Vacant job

At DB Schenker, our employees are the most important success factor. With us, you contribute, together with 76,000 colleagues worldwide, to a socially important function. DB Schenker Nordic offers everything from land transport, international sea and air freight, to consulting services and warehousing and logistics solutions. DB Schenker is a vital cornerstone of society, ensuring access to medicine, food, and other goods.

Schenker Dedicated Services (SDS) is an independent company within the DB Schenker Group. Our dedicated control towers deliver comprehensive logistics solutions (4PL) for large customers across Europe. SDS has over 150 employees in Gothenburg, Malmö, and Essen (Germany).

At Schenker Dedicated Services, you have the opportunity to work within an international company characterized by innovation, business acumen, and short decision-making paths. You will work in an entrepreneurial environment where your own initiatives and ideas are encouraged.

Play fair with people & planet is one of DB Schenker's core values. As a company, this means we take social responsibility to improve our world for our people, our customers, and future generations.

We promote a healthy workplace where you have the opportunity to develop, motivated by great leaders and colleagues, while maintaining a balance between work and personal life. We have a positive view of diversity and a strong sense of teamwork and community.

Would you like to be part of our ongoing work – we warmly welcome you to submit your application!

As a logistics developer, you will be an important part of an engaged and business-oriented team. You will also have the opportunity to be involved in all parts of the company as you collaborate closely with all staff functions and operational departments. You will work in close partnership with the company's customers in their operational and strategic logistics processes and drive customer projects both independently and in close collaboration with competent colleagues.

Your own initiatives are both expected and welcomed, and you will have good opportunities to develop both personally and in your role.

Responsibilities:

• Analyze and optimize transport, logistics, and warehousing processes.
• Be responsible for regular procurement of transport and warehousing services in an international logistics market.
• The work involves conceptual development of logistics solutions as well as practical implementation and business development.
• You are an important part of the work to contribute to the company's continued success through the automation of work processes.

We are looking for someone who is self-assured and has a good ability to build and maintain long-term relationships. You are curious and motivated to initiate and drive projects forward. Furthermore, you contribute ideas and new perspectives and have an interest in trying new approaches.

We are looking for someone who:

• is motivated by solving problems, creating business, and seeing results
• has an academic education related to logistics/economics and experience in project management and business development, or similar relevant work experience.
• has good system skills and knowledge in Excel and/or PowerBI
• Experience in purchasing logistics services is a plus
• Has a good ability to produce reports, graphs, and other presentation materials in a structured and easily understandable way
• You are service-minded & solution-oriented with a strong customer focus

About you:

• Experience in project management and business development is also meritorious.
• We are looking for someone who is meticulous, structured, and analytical, preferably an engineer or with an economic background.
• You are fluent in English, both spoken and written.

Information and application

The role is a full-time position with a start date according to agreement. The location is in Gothenburg.

If you have any questions, please contact Jacob Löfving, Head of Business Development via [email protected].

Applications are processed continuously, and the position may be filled before the application deadline (2026-01-31), so please submit your application as soon as possible. The recruitment process includes selection, interviews, tests, and reference checks. As part of the recruitment process, a background check will be conducted on the final candidates.

Welcome with your application!