Regional Ocean Procurement Lead Europe

Stolt-Nielsen; Rotterdam; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full-time role (37.5h/week)

Partial remote work

13th month salary

International team

Professional development

Job summary

Stolt-Nielsen’s STC division seeks a Regional Ocean Procurement Lead for Europe to secure ocean freight services and build a robust regional procurement platform. You will work with global and regional teams and key suppliers to deliver cost-efficient, sustainable solutions across Europe.

You will develop supplier relationships, lead regional strategy execution, monitor market trends, and manage contracts across multiple countries to optimize cost and service levels.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or on-the-job experience with 5–10 years in relevant field.
• 5+ years freight procurement experience.
• Experience with tendering, contract negotiation, procurement, and freight platforms.
• Experience with the tank container industry is ideal.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to be diplomatic and maintain a neutral approach in contentious situations.

Responsibilities

• Secure ocean freight services for STC’s customers at the most competitive cost in the region.
• Develop and manage supplier relationships and regional ocean strategy execution.
• Monitor market trends to optimize cost, service levels, and sustainability performance.
• Lead tendering, contract management and cross-departmental interactions with suppliers.
• Collaborate with global/regional teams and internal stakeholders across multiple countries.
• Champion sustainability within the region for the ocean category.

Skills

Freight procurement

Tendering

Contract negotiation

Procurement platforms

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Tendering platforms

Freight platforms

Job description

Job Description

Help deliver the products that the world can’t do without. Join us as a Regional Ocean Procurement Lead Europe.

As the Regional Ocean Procurement Lead, you will secure the ocean freight services needed to support STC’s customers at the most competitive cost while building an unbeatable regional procurement platform through close collaboration with the procurement team, the wider business, and key suppliers.

At Stolt Tank Containers (STC), we move today’s products for tomorrow’s possibilities. With a fleet of more than 65,000 ISO tank containers and a worldwide network of owned and joint-venture depots, we deliver products across land to customers in more than 165 countries. As a division of Stolt-Nielsen, a global leader in the logistics and distribution of bulk liquids, STC is the final link in Stolt-Nielsen’s end-to-end logistics chain, collecting products from storage terminals and ports, and delivering them directly to customers’ doors, wherever they are in the world. We are committed to getting it right every time: safely, reliably and sustainably.

What You Will Be Doing

You will be responsible for securing the services necessary to support STC’s customers at the most competitive cost in your region, working closely with the global and regional procurement teams and the wider business to build and maintain an unbeatable regional procurement platform. On a day-to-day basis, you will develop and manage key supplier relationships, lead regional ocean strategy execution, and continuously monitor market trends to optimize cost, service levels and sustainability performance. You will operate in an international, cross-functional environment, interacting with suppliers and internal stakeholders across multiple countries, using tendering, procurement and freight platforms to negotiate and manage contracts and ensure a robust, standardized approach to regional spend.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and execute the regional ocean strategy.
• Support the global ocean tendering process and be main point of contact for the European ocean carriers.
• Constantly benchmark the market to ensure unbeatable costs in the region.
• Create and own procurement frameworks on contract negotiations, periodic business reviews, and cross-departmental interactions with suppliers.
• Understand and constantly research macro and micro trends that could impact the ocean strategy, service levels, and cost base in the region.
• Maintain a constant feedback loop with small spend markets to ensure standardization and spend control in these markets.
• Develop and maintain strategic relationships with key suppliers.
• Inform and share knowledge with the business on market trends and cost developments.
• Be a champion for sustainability within the region for the ocean category.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or on the job experience over 5-10 years.
• At least 5 years freight procurement.
• Experience with tendering, contract negotiation, procurement, and freight platforms.
• Experience with the tank container industry is ideal.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to be diplomatic and maintain a neutral approach in contentious situations.

What We Offer

• A full-time (37,5 hours a week) role.
• The ability to partially work remotely.
• A competitive compensation package, including a 13th month.
• Be part of an international team.
• Opportunities for professional development and continuous learning across a truly global company.
• A collaborative culture built on pragmatism, shared success, and the freedom to find solutions.
• The chance to work on meaningful, real-world challenges, from supply chain innovation to sustainable logistics.

This role is only open for EU residence. We don't offer visa sponsorship.

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement

Stolt-Nielsen is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All hiring and employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, creed, religion, disability status, genetic information, pregnancy, citizenship status, marital status, sex/gender, sexual preference/ orientation, gender identity or expression, age, veteran status, national origin or ancestry, or any other status protected by federal, state or local law or regulation. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

About Stolt-Nielsen

Stolt-Nielsen (SNL, Oslo Børs) is a global leader in the logistics and distribution of bulk liquids, with three core logistics businesses: Stolt Tankers, Stolthaven Terminals and Stolt Tank Containers. Together, they provide an end-to-end service, moving products by sea, storing them safely on land, and delivering them door to door by ISO tank container, connecting customers’ products from source to destination across more than 165 countries. We are also pioneers in sustainable land-based aquaculture (Stolt Sea Farm) and invest in adjacent opportunities aligned with our industries. Our values guide everything we do. We act pragmatically, collaborate for success, commit to go further, and create solutions: We move today’s products for tomorrow’s possibilities. www.stolt-nielsen.com.