Food, machinery or T-shirts: Hapag-Lloyd moves goods around the globe with over 250 container ships. We connect more than 600 ports on all continents and are one of the largest liner shipping companies. More than 13,000 employees work on board, ashore or in one of our 350 offices. Together, we transport around 12 million containers per year. Our corporate values "We care. We move. We deliver" serve as coordinates on our way. They guide our collaboration with each other as colleagues and with our customers to achieve the best possible quality. In the long run, we are committed to climate and environmental protection as well as human rights and many other social issues.

About the role:

We are looking for an Inland Product Owner anchored in the local Sales unit, responsible for Germany and Central Europe. This is a unique opportunity to work with Hapag-Lloyd Area leadership, to realize the full potential of the organization’s Inland business by owning the Inland product in the Area.

Hapag-Lloyd has announced strong growth ambitions in the Inland business, aiming to approximately double its share of container shipments with an inland component to a target of 30% until 2025. To achieve this goal, we need strong commitment in our regions, to steer the Inland business into the future as a true second business pillar next to Ocean shipping. You will support the North European Inland Center with full responsibility for the Area Inland product and Network strategy.

Join Hapag-Lloyd and help us deliver an end-to-end transportation solution to our customers with best-in class service quality that fulfills our corporate promise “We care. We move. We deliver” – whether it be on the ocean, roads, rail tracks or inland waterways.

Your responsibilities:

  • Gather feedback on the Inland market from other internal stakeholders including potential transport solutions for different modes and include product needs in the final offering
  • Identify Inland value propositions and support Sales with tangible product information
  • Act as main Point of Contact for the Sales Unit on product-related Inland questions
  • Drive the identification and development of relevant Inland products and define the Inland network strategy by conducting required analysis on underserved/overserved locations, equipment levels etc.
  • Own the capacity demand forecasting reports and engage in active management of capacity availability and utilization
  • Analyze fixed capacity requirements based on operations and commercial data
  • Support procurement on vendor negotiations and Service Level Agreement definition to continuously improve and extend the vendor base
  • Plan and manage strategic vendor relationships

Your profile:

  • Successfully completed commercial training or comparable studies in Business, Commerce, Sales, Engineering, Logistics or similar
  • Several years of professional experience in shipping, forwarding or logistics ideally in sales and/or customer service
  • Excellent understanding of Inland transport, as well as ocean shipping markets
  • Deep understanding of product management responsibilities, preferably in logistics
  • Strong analytical thinking and creative problem-solving skills with high level of initiative, ability to work in a team and assertiveness
  • Very good written and oral German and English skills

We offer

  • A minimum of 28 days of vacation, flextime, capital-forming benefits, company pension plan, hybrid work model
  • Centrally located offices, in addition we offer a subsidy for public transportation
  • Bike leasing for all positions
  • Restaurant and coffee bar
  • Health and company sports programs (e.g. yoga, sailing, fitness courses, and much more)

Contact person

Friederike Hintz Manager Talent Acquisition & Employer Branding