Freight Sourcing Expert (f/m/d)

SALARY
Gross annual salary starting from € 62.500*
*willingness to overpay with appropriate qualifications

How You’ll Make Your Mark

Your main tasks in this role are:

As a Freight Sourcing Expert, you'll take end-to-end ownership of complex and strategic freight sourcing initiatives across regions
You'll lead and structure large-scale tender processes (RFI/RFQ/RFP), ensuring delivery against strategic objectives
Your tasks include to define sourcing approaches, develop negotiation strategies, and lead high-impact supplier negotiations
You'll act as the primary project lead for transport procurement projects, managing timelines, risks, and outcomes
In your role you'll drive stakeholder alignment across senior functions, including logistics, operations, finance, and leadership
You are the contact person to translate business requirements into sourcing strategies and ensure execution excellence
You are intergral to provide commercial insights, scenario analyses, and recommendations to support decision-making
Overseeing implementation of sourcing outcomes and ensure sustainable supplier performance are parts of your tasks
You'll act as a key interface for strategic suppliers and critical sourcing initiatives
This role includes international collaboration and you are excited to travel within Europe (approx. 10-20%)

The requirements of the role include:

As a Freight Sourcing Expert, you possess a University degree in Logistics, Supply Chain, Procurement, Business, or similar
You have 5+ years of experience in procurement, with strong exposure to strategic freight sourcing and transport procurement (road, rail, sea)
You have a proven track record of leading complex, cross-regional sourcing projects end-to-end
Your competecies are in developing sourcing strategies and leading high-value supplier negotiations
You are experienced in managing senior stakeholders and driving alignment in a matrix organisation
You have a strong understanding of logistics networks, transport markets, and cost structures
Ideally, you have experience in supplier management, performance tracking, and implementation of sourcing decisions and with e-sourcing tools (e.g. Transporeon) and procurement systems
Your mindset is analytical and you enjoy negotiations and project management
As a Freight Sourcing Consultant (m/w/d) you are a strong communicator with the ability to influence senior levels
You are fluent in English (mandatory); German is a strong advantage; additional European languages are beneficial
A highly self-driven and structured work style is a matter of course for you, as well as being comfortable operating with high ownership in a dynamic environment

Our benefits for you are wide-ranging:

6 weeks of annual leave every year for all
A range of subsidised childcare support options
Options to work remotely - from home or anywhere within Austria (up to 13 days per month), and from abroad (up to 30 days per year, selected countries)
Mobile devices provided to enable flexible working
Relocation support (including visas/permits, home search and moving allowance)
Free and subsidised healthy food and drinks provided at work
Subsidised public transport
Bike leasing programme to save up to 20% on bike costs to encourage sustainable transport and improve affordability
Discounts on a wide range of shopping in the categories like fashion, travel, sports and many more
All the training you need to excel in your role
Extensive personal and professional development
High level of responsibility in a diverse and international business environment
Collaboration with teams across border
Private health insurance discounts
Comprehensive wellbeing & (mental) health support
On-site & online sports with Wellpass membership

Gross annual salary starting from € 62.500*
*willingness to overpay with appropriate qualifications

4653 Eberstalzell, Solarstraße 7

Moserstraße, 5020 Salzburg from September 2026

As soon as possible

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