• Manage and standardize digital carrier and third-party connectivity for global and regional business units
• Monitor and drive higher utilization of EDI with vendors in the organization to enable productivity gains
• Establish clear SLA with data providers and ocean carriers, establish & monitor KPIs to ensure quality of the data received via EDI
• Define connectivity index per country / suppliers / transaction and execute complex analyses of vendors data quality for other key stakeholders within ocean freight
• Drive development in the area of enhanced ocean carrier’s integration (e.g. sailing schedules, rates and contracts, invoicing, new data providers, etc.)
• Increase integration of other vendor types: Warehouse cross docking, truckers, container terminals, co-loaders
• Collaboration with IT and Business stakeholders in the area of vendor connectivity and tracking event strategy
• Define and follow up of the deployment plans of integration projects with regions
• Evolve current connectivity portfolio to support next generation solutions (webservices, blockchain, API, new data providers, etc.)
• Coordination of UAT (user acceptance testing) of vendors integration
• Conduct final quality review and sign-off of connectivity & integration change proposals
• University degree in the area of logistics or several years of working experience in the ocean forwarding business
• Solid understanding of ocean forwarding
• Experienced in EDI Management, Data Analytics and Project Management
• Strong analytical and conceptual capabilities
• Attention to details and strong organizational skills
• Experienced in analysing and documenting business connectivity and integration requirements
• Good communication skills as the role requires frequent communication to various directions and all management levels
• Cooperative team working attitude
• Quality and efficiency driven working style
• Ability to work independently as well as within the global teams
• Fluent in Business English (spoken and written)
• Proactive, positive, enthusiastic and self-driven
• Willingness to travel
