Team Leader Ocean Freight Export (m/f/d) (Speditionskaufmann/-frau)

REQFY GmbHNordrhein-WestfalenEURESpublished 08/07/2026
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For an internationally active logistics company with a specialized ocean freight division, we are looking for you as a Team Leader Ocean Freight Export (m/f/d) in full-time at the Solingen location.

What is offered:

  • An annual salary of 60,000 to 70,000 Euro, depending on your experience and qualification
  • A responsible leadership position in operational ocean freight
  • The management of a small and specialized export team
  • A 40-hour week with flextime
  • 30 days of vacation
  • Up to two days of home office per week
  • International export traffic with a focus on USA and other worldwide destinations
  • Scope for design in the further development of processes and structures
  • A secure job in an internationally active logistics company
  • Long-term professional and personal development opportunities

These are your tasks:

  • You lead an export team of approximately three to five employees technically and, if necessary, disciplinarily
  • You coordinate operational tasks and ensure timely, economical, and qualitatively reliable order processing
  • You support your team with complex issues, complaints, and operational escalations
  • You process selected ocean freight export shipments and organize FCL, LCL, breakbulk, and group container loadings
  • You monitor export processes as well as shipping, freight, and customs documents
  • You look after important customers and support with offers and freight rates
  • You develop employees further and optimize internal processes together with adjacent departments
  • You coordinate vehicle, refrigerated, and special transports if required

What you bring with you:

  • You have training in the field of Spedition and Logistik or a comparable qualification
  • You have several years of professional experience in operational ocean freight with a focus on export
  • You are familiar with the processing of FCL and LCL shipments as well as the relevant export and customs documents
  • You have initial leadership experience or have already provided technical guidance to employees
  • You work confidently with MS Office and common Speditionssoftware
  • You have good English skills and a strong understanding of operational and economic processes
  • You act in a structured, solution-oriented, and committed manner and convince through an appreciative leadership style

Sounds like your next job?

Then we look forward to your application – uncomplicatied via the homepage, directly via e-mail, or simply call us.

Telephone: 02841 880 12 11 Job-ID: 410

Homeoffice: Scope: By arrangement

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