Logistics and Transportation Planner

Northvolt has an exciting job offer for a Logistics Planner to join our excellent and passionate team at Northvolt in Västerås.

In joining us you will play an important part from the very start, building one of the first large scale European battery factories. Northvolt will play a significant role in the transformation to a carbon free society.

As a Logistics Planner, you will focus on making sure all the inbounds and outbounds of Northvolt Labs are well processed and will have a special attention on guaranteeing we have all the materials ready for production

Together with colleagues: Internal Logistics, Logistics Procurement, Developers and Coordinators, you will partake in purchasing activities as well as secure processes and resources necessary for operational deployment and execution.

You:
Generally speaking, you have experience in working operationally with shipping, transport, and warehousing. You are familiar with the administrative side of the logistical process, documentation required to dispatch, clear customs, receive and store cargo.

You also appreciate the importance of adequate packaging to ensure safety and sound condition of the product in transit, as well as the warehouse. Ideally you had the opportunity to work with and have a good understanding on how to use different systems and modules (ERP/WMS/TMS) to support logistical planning and execution.

Experience in shipping and handling of DG and familiarity with the applicable laws and regulations within the transportation and warehousing will be considered a plus.

When joining Northvolt, you would be partly focused on supporting the team in the arena of execution. Together with other Northvolt departments, in need of logistical support you would plan, organize, and oversee shipping activities. Beyond the operational aspect, you would be engaged and support team members in various development projects.

As Northvolt develops, so will you and your range of responsibilities.

In your job you will:

- Book and monitor all inbound and outbound transportations

- Align with several stake holders to ensure material for production deadlines

- Provide support in inventory management

- Work in close cooperation with internal and external stakeholders (e.g. carriers, suppliers) to solve operational deviations, monitor performance and propose improvement plan


Skills & Requirements

You are or you have:

- Bachelor, Master’s degree, vocational education in supply chain or related field

- Minimum of 2 years of experience working as a supply chain/ logistics/ transportation coordinator

- Solid knowledge of how to book and monitor shipments

- Excellent English, written and oral

- Swedish (and/or Chinese, Korean, Japanese) is a plus

- Good knowledge of computers and systems: ERP, WMS, TMS (preferably D365 suite), MS Office

- Basic knowledge of logistics compliance (import and export documentation/ rules)

- Experience in working with DG is a plus

- Experience in working with the Asian market is a plus

- Experience in working in a multi-cultural environment (must!)

- Proactive (must!)

- Flexible (must!)

- Capacity to easy adapt to new changes (must!)

- High level of stress management (must!)

- High organizational skills (must!)

- Problem solving attitude

The person we are looking for is cheerful, positive, curious, creative and eager to learn. You will get the chance to have a real impact on our success story in Sweden (to start with) and see the results of your work. Our organisation requires and values great self-discipline and a natural talent to make things happen. Northvolt's Logistics Co-ordinator is a vital member of the Manufacturing Team and wider Supply Chain Organisation and key to Northvolt's mission to enable the future of energy.

Apply with CV and cover letter or your complete LinkedIn profile.

Full time employment, fixed salary.
This recruitment process will be very quick, so please apply as soon as possible.

Planned starting date is ASAP