Job Description

Hapag-Lloyd AG is seeking a talented and experienced professional to join our Global Terminal & Transport Procurement department. In this role, you will play a crucial part in driving the optimization of our transport services procurement, aligning with our high standards for cost, quality, and availability. You will provide guidance and support to procurement stakeholders worldwide, ensuring consistent processes and best practices.

• Global optimization of strategic procurement for transport services, ensuring cost-effectiveness, quality, and availability.
• Provide methodological and functional guidance to procurement stakeholders worldwide, promoting consistent processes and best practices.
• Drive the end-to-end execution of the category strategy, including budget planning, tender support, and finalization.
• Deliver advanced support to regional procurement organizations and local experts, especially for tender activities and cost reduction initiatives.
• Support regions during annual budget planning with market insights and validation of savings pipelines.
• Execute and support strategic sourcing activities, including supplier strategy, tender design, negotiation, and contracting support.
• Monitor and oversee global transport procurement KPIs, providing transparency and progress updates to management and stakeholders.
• Ensure effective communication with upper management and key stakeholders, actively managing interfaces with internal teams.

• Proven experience in strategic procurement with a strong track record in cost management and optimization, preferably in transport/logistics categories.
• Experience in implementing basic and advanced negotiation concepts, such as eAuctions, multi-round tenders, should-cost/benchmarking, and index-based mechanisms.
• Strong project management and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively in global teams and coordinate stakeholders.
• High level of ownership, independence, and engagement, with a strong target orientation.
• Very good analytical skills and business acumen, along with business-fluent English.
• Proficiency in MS Office, with desirable skills in eProcurement, particularly 'Coupa'.
• Availability for global travel as required.

Hapag-Lloyd is one of the world’s leading liner shipping companies, connecting businesses and people across more than 600 ports worldwide With a fleet of over 300 modern container ships and a vessel capacity of 2.5 million TEU, we keep global trade moving reliably every day.

Our global network spans 140 countries, 400 offices, and a growing portfolio of terminal and infrastructure investments. This scale enables us to deliver consistent, high‑quality service across continents and to support our customers in even the most complex supply chains.

When you join us, you become part of more than 18,000 colleagues working across borders, functions, and cultures, to not only to deliver quality for our customers, but to create innovation and opportunities across roles, regions, and perspectives.

We believe that every exploration is a chance to grow, and every port is a place to belong.