Cost Control & Automation Lead

E-commerce brands are growing at an unstoppable pace, but many still face logistical challenges that hinder their expansion. At Amphora Logistics, we transform that reality.

We help independent brands scale efficiently, offering comprehensive logistical solutions that combine advanced technology, operational agility, and close service.

Since 2020, we have developed a logistics platform that supports more than 300 clients in Europe and the United States. With a team of more than 200 professionals in Barcelona, Madrid, Italy, and the USA, and using our own warehouse management system, Atenea, we offer real-time visibility, route optimization, and total inventory control.

We are driven by the energy of a young team that never tires of growing and innovating. At Amphora, we believe in moving the needle with purpose, maintaining an inexhaustible attitude, and acting as a single team of warriors. We are driven by a passion to improve, learn, and take on challenges with courage, always focused on generating real and sustainable impact.

We are looking for a Cost Control & Automation Lead to join our Finance team and lead the Cost area.

Your mission will be to drive business efficiency and profitability, leading a team of 4 people and transforming the way we manage and analyze our costs. You will play a key role in the evolution of the department, identifying opportunities for improvement and designing processes and automations that allow us to support Amphora's growth in a scalable way.

We are looking for someone with an analytical mindset, a curiosity for technology, and a results orientation. A person who does not limit themselves to analyzing data, but is capable of converting it into decisions, proposing solutions, and putting them into practice, working cross-functionally with different teams across the company.

• Lead and develop a team of 4 people, organizing their responsibilities and priorities.

• Supervise the different areas of the department: auditing carrier invoices and claims, closing external warehouses, pricing, and purchasing.

• Review workload distribution, detect opportunities for improvement, and drive the growth and autonomy of the team.

• Identify manual processes and design solutions that allow for improved departmental efficiency.

• Drive the implementation of automations using AI tools, collaborating closely with the Data and Tech teams.

• Lead the development of a pricing calculator that allows the commercial team to work autonomously, reducing dependence on manual Finance analyses.

• Design a transport rate comparator that allows for querying and analyzing the cost competitiveness of our carriers.

• Build scalable processes that allow for absorbing business growth without proportionally increasing departmental resources.

• Analyze the cost structure and profitability of different business lines and markets.

• Monitor costs associated with transport, in-house and agency warehouse staff, customs, and logistics materials.

• Identify deviations, inefficiencies, and optimization opportunities, proposing concrete actions.

• Participate in the preparation of the business plan and in investment and purchasing forecasts.

• Work as the key point of contact for the Commercial, Operations, Logistics, and Founders teams regarding everything related to costs and profitability.

• University degree in Business Administration, Economics, Finance, Engineering, or similar.

• Between 3 and 4 years of experience in analytical positions; experience in strategic, financial, or business consulting will be especially valued.

• Having worked with clients or companies in the logistics sector will be positively valued.

• Advanced level of Excel and the ability to work with and interpret large volumes of data.

• Ability to design and optimize processes, identifying automation opportunities through AI tools. Programming knowledge is not necessary, but ease in understanding and leveraging the possibilities offered by technology is required.

• High level of English (essential).

• Leadership and team organization skills. Previous experience managing people will be valued.

• Analytical, proactive, and problem-solving profile, with a results orientation and the ability to transform problems into solutions.

• Autonomy, initiative, and motivation to take on new challenges, step out of the comfort zone, and generate a real impact on the business.

🚀 High-impact role: Be the key point in the relationship with our clients and help define how we deliver excellence in logistics.

💡 Innovative and close company: We work in an entrepreneurial, flexible environment with a culture of collaboration.

📈 Rapid growth: Be part of a scale-up company where your work will have visible and immediate results.

🍽️ Flexible compensation: Benefits for dining, transport, and childcare through Cobee.

🏥 Health and wellbeing: Medical insurance with Adeslas included in the flexible compensation.

🎉 Team culture and wellbeing: Monthly afterworks and an environment that drives your personal and professional development.