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Head of Indian Container Division

AsstrA is an ambitious team of 27 countries. More than 1,300 employees work in Europe, CIS countries, Asia and the USA. For more than 25 years, AsstrA has been offering a full range of transport and logistics services: road, sea, rail, air and intermodal transportation, customs services, cargo insurance. With the rapid development of the business and the opening of new offices in Europe and Asia, we offer you excellent opportunities to build a successful career, improve or acquire new logistics competencies.

Responsibilities:

  •         Building up the operational ocean team in India (Mundra/Mumbai/New Delhi)
  •          Participation in hiring of people
  •          Building up the relationships with major carriers and inland carriers, maintaining constant and beneficial connection
  •          Responsibility for pricing and achieving comparative advantages of our offer
  •          Development of the main Trade Lanes with focus on export IN-CN, IN-CIS, IN-EU, IN-US and import EU-IN, US-IN, CN-IN, CIS-IN
  •          Providing transport solutions for shipments from/to Bangladesh, Pakistan
  •          Organize and develop new, advanced types of services for the delivery of goods
  •          Develop and implement new product and service offerings to meet customer needs in alignment with their goals and objectives
  •          Develop solutions for transit within India
  •          Responsibility to reach standard KPIs for new division (minimum TEUs, GP, Net Profit)
  •          Controlling and responsibility for the efficiency (min number of shipments per employee, GP per employee);

Skills/Qualifications:

  •        Relevant experience in transportation and forwarding (3 years)
  •        Managerial experience
  •         Bachelor’s degree
  •        Foreign language – Turkish, Hindi, English.
  •         Confident knowledge of PC (MS Office): Power Point, Excel
  •         Good level of negotiation and presentation skills
  •        Self-motivation and energy
  •        Result-oriented mindset

What We Offer: 

  •         A central and peaceful location in World Trading Center, Istanbul/Yenibosna
  •        Opportunity to join a fastly growing organization where you can enrich your career and improve your skills
  •         Modern, transparent and responsive management
  •         The chance to grow and develop together (online professional courses)
  •        Other regular benefits, including health insurance, transportation, etc.
  •        “Birthday Party” – extra day off
  •       Referral program "Refer a friend” and Idea contest
  •        Swiss vacations for Best employees