Job offers at Alpha Trains
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If you love working in a multicultural and informal team, have already gained professional experience, and identify with our corporate values, we should get acquainted.
We currently are looking to fill the following positions:
Job offer posted on 02. May 2019
For our office in Antwerp we are looking for an
Operations Director (f/m)
Your Role
- Lead, manage and motivate the Operations Department, closely follow-up the team- and individual performances and development
- Responsible for forecast and planning of technical and administrative events affecting the availability of our assets to generate lease income and to achieve the best possible fleet utilisation
- Supervise delivery of transactions with contractual obligations for Alpha Trains
- Manage the flexible locomotive pool to achieve highest possible technical availability of assets for existing opportunities
- Handle coordination and delivery of contracts to fulfil Alpha Trains’ obligations in the most efficient manner
- Monitor and report on the Fleet Utilisation, income and contract status
- Manage Full Service lease agreements and negotiate full service terms with providers, addressing non-compliances or inefficiencies
- Overall responsibility for any logistics and warehouse management
- Maximise lease income and identify the most optimal value contract solution to the customer
- Define, implement and continuously improve the departments processes, identify and supervise implementation of IT systems to increase efficiency
- Facilitate the income recognitions process in cooperation with the Commercial and Finance departments
- Monitor Customer Service Quality levels and complaints, propose changes and solutions
Your Profile
- Relevant university degree and at least 10 years’ experience in operational roles
- Minimum 5 years of management and leadership experience
- Ability to guide, mentor, develop and coach a team towards solutions
- Analytical and structured with a high attention to detail
- Excellent problem solver, with a pro-active and dynamic approach to finding affective solutions and decision-taking attitude
- Self-motivated, driven an thriving on a challenge
- Open to change and always seeking to improve
- Strong affinity for IT Systems and Excel
- Proficiency in English, minimum basic level German and fluency in minimum 1 other European language. Further languages are an advantage
What we offer
A challenging job in a dynamic, ambitious, international organisation giving you the opportunity to make a difference. We offer an attractive salary package to driven individuals who like working in flat hierarchies and are eager to learn.
Your application
Please submit your detailed application documents with a CV and a cover letter as a PDF file by email to: jobs_at_alphatrains.eu
You are also welcome to contact us without any obligation and directly by telephone:
Sabine De Graeve, HR Manager, +32 3 80876 55
Alpha Trains Belgium N.V.
Leon Stynenstraat 75A
2000 Antwerp
+32 3 808 77 00
+32 3 808 76 39
Job offer posted on 24. April 2019
For our office in Antwerp we are looking for a
Lease Administration Manager (f/m)
Your Role
- Manage checklists for deliveries, re-deliveries, lease extensions and locomotives swap
- Prepare outgoing invoices
- Follow-up of income generation
- Supervise customer arrears by monitoring allocation of payments
- Report late payments to the Commercial Department
- Off-charge amounts to customers and suppliers due to corrective works pursuant to Heavy Maintenance, re-delivery inspections
- Handle annual re-calculation of wheel wear, maintenance reserves and full service maintenance costs
- Prepare and send out letters for upcoming deliveries, re-deliveries before lease expiry
Your Profile
- Administrative background with preferably 5 years’ experience in a similar position
- Basic understanding of business finance
- Advanced MS Office skills, in particular Word and Excel
- Excellent communication skills
- Flexible, assertive and pro-active
- Problem solver
- Ability to work independently and in a team
- Proficient in English and German or French, any other European language is an asset
What we offer
A challenging job in a dynamic, ambitious, international organisation giving you the opportunity to make a difference. We offer an attractive salary package to driven individuals who like working in flat hierarchies and are eager to learn.
Your application
Please submit your detailed application documents with a CV and a cover letter as a PDF file by email to: jobs_at_alphatrains.eu
You are also welcome to contact us without any obligation and directly by telephone:
Sabine De Graeve, HR Manager, +32 3 80876 55
Alpha Trains Belgium N.V.
Leon Stynenstraat 75A
2000 Antwerp
+32 3 808 77 00
+32 3 808 76 39
Job offer posted on 24. April 2019
For our office in Antwerp we are looking for a
Logistics & Purchasing Manager (f/m)
Your Role
- Prepare and place repairs, purchase and standstill maintenance orders
- Handle registration for keeper, ECM and homologation
- Collect energy measurement data and allocate usage to the right customers for invoicing
- Handle incoming invoicing: allocate to orders, update the order book, forward to Engineering department
- Organise transport of locomotives and spare parts
- Manage arrangements for locomotive delivery and re-delivery
- Order workshop access
- Manage customer warranty claims in close collaboration with Engineering Department, coordinate Heavy Maintenance providers until warranty claims are closed out
Your Profile
- Administrative background with preferably 5 years’ experience in a similar position
- Basic understanding of Business finance
- Excellent communication skills
- Advanced MS Office skills, in particular Excel and Word
- Proficiency in English and German or French. Any other European language is a plus
- Excellent planning and organisation skills
- Flexibility
- Problem solver, able to work independently and in a team
What we offer
A challenging job in a dynamic, ambitious, international organisation giving you the opportunity to make a difference. We offer an attractive salary package to driven individuals who like working in flat hierarchies and are eager to learn.
Your application
Please submit your detailed application documents with a CV and a cover letter as a PDF file by email to: jobs_at_alphatrains.eu
You are also welcome to contact us without any obligation and directly by telephone:
Sabine De Graeve, HR Manager, +32 3 80876 55
Alpha Trains Belgium N.V.
Leon Stynenstraat 75A
2000 Antwerp
+32 3 808 77 00
+32 3 808 76 39
Job offer posted on 24. April 2019
For our office in Antwerp we are looking for a
Fleet Planning Manager (f/m)
Your Role
- Monitor our locomotives fleet status from a technical and contractual point of view (operational, on/off lease, in maintenance…)
- Provide the forecast of the fleet planning for remarketing
- Prepare delivery and re-delivery inspection protocols
- Monitor and report on Fleet utilisation in engine hours and km
- Manage the full service providers and support the commercial managers in case of a Full Service Maintenance
- Supervise the maintenance planning in order to minimise downtime of locomotives
- Ensure an accurate forward fleet and maintenance planning by managing the fleet heavy maintenance history
- Handle breakdowns, failures and requests to repair locomotives on Full Service
- Update IT systems on fleet condition, availability, planning etc
Your Profile
- Administrative background with preferably 5 years’ experience in a similar position
- Technical understanding
- Advanced MS Office skills, in particular Excel
- Excellent planning/organisational skills
- Analytical, problem solver
- Excellent communication skills
- Proficient in English and German, any other European language is an asset
What we offer
A challenging job in a dynamic, ambitious, international organisation giving you the opportunity to make a difference. We offer an attractive salary package to driven individuals who like working in flat hierarchies and are eager to learn.
Your application
Please submit your detailed application documents with a CV and a cover letter as a PDF file by email to: jobs_at_alphatrains.eu
You are also welcome to contact us without any obligation and directly by telephone:
Sabine De Graeve, HR Manager, +32 3 80876 55
Alpha Trains Belgium N.V.
Leon Stynenstraat 75A
2000 Antwerp
+32 3 808 77 00
+32 3 808 76 39
Zur Verstärkung unseres Kölner Teams suchen wir eine(n)
Job offer posted on 25. March 2019
Zur Verstärkung unseres Kölner Teams suchen wir eine(n)
Steuerassistenten oder Steuerfachangestellten (w/m)
in Teilzeit (20-25 Stunden pro Woche)
Your Role
- Unterstützung bei der Erstellung von Steuerberechnungen und Steuererklärungen des Konzerns
- Prüfung und Überwachung von Steuerbescheiden und Steuerzahlungen
- Vorbereitung und Übersendung der Umsatzsteuermeldungen und Zusammenfassenden Meldungen im Inland
- Abstimmung und Analyse steuerrelevanter Kennzahlen
- Mitarbeit bei laufenden Steueranfragen aus den einzelnen Geschäftsbereichen
Your Profile
Die besten Voraussetzungen für diese Aufgabe sind:
- Kaufmännische Ausbildung (zum Steuerfachangestellten von Vorteil) oder vergleichbare Qualifikation mit Schwerpunkt Steuern
- Fachbezogene praktische Erfahrung
- Gute Kenntnisse im Steuerrecht und Rechnungswesen
- Freude an praxisorientierter und generalistischer Arbeitsweise
- Gute Englischkenntnisse sowie sicherer Umgang mit MS-Office
- Schnelle Auffassungsgabe, Flexibilität und Zahlenaffinität
- Selbstständiger Arbeitsstil und Teamfähigkeit
What we offer
- Flexible Arbeitszeiten an 4-5 Tagen / Woche
- Eine abwechslungsreiche Position in einem sympathischen und dynamischen Team
- Ein attraktives Vergütungspaket inkl. Bonus, Altersvorsorge, Unfallversicherung, Jobticket
- Ein Büro in bester Kölner City-Lage, verkehrstechnisch sehr gut angebunden
Your application
Please submit your detailed application documents with a CV and a cover letter as a PDF file by email to: jobs_at_alphatrains.eu
You are also welcome to contact us without any obligation and directly by telephone:
Julia Kitzing, HR Administrator, +49 221 914090 15
Alpha Trains Europa GmbH
Cäcilienstr. 30
50667 Cologne
+49 221 91 40 90 00
+49 221 91 40 90 19
Job offer posted on 31. May 2018
For our office in Antwerp we are looking for an
(Key) Account Manager (f/m)
Your Role
- Manage the relationship between Alpha Trains Cargo and its customers from first contact to final implementation
- Liaise with relevant departments in order to accommodate customers‘ requests
- Further develop existing clients and create new businesses
- Negotiate with contacts at high level in order to obtain high level of customer satisfaction, long-term commitment and high success rate
- Provide accurate and timely forecasts to management
- Build business cases for new opportunities
- Analysis of market developments
Your Profile
- Experience in commercial/sales business
- Understanding of lease agreements; general contracts and legal agreements
- Proficiency in German and fluency in English. Any other European language is an advantage
- Commercially and customer oriented
- Excellent deal closer
- A real team player, showing at the same time a personal drive to achieve
- Strong communication and negotiation skills
- Entrepreneurial spirit and hands-on mentality
- Ability to prioritise in a dynamic environment
- Sound networking skills
What we offer
A challenging job in a dynamic, ambitious, international organisation giving you the opportunity to make a difference. We offer an attractive salary package to driven individuals who like working in flat hierarchies and are eager to learn.
Your application
Please submit your detailed application documents with a CV and a cover letter as a PDF file by email to: jobs_at_alphatrains.eu
You are also welcome to contact us without any obligation and directly by telephone:
Sabine De Graeve, HR Manager, +32 3 80876 55
Alpha Trains Belgium N.V.
Leon Stynenstraat 75A
2000 Antwerp
+32 3 808 77 00
+32 3 808 76 39
Zur Verstärkung unseres Teams in Köln suchen wir ab sofort eine/n
Job offer posted on 12. April 2018
Zur Verstärkung unseres Teams in Köln suchen wir ab sofort eine/n
Softwareentwickler / Application Developer für „Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations” (w/m)
Your Role
Entwickeln, pflegen und erweitern Sie unternehmensspezifische Anpassungen unserer Softwarelandschaft rund um „Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations“. Helfen Sie uns bei der Optimierung unserer Softwarelösungen in einem Umfeld modernster cloud-basierter Technologien.
- Sie implementieren, warten und verbessern unternehmensspezifische Anpassungen in unserer Softwarelandschaft mit Schwerpunkt auf „Microsoft Dynamics 365“.
- Sie passen Berichte, Masken und Forms in enger Abstimmung mit den Fachbereichen an.
- Sie entwickeln und verbessern Schnittstellen zu anderen Geschäftsanwendungen oder Middleware-Lösungen.
- Sie unterstützen die Fachabteilungen beim Entwurf von High-Level-Designs und erstellen Software-Design-Dokumente.
- Sie führen Unittests durch und unterstützen bei Abnahme- und Integrationstests mit dem Ziel optimaler Qualitätssicherung.
- Sie gewährleisten ein reibungsloses Change-und Releasemanagement durch gute Kommunikation und Abstimmung mit internen und externen Partnern.
Your Profile
- Abgeschlossenes Studium der Informatik/Wirtschaftsinformatik oder vergleichbare Ausbildung
- Erfahrung in der objektorientierten Softwareentwicklung und sehr gute Kenntnisse einer entsprechenden Programmiersprache (X++, C++, C#, Java etc.)
- Mehrjährige Erfahrung in der Entwicklung für „Microsoft Dynamics 365“/AX oder vergleichbare Erfahrung in der Entwicklung für ERP-Systeme oder betriebswirtschaftliche Software
- Souveräner Umgang mit Microsoft Entwicklungsumgebungen (idealerweise Microsoft Visual Studio) sowie Versionskontroll-system (z.B. git)
- Gute Kenntnisse des Microsoft Stacks, Azure, .NET und C#
- Kenntnisse in relationalen und dokumentenbasierten Datenbanken (z.B. MS SQL Server und SSIS)
- Erfahrung in der dynamischen Webentwicklung mit HTML5, Javascript, idealerweise mit Sharepoint SPFx
- Exzellente analytische Fähigkeiten, proaktives Vorgehen sowie hohe Problemlösungskompetenz
- Ausgeprägte Dienstleistungs- und Servicementalität
- Hoher Qualitätsanspruch, Kommunikationsstärke sowie klares und gründliches, analytisches Denkvermögen
- Verständnis von Geschäftsprozessen im Rechnungswesen von Vorteil
- Sehr gute Englischkenntnisse in Wort und Schrift
- Verantwortungsbewusstsein, selbstständiges Arbeiten sowie ausgeprägte Teamfähigkeit
What we offer
Neben der Chance, sich fachlich rasch weiterzuentwickeln, bieten wir Ihnen eine äußerst interessante, abwechslungsreiche Position mit einem steigenden Maß an Eigenverantwortung in einem internationalen und hochqualifizierten Team. Und: Unsere Vergütung kann sich absolut sehen lassen.
Your application
Please submit your detailed application documents with a CV and a cover letter as a PDF file by email to: jobs_at_alphatrains.eu
You are also welcome to contact us without any obligation and directly by telephone:
Linn Buchmann, Group HR Director, +49 221 914090 09
Alpha Trains Luxembourg S.à r.l.
48, rue de Bragance
1255 Luxembourg
+352 2786 3400
+352 2786 3419
Job offer posted on 06. March 2018
Zur Verstärkung unseres Teams in Köln suchen wir ab sofort eine/n
IT Inhouse Consultant (w/m)
Your Role
Gestalten Sie unsere digitale Transformation entscheidend mit und erarbeiten Sie zusammen mit unseren Fachbereichen neue, digitale Unternehmensprozesse. Entwickeln Sie gemeinsam mit uns Lösungen und Strategien, die auf den neuesten Technologien basieren.
- Schnittstelle zwischen den Fachabteilungen und der IT
- Analyse und Weiterentwicklung der Alpha Trains Business Prozesse und der zugehörigen Applikationen
- Projektverantwortung für die Konzepterstellung und deren Umsetzung
- Koordination externer Dienstleister
- Mitwirkung bei strategischen IT-Fragestellungen
- Verbesserung der Systemintegration
- Erstellung von Prozess- und System-Dokumentationen
Your Profile
- Abgeschlossenes Studium der Fachrichtung Informatik oder Ausbildung als Fachinformatiker/in
- Erfahrung mit Business Prozessen und den zugrundeliegenden Applikationen
- Kenntnisse und Erfahrungen mit Systemanalysen, Datenmodellen und ITArchitekturen
- Erfahrung im Projektmanagement
- Systemkenntnisse von SalesForce, Sharepoint, MS Dynamics und/oder Datenbanken von Vorteil
- Hervorragende Kenntnisse des Microsoft Office Pakets, v.a. Excel
- Ausgeprägte kommunikative Fähigkeiten
- Analytische und lösungsorientierte Arbeitsweise
- Flexibilität, Teamfähigkeit und Reisebereitschaft
- Sehr gute Englischkenntnisse
What we offer
Neben der Chance, sich fachlich rasch weiterzuentwickeln, bieten wir Ihnen eine äußerst interessante, abwechslungsreiche Position mit einem steigenden Maß an Eigenverantwortung in einem internationalen und hochqualifizierten Team und in einem Büro in bester City-Lage. Und: Unsere Vergütung kann sich absolut sehen lassen.
Your application
Please submit your detailed application documents with a CV and a cover letter as a PDF file by email to: jobs_at_alphatrains.eu
You are also welcome to contact us without any obligation and directly by telephone:
Linn Buchmann, Group HR Director, +49 221 914090 09
Alpha Trains Europa GmbH
Cäcilienstr. 30
50667 Cologne
+49 221 91 40 90 00
+49 221 91 40 90 19
We offer our employees a challenging, exciting, and inspiring environment and the opportunity to actively shape the future of railways.
Alpha Trains actively lives up to the values of diversity and mutual respect. We also act according to our values during the application process in order to ensure equal opportunities for all applicants.
Still not convinced? Then read about why it is worth joining the Alpha Trains team here.
Should you have any questions about our job offers, please contact our HR department.
We look forward to meeting you and getting to know you.
