Inland Shipping Freight Broker

Function

As a Freight Broker Inland Waterways, you coordinate daily transport assignments between clients and skippers from Antwerp, with a focus on accurate planning and smooth execution.

• You search for suitable inland vessels for various cargoes, coordinate loading and unloading times, and monitor the progress of orders and transports.
• Developing quotes, discussing rates, and clearly recording agreements are part of your commercial and operational responsibilities.
• Communication with clients, inland waterway operators, and other parties involved takes place largely by telephone and e-mail. You ensure that everyone has the right information in a timely manner.
• Cargo documents and order details are carefully prepared, checked, and managed by you, so that transports can be followed up correctly from an administrative perspective.
• When changes, delays, or unexpected situations arise, you quickly analyse the options and intervene with a solution that combines client satisfaction and feasibility.
• You contribute to good collaboration within a stable team by sharing information, actively seeking consultation, and sharing responsibility for day-to-day operations.
• As a Freight Broker, you will have the space to further develop your commercial insight, market knowledge, and responsibilities in a specialised environment where your impact is visible.

Profile

Who are we looking for for this varied position?

• You preferably hold a bachelor's degree.
• A solid office background and preferably 3 to 5 years of experience in a transport, logistics, or commercial context will help you get up to speed quickly. Experience in inland waterway transport is a clear advantage.
• You speak and write Dutch and French fluently. German is a welcome addition, but not essential.
• Communicating by telephone, negotiating, and bringing different parties into alignment give you energy. You are clear, client-focused, and commercially alert without losing sight of operational feasibility.
• You work in an organised manner, remain calm when planning changes, and take initiative to resolve problems. Ambition to take on greater responsibility or a managerial role in due course is a good fit for this vacancy.

Organisation

Our client, with a tradition of nearly 80 years, is the leading inland waterway company in Belgium. The company is in the process of preparing for the next generation and offers many challenges for a new colleague. To strengthen the team, we are currently looking for an enthusiastic new colleague.

Offer

What can you count on?

• A gross monthly salary of approximately €3,000 to €5,500, aligned with your relevant knowledge, experience, and responsibilities.
• A comprehensive package of additional benefits such as: meal vouchers, eco-vouchers, group insurance, hospitalisation insurance, dental insurance, a bonus scheme, and bicycle leasing.
• A mobile phone provided; as clients and skippers may make contact outside office hours, you are reachable when the operational situation requires it.
• A full-time office-based position in Antwerp with daytime hours. You start between 8:00 and 10:00 and typically finish between 16:00 and 18:00; working hours are recorded in protime. The weekly total must balance; beyond that, you are flexible.
• After a thorough induction period, one fixed remote working day per week is possible, in consultation with the team and aligned with the continuity of service delivery.
• You enjoy 20 statutory holiday days, 6 ADV days, and additional collective agreement days.
• An open working environment with a great deal of mutual consultation, a stable team, and direct lines of communication. A company car is not provided at the start, but may be open for discussion in due course.
• You will have the opportunity to develop into a strong cargo broker and, in time, take on additional commercial or coordinating responsibilities.

Would you like to help steer transports in the right direction and connect clients, skippers, and planning? Apply for this vacancy in Antwerp.