Are you an experienced planner who maintains a clear overview of shipments, trips, and administrative processes? At Van Duuren, you are responsible for ensuring that all transports are correctly entered, planned, and monitored. Thanks to your accuracy and organizational skills, our international shipments always run smoothly.
About us
Van Duuren is a family business with a progressive approach to logistics. We combine personal commitment with a powerful pan-European network.
- 285 scheduled services through 39 countries.
- Deliveries daily or several times a week.
- 791 delivery depots and 19,775 vehicles on the road throughout Europe.
Big in reach, personal in approach. That’s Van Duuren!
What will you do?
As a Planner, you will mainly focus on monitoring shipments and trips, tracking costs, and updating statuses. About 20% of your time will involve actual planning tasks. Together with your colleagues, you ensure that shipments arrive on time, administration is accurate, and customers are satisfied. You will work closely with colleagues, carriers, and our partners abroad.
Your tasks include:
- Planning and organizing international transport within agreed margins and lead times
- Responding quickly and solution-oriented to deviations or unexpected situations
- Proactively informing partners and customers about the status of their shipments
- Checking transport orders and margins and maintaining digital files
- Ensuring that information on driving bans, holidays, and operational specifics is up to date
- Coordinating and instructing warehouse staff and carriers
- Maintaining a high level of service for our customers
Who are you?
You are analytical, have strong communication skills and can keep a cool head in a dynamic environment. You already have some experience in transport planning or logistics coordination and understand the importance of overview, service and efficiency in international logistics.
- MBO+/HBO level of thinking and working, preferably in logistics
- 2–5 years of experience in transport planning or logistics
- International logistics experience and knowledge of the European road network
- Good command of Dutch and English
- Experience with planning systems and Microsoft Office
- A proactive attitude, attention to detail, and no 9-to-5 mentality
- An independent role with responsibility within an experienced planning team
- A dynamic working environment within a family business
- A competitive salary and good employment conditions
- Opportunities for further development and career growth within Van Duuren
Location
You will work from our office in Vianen.
Interested?
If this sounds like your next step, we would love to get to know you!
Apply
You can send your CV (and cover letter) to the following email address: hr@vanduuren.com, for the attention of Naomi Meester.
We kindly request no acquisition in response to this vacancy.
What you get
A market-based salary
You will be working in a dynamic environment and we offer something in return. In addition to a competitive salary, you will receive annual holiday pay, 26 holiday days, commuting arrangements and a good pension scheme.
A warm welcome within our family
New colleagues are given a warm welcome so that you feel at home with us as well and as quickly as possible. That is why you start the first week with an introduction programme and various internal training courses. You will also be given a tour of our Vianen and Badhoevedorp offices.
Focus on you
We believe it is important that you can bring out the best in yourself, but that we also bring out the best in each other. Your development is in your own hands at Van Duuren.
This is where you end up
Van Duuren is a family business with an innovative focus on its core business: logistics services. Its strength is a strong pan-European network. The 285 scheduled services cover the whole of Europe and currently cover 39 countries. Frequently Van Duuren departs on a daily basis, otherwise several times a week. Through its partners, Van Duuren has 791 delivery depots, from which it delivers 19,775 wagons all over Europe.
Jasper and Jeroen together form the management team. Together with the Management Team we provide leadership/steering for business development by: preparing new policy – setting policy goals/objectives – taking decisions – monitoring implementation plans – achieving results
Jasper en Jeroen van Duuren
Managing Directors
Your job application process
- You apply: We carefully review your application and let you know within two weeks whether we will invite you for an interview.
- First interview: During the first interview with the HR Manager & Supervisor, we will get to know each other.
- Second interview: If we are both enthusiastic we will invite you for a second interview.
- Proposal: If we are both still enthusiastic, we will make you an offer, including an appropriate salary and our terms of employment.
