Opportunity

A.P. Moller - Maersk is an integrated container logistics company working to connect and simplify its customers’ supply chains. As the global leader in shipping services, the company operates in 130 countries and employs roughly 76,000 people. With simple end-to-end offering of products and digital services, seamless customer engagement and a superior end-to-end delivery network, Maersk enables its customers to trade and grow by transporting goods anywhere - all over the world.

When you join Maersk, you will find that the world is your workplace.

You will work in a culturally diverse, performance stimulating environment, surrounded by new ideas and different ways of doing things.

We are currently looking for an Air Freight Specialist in Billund.

This position will play a key role in our air freight team, handling end-to-end operations. The Air Freight Specialist will be responsible for the operational execution of air export/import shipments and be in daily contact with customers and vendors as well as has the overall accurate revenue and cost allocation on shipment level.

Responsibilities:

• Handle the end-to-end shipment process in both import and export air freight shipments (incl. Dangerous Goods)
• Arrange airline bookings with our core carrier partners and gateways
• Arrange pre- and on-carriage with our trucking partners
• Align with our customs partner that all shipments are cleared as per local legislations
• Ensure shipments are filed timely and accurate in our operational systems
• Update shipment milestones in our operational systems in order to guarantee data quality towards our customers
• Ensure specific customer requirements are met (transit time, carrier selection, routings etc.)
• Monitoring of shipments to provide proactive update to our customers and to solve potential operational disruptions
• Coordinate with the commercial organization on customer commitments and forecasts
• Knowledge Exchange with the sales and account management in order to ensure customer satisfaction
• Quote on ad-hoc shipments and perform vendor negotiations
• Ensure accuracy of revenue and cost calculation on shipment level
• Adhering to process in line with the agreed execution Standards and customer specific IOP’s and monitor respective KPI’s

Critical competencies:

• Experience in Airfreight (at least 2 years)
• Fluent Danish and English
• Customer minded
• Experience in Dangerous Goods (DG certification) is required
• Previous experience in CargoWise will be a plus