Transportation Coördinator

Bluewave - Expeditors; Schiphol; Hybrid; EUR 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Bluewave - Expeditors is seeking a Transportation Coordinator to join the Global Transportation Team. You will ensure transportation activities run smoothly, analyze performance data, and drive process improvements across warehouses, carriers, and 3PLs.

The role involves coordinating daily transport activities, monitoring shipments, and collaborating with internal teams to reduce costs and improve on-time performance, while updating SOPs and reports for stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Coordinating and following up on daily transportation activities
• Working closely with warehouses, carriers, 3PLs, suppliers, and internal teams
• Monitoring shipments and ensuring operational issues are resolved quickly
• Analyzing transportation and performance data and identifying improvement opportunities
• Monitoring and reporting carrier performance, KPIs, and other key results
• Identifying trends and recurring carrier issues and taking proactive action
• Contributing to projects focused on process improvement, cost reduction, consolidation, and on-time performance
• Keeping operational processes, SOPs, and work instructions up to date and continuously improving them
• Holding regular meetings with carriers, 3PLs, suppliers, and other stakeholders
• Preparing presentations and discussing results with suppliers and customers
• Contributing to solutions for complex transportation challenges
• Coordinating multiple projects at the same time and setting priorities based on operational needs

Job description

The Role

As a Transportation Coordinator, you will be part of the Global Transportation Team. Together, you ensure that transportation activities run smoothly and are continuously improved.No two days are the same. One moment you may be analyzing a carrier’s performance, the next you are discussing an operational issue with a warehouse or 3PL, and later you may be working on a project focused on cost reduction or improving on-time performance.You do not only focus on what needs to happen today, but also on how processes can be made smarter and more efficient tomorrow.As a Transportation Coordinator, your responsibilities will include:

• Coordinating and following up on daily transportation activities;
• Working closely with warehouses, carriers, 3PLs, suppliers, and internal teams;
• Monitoring shipments and ensuring operational issues are resolved quickly;
• Analyzing transportation and performance data and identifying improvement opportunities;
• Monitoring and reporting carrier performance, KPIs, and other key results;
• Identifying trends and recurring carrier issues and taking proactive action;
• Contributing to projects focused on process improvement, cost reduction, consolidation, and on-time performance;
• Keeping operational processes, SOPs, and work instructions up to date and continuously improving them;
• Holding regular meetings with carriers, 3PLs, suppliers, and other stakeholders;
• Preparing presentations and discussing results with suppliers and customers;
• Contributing to solutions for complex transportation challenges;
• Coordinating multiple projects at the same time and setting priorities based on operational needs.

The role offers a strong combination of transportation, logistics, projects, data, and international stakeholder management. You stay closely connected to the daily operation while also getting the opportunity to structurally improve processes.