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Bertelsmann

Global media, services, and education conglomerate

Transportation Team Leader

Shipping & ReceivingPosted on Nov 13
Full-timeIllescas, SpainNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Ability to lead, organize, and make decisions.
  • Results orientation and continuous-improvement mindset.
  • Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
  • Availability to work rotating shifts and weekends according to operational planning.

Responsibilities

  • Coordinate transport operations, ensuring proper loading, unloading, and dispatch processes.
  • Plan and organize loads, forecast transport needs based on order volumes and operational plans, and coordinate schedules and exceptional loads.
  • Supervise and control dispatches, ensuring they are opened correctly, goods are assigned, and established procedures are followed.
  • Coordinate with different departments, communicating operational changes and loading orders and resolving incidents.
  • Report to Operations (OPS) leads on activity status, route changes, loading procedures, and significant incidents.
  • Monitor truck flows, managing arrivals and departures, loading and unloading times, vehicle registration numbers, and coordination with relevant teams.
  • Liaise directly with the ITX Planning team, participating in coordination meetings and adapting operations during peak campaigns such as sales periods and Black Friday.
  • Manage and resolve real-time incidents involving delays, operational deviations, seal irregularities, or transport documentation.
  • Supervise invoicing and dispatch closing for export and e-commerce operations.
  • Control and validate transport documentation, ensuring proper document management for exports and dispatches.
  • Analyze data and forecast transport needs, particularly when requesting and planning export trucks to international destinations such as France.
  • Organize and distribute team tasks, assigning resources and responsibilities according to operational needs, including gatehouse and Customer Service positions.

Desired Qualifications

  • Education related to Logistics, Supply Chain, Engineering, Industrial Organization, or a similar field is an added advantage.

About the Company

Bertelsmann

Global media, services, and education conglomerate

Bertelsmann is a global media, services, and education group made up of eight autonomous divisions, including RTL Group, Penguin Random House, BMG, and Arvato. It operates across B2B and B2C markets, with activities in broadcasting, book publishing, music rights management, and business process outsourcing. Its products range from streaming subscriptions and printed books to logistics, CRM services, and AI-powered content and rights-management tools. The company differentiates itself through a decentralized, entrepreneur-led structure that reinvests profits into content and digital infrastructure via its Boost program, backed by private foundations and the Mohn family. It aims to grow organically and through selective acquisitions while leveraging large-scale data and cross-divisional synergies to deliver personalized content and service experiences at a global scale.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
Debt Financing
Total funding
$1.4B
Headquarters
Gütersloh, Germany
Founded
1835

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