Procurement Officer

Royal Den Hartogh Logistics is one of the leading Logistics Service Providers. Our family-owned organization was established in The Netherlands in 1920. As a bulk logistics service provider for the chemical, gas, polymer and food industry, we combine the best elements to create the optimal solution for each situation. Safety and operational excellence are embedded in our culture.

Royal Den Hartogh has a presence in every region of the world, with premises/offices in 47 locations within 26 countries. Our workforce consists of more than 2,000 people and our modern equipment includes more than 20,000 tank containers, 6,100 dry bulk containers and specialized dry bulk trailers, 350 tank trailers and 625 trucks.

Chemical logistics is our business, and personal chemistry with customers our aim. We bring over 100 years experience of delivering smart logistics for the chemical and petrochemical industries.

Responsibilities:

• Obtain freight rate from shipping lines to support regular orders, spot order/off-bidding and also fulfil inquiry from bidding customer.

• Evaluate, compare and lead negotiation with vendors for the related logistics cost to ensure cost efficiency and reliable service.

• Maintain accurate records, monitor data validity to timely procure on expiring rates and communicate with other local procurements in different countries to complete procurement activity in the system.

• Collaborate with internal parties, commercial, pricing and operation team to align customer’s requirements and concerns with the company strategies

• Manage and maintain relationship with all related vendors , addressing issues and resolving disputes with them.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in logistics, supply chain or any related field

• Minimum of 3 years of experience in freight procurement, logistics or international transport field

• Good written and verbal communication skills in English

• Proficiency in MS office Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Manageable of Power BI would be an advantage

• Able to interact with people easily and network as a relationship builder

Desired Competencies of Successful Candidates:

• Good in interpersonal and negotiated skill to keep maintaining relationships and secure company’s advantage.

• Detailed oriented and able to accurately work with data.

• Open-minded & Service-minded as a representative of company buyer as well as to be an internal real team player.

• Keen to learn and enthusiastically work with new challenges.

• Proactive with the challenges and issues.