Forwarding Business Controller Staff/Specialist (m/w/d)

Permanent employee, Full-time · Eschborn

Your mission

Supporting management in the area of forwarding with reports and evaluations (e.g. customers, traffics, modes, markets).
Supporting sales forces with sales leads and qualified customer information. KPI recording and evaluation for local sales. Main contact for SalesForce matters as CRM SuperUser.

Business development controlling with a focus on activities, opportunities and customer analyses, creating monthly reports within the Forwarding Department
Budget and forecast monitoring and generation, additional visual processing and presentation generation
Analysis & creation of KPI reports: financial and operative KPI control, monthly, quarterly and yearly determination of results
Supporting the Department Manager Forwarding Sales Europe in analyzing and creating CRM reports, KPI reports as well as annual planning and forecasts
Maintain and manage Forwarding sales reports and business plans
Administer all business units within Freight Forwarding and analyze financial risks, recommend effective solutions
Creation of business cases to support management
Analysis of freight forwarding sales processes, development and monitoring of improvement measures
Planning and optimization of controlling freight forwarding sales processes in the company (margin analysis, KPI management, cost control, restructuring, automation, digitization)
Responsible for product requirement analysis, technical solutions and implementation strategy
Participate in "sales journeys" to develop innovative programs for new and existing customers
Collaboration and development of new products within the Freight Forwarding units (AFR, OFR, W+D, sales, IT, etc.)
CRM: Central contact for Salesforce, Super User, Support function
CRM: Training and mentoring of stakeholders and business colleagues
CRM: Work with business stakeholders to update, extend and migrate their current processes to Salesforce
CRM: Dynamic development of AI-supported CRM technology for digital customer care (research, smarter lead generation) is one of the strategic tasks
GPMS: Interface to Freight Forwarding Procurement, support for colleagues in local sales
Collaboration with all other areas of the company to ensure an effective and efficient IT landscape
Determine and verify systems and process all data.
Collaboration and development with other colleagues (sales and IT teams)
Communication with interface areas to ensure transparency
Analysis of weak points in the forwarding processes (sales, operations) as well as the development and support of countermeasures
Supporting management in strategic decision-making based on performance evaluations, benchmarks and key figure
Consultant and source of ideas for all hierarchical levels in the company
Train and support stakeholders and business colleagues

Your profile

Completed degree in economics with a focus on controlling and/or logistics or commercial or shipping apprenticeship with appropriate further training to become a business economist or transport specialist with a focus on controlling
Minimum of 3 years of experience in an active EU forwarding market
Ability to identify and define needs and challenge
Very good networking, reporting skills
Very high affinity for numbers, data and facts
Logical and strategic thinking
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Sound professional experience in controlling, preferably in the logistics industry
Confident in presenting results and moderating meetings
Good market knowledge of the European markets
Good background in controlling
Product knowledge in Air, Sea, Road, Rail, W&D or SCS is an advantage
Comprehensive professional knowledge of MS Suite – Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint and other MS Suite programs
Very good communication and coordination skills for working in a multicultural environment
Fluency in German and any other official language of EU is a must

Why us?

Interesting and challenging work opportunity in a rapidly growing company
International and multicultural work environment with wide connections all over the world
High-performance remuneration with various company benefits

If you are you looking for a chance to apply your knowledge and implement your ideas, while being recognized for your unique contributions, we would love to get to know you and show you why a career at GLOVIS Europe GmbH can be a great opportunity for you.

Please send us your CV and cover letter including your earliest possible start date and salary expectation. We are looking forward to getting to know you.

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About us

Glovis Europe GmbH operates as the European subsidiary of the South Korean group Hyundai GLOVIS and is a growth-oriented service provider in the field of supply chain management with a focus on automotive logistics. Since our founding around 18 years ago, we have been able to establish ourselves as one of the leading companies in the top logistics class, the logistics of finished vehicles, and have always placed great emphasis on continuous and sustainable growth.

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