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About the role
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You will manage and execute both air and ocean freight shipments, ensuring reliable, efficient, and customer-focused service delivery across multiple transport modes. This is a hands-on operational role, ideal for a motivated freight professional with strong local market knowledge and end-to-end forwarding experience.
In addition to managing day-to-day forwarding operations, this role will play a key part in supporting the introduction and development of a Control Tower service in Sweden. The successful candidate will help drive enhanced supply chain visibility, customer reporting, exception management, and operational coordination across customer networks. Experience working within a freight forwarding Control Tower environment would be highly advantageous.
How You Will Contribute
- Coordinate import, export, and cross-trade shipments across air freight and ocean freight (FCL & LCL).
- Negotiate rates and capacity with airlines, carriers, NVOCCs, agents, and trucking providers.
- Prepare, validate, and manage transport, customs, and shipping documentation.
- Monitor shipment progress and provide proactive updates to customers and stakeholders.
- Ensure compliance with international regulations, safety standards, and company procedures.
- Generate competitive quotes and secure space reservations across air and ocean modes.
- Manage special cargo, including hazardous, restricted, and time-critical shipments.
- Collaborate closely with internal teams and external partners.
- Contribute to process improvement, system optimisation, and operational excellence.
- Support sales teams with market insights, pricing support, and upselling opportunities.
- Support the introduction, implementation, and ongoing development of the Control Tower service, ensuring operational readiness and delivering enhanced visibility and customer service across the supply chain.
Din profil
What You Will Bring Qualifications & Experience
- 3-5 years' experience in freight forwarding, covering air and ocean freight.
- Strong hands-on operational background, ideally within a mid-sized or multinational forwarder.
- Experience working with TMS systems, KPIs, and process improvement.
- Demonstrated knowledge of multimodal logistics and end-to-end forwarding.
- Previous experience working within a Freight Forwarding Control Tower environment is highly desirable.
- Understanding of supply chain visibility, exception management, customer reporting, and Control Tower operations would be advantageous.
- Fluent in Swedish and English.
Skills & Competencies
- Solid understanding of air freight and ocean freight operations.
- Strong problem-solving, negotiation, and organisational skills.
*Customer-focused mindset with excellent communication skills.
- Ability to manage multiple shipments and priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Collaborative and proactive approach to working cross-functionally.
01Compensation
We offer exciting and challenging roles within a growing international organisation. We strive to hire and develop the right people, supporting personal growth and self-development within an open and informal working culture. A market-competitive compensation package is offered.
Sounds interesting? Apply now!
DGJ Insight
Our own data about this role and place, from official statistics and our live job index.
Source: OECD Average annual wages, 2025
UN living-cost index for Sweden (ICSC post adjustment 37.6), as of 1 Oct 2026.
Source: ICSC post adjustment classifications (icsc.un.org)
- Work permit: Job offer with terms equal to Swedish collective agreements; new salary threshold
- EU Blue Card: Degree and salary threshold
- Job seeker permit for highly qualified: Advanced degree, up to 9 months
Official routes: Swedish Migration Agency
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