive corrective actions.
• Strong ownership mindset with the ability to manage priorities in a fast-paced operational environment.
• Strong analytical and reporting capabilities with good proficiency in MS Excel.
• Ability to coach, motivate, and develop team members.
• Strong attention to detail with a focus on data accuracy and operational quality.

Preferred Skills & Experience

Team Management / People Leadership within any of the below functions:

• Freight / Transportation Operations
• Dispatch / Load Coordination
• Transportation Planning & Execution
• Shipment Tracking / Track & Trace
• 3PL / 4PL Operations
• Logistics Operations
• Rotational Shift - Night Shift
• 8 to 12 years of experience

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