# Logistics Manager

**Company**: Helsing
**Location**: Munich
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Logistics & Supply Chain
**Industry**: Aerospace & Defence

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## Description

## Job Overview

As a Logistics Manager at Helsing, a defence AI company, you will be responsible for standardising, optimizing, and operatively leading our entire shipping and transport operations. You will steer inbound and outbound logistics flows, take ownership of carrier performance, and ensure reliable, on-time delivery to our customers.

## Key Responsibilities

- Plan, manage, and optimize end-to-end shipping processes (inbound / outbound)

- Organize and coordinate domestic and international transportation

- Manage and evaluate freight forwarders, carriers, and logistics service providers

- Prepare and verify shipping and customs documentation

- Handle and monitor dangerous goods shipments in compliance with regulatory standards (ADR, IATA, IMDG)

- Ensure on-time delivery and track overall delivery performance (KPIs)

- Optimize freight and shipping costs

- Manage cross-functional interfaces between production, export control, procurement, customs, and customers

## Requirements

- Professional experience in shipping logistics, transport management, and/or freight forwarding

- A degree in Logistics, Supply Chain Management, or comparable qualification (alternatively: completed commercial apprenticeship in freight forwarding/logistics with extensive professional experience)

- In-depth expertise in international shipping, transport operations, customs clearance, and foreign trade law

- Solid knowledge of dangerous goods regulations and classification for road transport (ADR)

- Proficiency with ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle), Jira, and MS Office (especially Excel)

- A structured, reliable, and solution-oriented working style with a high sense of responsibility

- Business-fluent proficiency in both German and English (written and spoken)

## Nice to Have

- Certified Dangerous Goods Safety Advisor (Gefahrgutbeauftragter, e.g., IHK)

- Additional qualifications in IATA (air freight) and/or IMDG (sea freight)

- Professional background in the defense or security sector (e.g., handling sensitive/security-critical goods, vetted supply chains, ITAR/EAR)

- Practical knowledge of export control regulations and security clearance procedures

## Benefits

- Competitive salary and VSOP options

- Relocation support: up to €2,500 and 4 weeks temporary accommodation

- Learning: €500/£450 yearly allowance

- Health & wellness: gym membership and mental health support (Nilo.health)

- Social: regular company events and monthly social allowances

- Enhanced parental leave: 22 weeks fully paid for primary caregivers & 6 weeks for secondary caregivers

- Family support: 5 days of paid family emergency leave, 100% remote work option during pregnancy and phased return to work

## Skills

### Required
- logistics
- transport management
- freight forwarding
- international shipping
- customs clearance
- foreign trade law
- dangerous goods regulations
- ERP systems
- MS Office
- German
- English

### Nice to have
- IATA
- IMDG
- export control regulations
- security clearance procedures

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