About Hapag-Lloyd
With a fleet of 287 modern container ships and a Vessel Capacity 2.2 million TEU, as well as a Container Capacity 3.2 million TEU including one of the world’s largest and most modern reefer container fleets, Hapag-Lloyd is one of the world’s leading liner shipping companies. In the Liner Shipping segment, the Company has around 13.500 employees and 400 offices in 139 countries. Hapag-Lloyd has a container capacity of 11.9 million TEU – including one of the largest and most modern fleets of reefer containers. A total of 114 liner services worldwide ensure fast and reliable connections between more than 600 ports across the world. In the Terminal & Infrastructure segment, Hapag-Lloyd has stakes in 20 terminals in Europe, Latin America, the United States, India, and North Africa. The roughly 2.600 employees assigned to the Terminal & Infrastructure segment deal with terminal-related activities and provide complementary logistics services at selected locations.

Your responsibilities:

As Senior Director Dangerous Goods you are legally responsible for all dangerous goods transport worldwide in compliance with all international, national and local legal dangerous goods regulations. In this role, you must ensure that Hapag-Lloyd complies with all these requirements. Furthermore, the job incumbent is responsible for all dangerous goods related operations globally and leads the global dangerous goods department. Beyond that, as “Global Dangerous Goods Safety Advisor” (according to “Gefahrgutbeauftragtenverordnung”) for sea, road, rail and inland waterway transport, you will ensure the safety and well-being of our seafarers, our assets and the environment at any time.

You are also part of our Strategy 2030 by optimizing the efficiency of the entire dangerous goods process as this is one of the core elements in the implementation.

  • Lead and mentor a department of dedicated, international dangerous goods professionals, fostering a culture of excellence and collaboration
  • Manage and drive Hapag Lloyd’s dangerous goods capabilities and reputation across the organization as well as further develop dangerous goods guidelines based on established industry leading standards, leveraging operational excellence at a global level with various stakeholder
  • Collaborate and resolve conflicts with global partner lines and cooperate with global authorities, competent authorities and laboratories in a trustful relationship plus resolve high-level concerns related to dangerous goods issues
  • Maintain a high level of dangerous goods ownership and expertise within the Hapag Lloyd Sales & Customer Service organisation as well as towards customers through global F2F dangerous goods roadshows and dedicated training
  • Strengthen and accelerate the validation of the dangerous goods in our Knowledge Centre (KC) a in Gdansk (Poland) also including monitoring the process performance and facilitating the steering of the KC for the future
  • Frequent review of the global dangerous goods organisation and continuous striving for efficiency improvements without compromising safety as well as setting and developing operational targets and KPIs to be presented in regular C-level meetings
  • Willingness to actively participate in, potentially lead and steer international working groups under the umbrella of the WSC or IVODGA
  • Ensure that all seafarers have the legally required dangerous goods training for ship handling in accordance with the IMDG Code / 49 CFR

Your profile:

  • Extensive experience in a similar role covering international shipping operations with excellent knowledge of dangerous goods
  • Proven track record of experience in leadership of large international teams, including team management, motivation, and talent development
  • Experience and effective participation in international working groups preferred
  • Strong ability to work under high pressure and with high personal responsibility for Hapag-Lloyd seafarers and assets at any time
  • Ability to build strong relationships with stakeholders and interact in matrix organization up to C-level
  • Experience in driving negotiations and delivering results as well as the ability to make balanced decisions and present detailed issues clearly to both the team and stakeholders
  • High Project Management knowledge coupled with very strong communication skills
  • Strong analytical and organizational qualities
  • Capability to fluently speak, read and write in English - any other additional languages are a plus
  • Willingness to travel frequently

We offer:

  • The opportunity to introduce solutions that you are personally convinced of, and to constantly take on fresh challenges with a distinguished level of responsibility
  • Excellent career development opportunities, supported by a wide range of training and development courses
  • Competitive remuneration and social benefits, and a permanent employment contract with a financially healthy company
  • 30 days of vacation, flextime, capital-forming benefits, company pension plan
  • Company restaurant with daily varying, high-quality dishes to choose from and coffee bar
  • Centrally located between the main train station and Jungfernstieg and subsidized public transportation
  • Hybrid work model: 3 days a week at our headquarters in the heart of Hamburg and 2 days a week of mobile work
  • Health and company sports programs (e.g. yoga, sailing, company doctor, etc.) and bicycle leasing

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Contact person

Jana Katharina Thielsen