Transport Planner

Samskip’s Transport Planning team in Milan is 100% committed to helping our customers transport their goods without a hitch. To further enhance the team we are currently looking for an organized resource to support our truck and rail planning team. If that sounds like you, read on to find out more about this role within a growing and future-focused company.

A dynamic and international work environment
Samskip innovates the most advanced sustainable and multimodal transport solutions across Europe. Our office in Milan is home to people of different backgrounds divided between Transport Planning, Customer Service and Sales. It’s busy, it’s fun and every day is different as you work together to provide outstanding solutions for a wide range of customers.
- Coordinate our trucking and rail traffic
Your main task in this role is to be the person in charge of supporting both the truck and rail planning within a Transport Planning team of five people. As such, you need to be comfortable with below actions:

- Communicate with hauliers and our Customer Service teams
- Manage daily operations to optimize the equipment circulation via road and rail
- Perform costs administration and be able to escalate when necessary
- Arrange loading lists for train departures with focus on key customers and supplier commitments

You will sometimes have to work under pressure. But it’s a great opportunity to show that you can act as a great problem solver and make yourself important to your customers and to Samskip. And, as you grow into the role, you’ll have the freedom to use your own initiative within the overall framework of Samskip’s rules and procedures.
- A great place to grow your career
At Samskip we know that when our people succeed, so do we. So you’ll have access to our wide-ranging development opportunities including the valuable training and e-learning offered by our Samskip Academy. We make every effort to ensure a good work/life balance within a lively and international work environment where you are challenged every day.

Samskip also offers:

- Competitive salary;
- 22 days of holiday per year plus ROL hours;
- Restaurant voucher for each day worked;
- Once your training is completed, you will be able to work from home for two days per week.

Dedication meets communication

So far so good? We'd love to hear from you if you also have:

- Two years of experience working in transport planning for trucks or trains;
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office and reporting software;
- Italian and English language skills, both verbal and written.