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Head of Transport

Hybrid in Barcelona·Added 3 months ago (last checked 8 Oct)

Overview

Work mode
Hybrid, Barcelona
Spanish
Native level
English
Required
Driving licence
Required
Benefits
Private health insurance, flexible pay plan

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Skills

This job advert was originally written in Spanish.

Requirements

What we're looking for

  • Experience in high-volume logistical environments, with the ability to thrive in dynamic operations.

  • Engineering background is valued.

  • Strategic leadership, demonstrating ability to manage teams and optimize processes with a focus on efficiency and results.

  • Excellent negotiation and incident resolution skills, especially in relationships with carriers and strategic providers.

  • Ability to interpret metrics and prepare reports.

  • Result-oriented with attention to detail.

  • Native Spanish and English (minimum B2 level). Another language is a plus.

  • Driver's license and ideally own vehicle for travel.

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

  • 🚀 High-impact role: Be the key point in the relationship with our providers 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 results.

  • 🌐 Hybrid environment: Combine working from our offices in Santa Margarida i Els Monjos and Barcelona, with 1 day of teleworking.

  • 🍽️ 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.

The role

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 focusing on generating real and sustainable impact.

We are looking for a Head of Transport, who will be responsible for defining and leading Amphora Logistics' transport strategy, guaranteeing an efficient, scalable operation aligned with business objectives. They will lead the Transport team, driving the optimization of the carrier network, the development of new logistical solutions, and the continuous improvement of processes, working transversally with the Operations, Product, Technology, and Commercial teams.

They will be a key figure in ensuring the best delivery experience for our customers and partners, combining strategic vision with execution capability.

What you'll do

  • Optimize the carrier network and delivery operations, guaranteeing fast, profitable, and high-quality shipments for e-commerce brands.

  • Define, monitor, and analyze the main KPIs of the area, driving initiatives that improve delivery times, service quality, and operational profitability.

  • Design, develop, and launch new transport solutions adapted to the Spanish market, in close collaboration with the product and technology teams.

  • Manage and strengthen relationships with national and international carriers, negotiating strategic agreements and continuously improving service levels.

  • Analyze logistical performance data to drive operational efficiency, reduce delivery times, and optimize the end customer experience.

  • Collaborate with merchants and partners to understand their logistical needs and constantly perfect the company's fulfillment and transport services.

  • Drive continuous improvement and process automation, ensuring the scalability of operations and excellence in logistical flows.

  • Stay up to date with industry trends, identifying opportunities for innovation and new strategic alliances.

Hiring process

  1. 1. 45' online with Carlota, Talent Acquisition Specialist.

  2. 2. 30' interview with Musta, Head of People.

  3. 3. 60' interview with the COO & Founder, Joan Tresserras.

About Amphora Logistics

Amphora Logistics is a logistics and ecommerce fulfillment provider offering warehousing, order fulfillment, distribution, and international logistics (3PL) services for fast-growing online brands. The company operates more than 100,000 m² of company-owned warehouses across Spain, Italy, Poland, and the United States, and serves more than 500 ecommerce brands.

Alongside its fulfillment operations, Amphora develops proprietary logistics technology — including a Warehouse Management System and an Order Management System — that connects warehouses, inventory, orders, carriers, and sales channels in a single platform. Each client is assigned a dedicated Account Manager who works directly from the warehouse.

Industry
Logistics

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