Purpose

The Transportation Specialist is responsible for Audit-proof invoice validation, processing and ION booking of freight invoices, supporting transparency in freight costs, and supporting claim handling processing in the event of staff shortages.

Responsibilities

• Timely, audit-proof invoice validation and processing of freight invoices and credit notes from the adidas European outbound 

• Assigning invoiced freight cost to the internal order of the beneficiary from the adidas European outbound 

• Dispute handling for identified deviations  

• Communication and solution finding with the carriers and responsible transport manager regarding requirements and deviations as well as requesting corrections / debit notes 

• Input and support to optimize freight invoice processes and tools 

• Tracking and monitoring achieved invoice optimizations, savings etc. 

• Support in the monthly preparation of freight costs accruals 

• Comparison and analysis of actual freight invoices/cost compared to expected freight cost 

• Support, if needed, claims processing and starting measures to reduce issues causing claims 

• Support, if needed, to provide claim statistics as well as review of these  

• Regular preparation of analyzes on the development of transport costs 

• Use of the current software for invoice validation and support in optimizing it 

Authorization

• No limitation, all claim cases B2B and in future also B2C must be processed regardless of the extent of the claim

Contacts

• adidas internal and external European Distribution centers 

• SCM Europe Transportation team 

• Carries and other third-party logistics companies 

• Finance – Accounting and Controlling  

• SCM Europe Departements 

• Global IT 

Minimum Qualifications

• Educated industrial / logistics clerk or bachelor’s degree in business administration
• Minimum two years’ experience in a logistics company, preferably in the area of billing
• German and English
• MS Office / Excel
• IT affinity
• Very good knowledge of SAP and WMS Application
• good analytical skills