Senior Charterer | Dutch | Rotterdam

Abroad Experience; Rotterdam; On-site; EUR 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Abroad Experience is seeking a Senior Charterer for our Rotterdam client, a leading inland shipping cooperative. You will ensure cargo and vessel capacity are matched, engaging daily with members, customers and skippers to drive optimal transport solutions.

In this dynamic role you monitor market changes, negotiate rates, and respond proactively to water levels, weather and economic shifts, contributing to team improvements with a commercial mindset.

Qualifications

• You know the market, the key players and the challenges within the sector.
• You have a commercial mindset and are a strong negotiator.
• You can switch quickly between tasks while keeping the bigger picture in view.
• You value freedom, responsibility and variety; you work independently yet as a team.

Responsibilities

• Maintain contact with customers, members and skippers.
• Negotiate rates and transport arrangements.
• Monitor ongoing transports and resolve bottlenecks.
• Contribute ideas for improvements within the team and the cooperative.

Skills

Commercial mindset

Negotiation

Market knowledge

Multitasking

Team player

Independent worker

Job description

Our client makes an important contribution to the logistics of dry cargo transport across the European inland waterways. Every day, at least 200 inland vessels operate across Europe on behalf of our client. This makes our client the largest cooperative chartering organisation within the European inland shipping sector.

Main Tasks

Are you familiar with the inland shipping industry? Do you thrive on negotiating, switching between priorities and solving logistical puzzles? Are you looking for a position where no two days are the same? For our client in Rotterdam, we are looking for a new colleague for the position of Senior Charterer:

As a Senior Charterer, you ensure that cargo and vessel capacity are optimally matched. You are in daily contact with members, customers and skippers and know how to make the right decisions in a market that is constantly changing.

Water levels, weather conditions, supply and demand, economic developments or political events can all have an impact on the market. You closely monitor these developments and actively respond to them.

In addition:

• Maintain contact with customers, members and skippers;
• Negotiate rates and transport arrangements;
• Monitor ongoing transports and resolve bottlenecks;
• Contribute ideas for improvements within the team and the cooperative.

Requirements:

• You know the market, the key players and the challenges within the sector;
• You have a commercial mindset and are a strong negotiator;
• You can switch quickly between tasks without losing sight of the bigger picture;
• You value freedom, responsibility and variety;
• You work independently, while also being a true team player.