Customs & Transport Coordinator - Borg El-Arab

Alstom; Borg; On-site; SEK 420,000 - 540,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work environment

Award-winning learning programs

Comprehensive social coverage

Career progression

Job summary

Alstom is seeking a Customs & Transport Coordinator to manage transportation plans, ensure regulatory compliance, and lead the site’s shipment and expediting activities. You will work across procurement, planning, and global teams to optimize flows and drive performance through KPIs and reports.

The role requires a logistics mindset, strong analytical skills, and the ability to harmonize processes across sites.

Qualifications

• Degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, or a related field.
• Experience or understanding of transportation planning, logistics flows, and customs procedures.
• Knowledge of international trade regulations, Incoterms, and transportation management systems.
• Familiarity with process mapping tools such as VSM or SIPOC.
• A certification in logistics or supply chain management (e.g., APICS, CILT) is a plus.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.

Responsibilities

• Document and maintain the site transportation plan, including routing guides for all transportation modes.
• Ensure timely transportation requests, shipment readiness, and accurate shipment statuses in the information system.
• Manage shipping documents and collaborate with suppliers and customers to ensure smooth operations.
• Monitoring budgets, approving invoices, and solving operational issues related to transportation and logistics.
• Leading the site’s shipment/expediting department and deploying transportation strategies aligned with business needs.
• Supporting the global transportation performance management by implementing KPIs, designing reports, and analyzing cost performance.
• Driving consistency in process mapping, systems, and data collection for harmonization across sites.
• Facilitating continuous improvement and transformation of the transportation organization through performance analysis and optimization initiatives.
• Supporting project-specific transportation needs, including out-of-gauge (OOG) transportation of rolling stock components.
• Providing expertise as a site customs referent, ensuring compliance with customs regulations and contributing to team training on customs requirements.

Skills

Supply chain degree

Transportation planning

Incoterms knowledge

Process mapping (VSM/SIPOC)

Logistics certification (APICS/CILT)

Analytical skills

Stakeholder management

Education

Degree in Supply Chain Management or related field

Job description

At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling, and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, 80,000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

Could you be the full-time Customs & Transport Coordinator in Alexandria we’re looking for?

Your future role

Take on a new challenge and apply your logistics and transportation expertise in a cutting-edge field. You’ll work alongside collaborative and forward-thinking teammates.

You’ll help ensure seamless transportation and logistics flows for the site, contributing to Alstom’s mission of delivering sustainable and efficient mobility solutions. Day-to-day, you’ll work closely with teams across the business (procurement, material planning, engineering, and global transportation teams), lead the site’s shipment and expediting department, and drive continuous improvement initiatives.

You’ll specifically take care of planning and executing transportation flows, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements, and maintaining accurate performance dashboards, but also support global transportation performance management and process harmonization across sites.

We’ll look to you for:

• Documenting and maintaining the site transportation plan, including routing guides for all transportation modes.
• Ensuring timely transportation requests, shipment readiness, and accurate shipment statuses in the information system.
• Managing shipping documents and collaborating with suppliers and customers to ensure smooth operations.
• Monitoring budgets, approving invoices, and solving operational issues related to transportation and logistics.
• Leading the site’s shipment/expediting department and deploying transportation strategies aligned with business needs.
• Supporting the global transportation performance management by implementing KPIs, designing reports, and analyzing cost performance.
• Driving consistency in process mapping, systems, and data collection for harmonization across sites.
• Facilitating continuous improvement and transformation of the transportation organization through performance analysis and optimization initiatives.
• Supporting project-specific transportation needs, including out-of-gauge (OOG) transportation of rolling stock components.
• Providing expertise as a site customs referent, ensuring compliance with customs regulations and contributing to team training on customs requirements.

All About You

We value passion and attitude over experience. That’s why we don’t expect you to have every single skill. Instead, we’ve listed some that we think will help you succeed and grow in this role:

• Degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, or a related field.
• Experience or understanding of transportation planning, logistics flows, and customs procedures.
• Knowledge of international trade regulations, Incoterms, and transportation management systems.
• Familiarity with process mapping tools such as VSM or SIPOC.
• A certification in logistics or supply chain management (e.g., APICS, CILT) is a plus.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.

Things you’ll enjoy

Join us on a life-long transformative journey – the rail industry is here to stay, so you can grow and develop new skills and experiences throughout your career. You’ll also:

• Enjoy stability, challenges, and a long‑term career free from boring daily routines.
• Work with new security standards for rail signalling.
• Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues.
• Contribute to innovative projects that make a real impact on sustainable mobility.
• Utilise our inclusive and flexible working environment.
• Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries.
• Benefit from our investment in your development, through award‑winning learning programs.
• Progress towards leadership positions or specialized roles in logistics and transportation.
• Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognises your performance and potential, plus comprehensive and competitive social coverage (life, medical, pension).

You don’t need to be a train enthusiast to thrive with us. We guarantee that when you step onto one of our trains with your friends or family, you’ll be proud. If you’re up for the challenge, we’d love to hear from you!

Important to note

As a global business, we’re an equal‑opportunity employer that celebrates diversity across the 63 countries we operate in. We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace for everyone.