Operations
Head of Operations (m/f/d)
Full-timeHamburgPermanentLeadership role
You run Nordo's day-to-day business: purchasing, sales, logistics and order processing all cross your desk. You keep the managing director's back free and make sure that trading deals turn into clean, on-time deliveries.
Your responsibilities
- Overall operational responsibility for purchasing, sales, logistics and order processing
- Professional and disciplinary leadership of the team, onboarding of new colleagues
- Managing margins, inventory and liquidity in daily business; regular reporting to the managing director
- Building and maintaining processes: quotation, contract, transport, claims, documentation
- Point of contact for key customers, suppliers, forwarders and service providers
What you bring
- Several years of experience in trading, ideally plastics, raw materials or food, including some years in a leadership role
- Entrepreneurial thinking and a sure feel for numbers, risks and priorities
- Decisiveness and the ability to lead and develop a small team
- Business-fluent German and English
- Willingness to take on power of attorney (Prokura) in the long run
Apply now
Sales
Sales Manager Raw Materials Trading (m/f/d)
Full-timeHamburgPermanentPlastics and food
You sell raw materials to industrial customers in Europe. We are filling this position once per division: one for plastic raw materials (PE/PP regranulates and regrind to processors) and one for food raw materials (to manufacturers and processors). You bring your expertise, we bring the network and the back office.
Your responsibilities
- Managing and expanding existing customers in your division (processors, compounders, manufacturers)
- Active acquisition of new customers in DACH and Benelux
- Calculating quotations, negotiating prices, guiding deals safely through to delivery
- Aligning specifications and quality requirements (analyses, certificates, samples) with purchasing and customers
- CRM maintenance, market monitoring, attendance at trade fairs
What you bring
- Experience in B2B sales of plastics, recyclates or food raw materials (ingredients, agricultural commodities, oils, sugar, proteins or similar)
- Negotiation skills and enjoyment of the phone as well as customer visits
- Product knowledge in your segment – specifications, qualities, price drivers
- Business-fluent German and English
- Willingness to travel within Europe (approx. 20 %)
Apply now
Purchasing
Buyer Raw Materials (m/f/d)
Full-timeHamburgPermanentPlastics and food
You secure Nordo's supply. This position is also filled once per division: one for plastics (production waste, regrind and regranulate from recyclers and industrial companies) and one for food raw materials (from producers, mills and processors in Europe). You assess quality, negotiate terms and make sure goods arrive on time where they are needed.
Your responsibilities
- Sourcing raw materials in your division: PE/PP waste, regrind and regranulates, or food raw materials and ingredients
- Developing new suppliers in Germany and across Europe
- Quality assessment based on samples, analyses, certificates and plant visits
- Negotiating prices, volumes and delivery terms (Incoterms)
- Coordinating transport, documentation and compliance paperwork with logistics and accounting
What you bring
- Experience in purchasing plastics and recyclates or food raw materials
- A good feel for material quality and fair prices
- Structured, reliable way of working – even when things have to move fast
- Confident German and English
- Willingness to travel for supplier visits (approx. 20–30 %)
Apply now
