Sebastian Kwiatkowski

Road Transport Procurement at DHL Freight GmbH

Bad Honnef am Rhein, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

About

As Team Leader for International Transport Purchasing at DHL Freight, I help organizations optimize freight costs without compromising service quality. My expertise spans supplier strategy, contract negotiations, and market intelligence to ensure resilient and cost-effective transport solutions.

Experience

  • DHL Freight (Cologne Area, Germany)
    • Team Leader Service Partner Management (International)
      Feb 2016 - Present · 10 yrs 6 mos

      Leading and developing the International Transport Purchasing team to ensure cost-efficient and reliable capacity. Driving supplier strategy: sourcing, qualification, and on-boarding of international transport partners. Negotiating long-term agreements and performance-based contracts aligned with business objectives. Managing strategic projects to optimize fleet data, market intelligence, and procurement processes. Ensuring compliance, sustainability, and continuous improvement in service partner management.

    • Senior Expert Transport Procurement
      Sep 2013 - Jan 2016 · 2 yrs 5 mos

      Recruiting & screening suppliers. Implementation of new hauliers & monitoring. Negotiating conditions and contracts. Maintaining fleet master data. Market research.

    • IDC Purchasing Manager
      May 2011 - Sep 2013 · 2 yrs 5 mos

      Recruiting & screening suppliers. Implementation of new hauliers & monitoring. Negotiating conditions and contracts. Maintaining fleet master data. Market research.

  • DHL Express (6 yrs 1 mo)
    • Manager of DCC CEEME
      2009 - 2011 · 2 yrs

      DCC CEEME - Dispatch Competence Center of Central Eastern Europe Middle East Management of the international team (consisting of 20 persons). Design and optimization of the FTL Transport Network in Central Europe (a few thousand shipments a month). Negotiations with business partners in Germany and the Benelux countries. Implementation and control of the Budget Plan. Negotiations with key subcontractors.

    • International Freight Forwarding Specialist
      2007 - Aug 2009 · 2 yrs 8 mos

      Organization of international transport, providing services to key DHL customers, negotiating transport rates, order acceptance and carrier selection.

    • Senior Domestic Freight Forwarding Specialist
      2005 - 2007 · 2 yrs

      Organization of FTL and LTL transports in Poland. Negotiations with key customers of DHL, which covered both technical issues related to transport organization, as well as service prices. Organization, planning and new employee training. Assigning responsibilities.

  • Line Haul Dispatcher at Servisco/DHL
    2002 - 2004 · 2 yrs

    Distribution of goods under customs control in Western Poland, until the adaptation of Servisco operations to servicing such shipments. Organization of line connections, between two main Servico sorting centres in Poland. Preparation of reports and balances on line transport, co-operation with subcontractors, reacting to problem situations and cost allocation by cost centres.

  • Danzas (Poznan, Greater Poland District, Poland)
    • Dispatcher
      2001 - 2002 · 1 yr

      Organization and planning of transport from the moment of shipment reception at the customs warehouse through dispatch route planning, carrier selection, settlement of carrier´s service, allocation of shipment costs and issuing a transport invoice. Planning and organization of LTL shipments in strict compliance with the principles and requirements of transport of customs shipments, dangerous goods and valuable goods.

    • Transport services
      2000 - 2001 · 1 yr

      Road transport of goods (including the transport of goods under customs control) in Poland.