Special Transport Type Professional (SPTR)
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 22, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 12, 2026. Covestro scores B on the Alion truth index.
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Supply Chain and Logistics delivers products and services that our customers value. Based on our people, tools and partnerships, we operate a customer-centric and autonomous supply chain: safe, efficient, effective and sustainable.
Integrated Logistics controls and optimizes the entire logistics processes, taking into account cooperation with logistics service providers. Our approach is based on the right balance between reliability, sustainability and cost-effectiveness. This includes efficient transport management, and cross-site logistics cooperation with 3PL partners.
The "Special Transport Type Professional (SPTR)" within Supply Chain Integrated Logistics is responsible for fleet management of rail tank cars and tank containers. In the field of fleet management, we are looking for an expert with the following responsibilities:
What We Offer
Rail Operations
- Monitoring of rail transports after checkout towards the customer
- Monitoring of transports in various systems
- Contacting counterparts in the respective railway undertakings to gather additional information and to validate mitigation measures
- Interacting with Covestro’s order management colleagues in order to align with the needs of the customer
- Identifying issues in the rail network and derive potential optimization measures from it
- Invoice verification
- Of external transports (same transports as monitored)
- Of shunting in the NRW Chemparks
- Data aggregation (Excel, Power BI etc.) needed in order to aggregate numbers by different parameters
- Consolidation of different data sources into one
- Aim: automate validation process as much as possible
- Railcar maintenance & repair
- Arrange mobile and workshop repairs
- Monitor and reflect the works in a respective system
- Derive actions for optimization from the data
Filling management
- Manage all rail and truck transport orders for a certain material group in the three NRW sites
- Ensure that the products are leaving the plant by closely aligning
- Tank capacities
- Empty railcar capacities
- available transport orders
- filling capacities
- considering operational short notice actions
- Communication and aligning with Covestro’s dispatching department and marketing
- helpful knowledge in SAP S4Hana MM
The minimum salary on this position is 2000 EUR. The salary can be higher depending on the skills and experience of the candidate.
What You Offer
- University, bachelor’s degree or high school diploma preferably in a field of logistics, business administration or general acquired middle education
- Very good written and spoken English and German language is an advantage
- Working experience in fleet management of either trucks, tank containers, railcars or box trailers etc. might be of a great value and it is viewed as an advantage
- Forwarding agent or comparable qualifications with relevant professional experience are highly appreciated
- Knowledge of contract management and invoice verification processes are a big plus
- Knowledge of the international regulations for tank containers (IMDG, ADR, RID) is an advantage
- Understanding of transportation management principles, practices with ability to improve logistic processes
- Proficiency in MS Office (Excel, Word), SAP TM or other logistic software
YOUR APPLICATION
Are you as curious, courageous and colorful as we are? If so, we can offer you an exciting career opportunity. We look forward to receiving your application including a cover letter, resume/CV, and relevant certificates. Become part of our Team - apply now!
Contact Us
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