Road Freight Operations Specialist

DP World, the fast-growing logistics leader that currently manages more than 10% of world trade, is seeking an experienced
Road Freight Operations Specialist
to join our growing Freight Forwarding office in
Bucharest, Romania.

Your Responsibilities

• Conducting market research to identify optimal operational transport solutions while ensuring high service quality.
• Initiating contact with transport partners and accessing transport exchanges to negotiate the most advantageous solutions, including routes, transport channels, cargo loading plans, and pricing.
• Verifying that transport operations commence only upon receipt of a complete and valid transport order from the shipper, ensuring all necessary information is provided.
• Reviewing documentation received from carriers to confirm alignment with the agreed terms and parameters outlined in the transport order.
• Managing, monitoring, and fulfilling transport orders, ensuring the successful execution of services.
• Recording all essential customer and transporter information in the TMS system (including addresses, contact details, dimensions, weights, company names, and locations).
• Verifying the accuracy of documents received from transporters.
• Cultivating and sustaining positive working relationships with the company's clients and transport partners.

Your Profile

• Minimum 2 years of professional experience in road freight forwarding, international transport, import, export, and transit.
• Proficiency in domestic and international geography, including knowledge of

countries and major cities.

• Solid understanding of the transport and logistics industry (including cost-per-km calculations, types of pallets, clear distinction between actual and chargeable weight, insight into rate fluctuations and the factors influencing them, good knowledge of the various types of transport vehicles and their specific uses).
• Proficiency in using PC applications, particularly the Microsoft Office suite.
• Exceptional attention to detail, including the ability to proactively anticipate and resolve issues and take appropriate corrective actions.
• Strong ability to calculate freight measurements, weight, and convert them into international units.
• Full professional working proficiency in the English and Romanian languages.
• Outstanding communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Capability to maintain high productivity levels while remaining calm under pressure.
• Client-oriented mindset with a focus on delivering high-quality service.
• Adept at identifying and implementing pragmatic solutions.

Compensation

DP World offers exciting and challenging roles within a growing international organization. We strive to hire and develop the right people, locally and globally, stimulating personal growth and self-development within an informal atmosphere. We offer a market competitive compensation package.

About DP World

Trade is the lifeblood of the global economy, creating opportunities and improving the quality of life for people around the world. DP World exists to make the world's trade flow better, changing what's possible for the customers and communities we serve globally.

With a dedicated, diverse and professional team of more than 115,000 employees from 160 nationalities, spanning 78 countries on six continents, DP World is pushing trade further and faster towards a seamless supply chain that's fit for the future.

We're rapidly transforming and integrating our businesses -- Ports and Terminals, Marine Services, Logistics and Technology – and uniting our global infrastructure with local expertise to create stronger, more efficient end-to-end supply chain solutions that can change the way the world trades.

What's more, we're reshaping the future by investing in innovation. From intelligent delivery systems to automated warehouse stacking, we're at the cutting edge of disruptive technology, pushing the sector towards better ways to trade, minimising disruptions from the factory floor to the customer's door.

DP World is on a mission to transcend boundaries and bridge the gap between all nations and cultures – not just in what we do but also in how we behave.

We are dedicated to creating a culture where everyone feels respected, supported, and empowered to reach their full potential. We believe that embracing inclusion and diversity, drives innovation and growth and helps us connect people, businesses, and societies. Free minds and different perspectives are changing our world, and together we can change what's possible.

WE MAKE TRADE FLOW

TO CHANGE WHAT'S POSSIBLE FOR EVERYONE.