ABOUT THE JOB
We are looking for a dedicated and motivated Team Leader to join our team in Copenhagen. In this role, you will oversee team located in Copenhagen, Barcelona and Izmir, ensuring smooth daily operations and professional growth. You will play a key part in aligning the team’s work with company strategy, setting KPIs, and fostering a culture of collaboration, efficiency, and continuous improvement.

This is an exciting opportunity to combine leadership with hands-on operational tasks in a dynamic international environment, where you will have real influence on results and people development.

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
As Team Leader, you will combine people leadership with hands-on operational tasks. You will work closely with other functions and countries to ensure smooth collaboration, effective processes, and continuous performance. As a natural part of your role, you will be a strong role model for NoriDane’s We-Culture. Your main responsibilities include:

• Leading, motivating, and developing a talented team across three offices in Turkey, Denmark, and Spain, including 1:1s, career planning, and development talks

• Fostering collaboration within the team and across functions, promoting a commercial mindset and strong team culture

• Overseeing day-to-day shipping operations within your market areas

• Monitoring KPIs, Claims and Issues, and process improvements to ensure efficiency and customer satisfaction

• Negotiating with forwarders/shipping lines and securing agreements that align with Noridane standards

• Handling shipping documents to ensure compliance with destination rules and overseeing the process from loading to container release

• Managing prepayments and balance payments while ensuring smooth coordination with purchasers and service coordinators

YOUR PROFILE
We are looking for a structured and proactive team leader with a strong background in shipping and logistics. As a leader, you are inspiring, and you challenge and support the team while creating a high-performance culture built on trust, openness, and accountability. As a leader, you are inclusive, a good listener, and curious about acquiring new knowledge.

To succeed in this role, you should bring:

• Experience in team leadership, preferably across different locations or cultures

• Solid knowledge of shipping operations, documentation, and international logistics

• A structured, proactive, and solution-oriented mindset

• Excellent communication and people skills, with a coaching leadership style

• Ability to set KPIs and drive performance improvements

• Commercial understanding and focus on efficiency, profitability, and customer satisfaction

• Fluency in English (written and spoken) – other languages are an advantage

ABOUT NORIDANE

Are you ready to make an impact? At NoriDane, you will be a part of a team of passionate and driven colleagues and a part of a growing international team who. We trade high-quality meat products, fish and seafood, eggs, and dry food products that meet the highest veterinary standards.

With 100+ dedicated colleagues spread across Denmark, Norway, Poland, Spain, Brazil, Croatia, Turkey, Vietnam, Serbia, North Macedonia, and Mexico, we are shaping the future of global food trading. Our vision is to be the best food trading company in the world by achieving sustainable growth through the intelligent use of resources, while creating a strong culture that empowers our people to reach their full potential. Ourt mission is to be the best link between importers/distributors and slaughterhouses/deboning plants by providing market information, product knowledge, transport/shipping solutions, and financing.

OUR CULTURE
You will be part of a growing company with highly committed and dynamic colleagues, all united by a strong value-based approach. At NoriDane, we embrace the Arbinger principles, integrating them into our daily ways of working, thinking, and interacting. We believe in empowering individuals to take ownership of their tasks while fostering a culture where mistakes are seen as valuable learning opportunities. Our environment promotes openness, transparency, and continuous growth, creating a workplace that is not only ambitious and passionate but also collaborative, fun, and supportive. We believe in promoting a healthy work-life balance and offer flexible work arrangements to support the well-being of our team.

WANT TO JOIN OUR TEAM?
Please send your CV, application, and other relevant information to jobs@noridane.com. We will review applications on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

We encourage a diverse culture and invite all qualified applicants to apply regardless of age, gender, religion, sexual orientation, handicap, country of origin, or ethnicity.

If you have any questions about the position, you are more than welcome to contact Daniel Lynch, Head of Shipping, at dpl@noridane.com.

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