Do you want to be a valued part of the critical infrastructure that serves communities across Europe and beyond? Are you looking for a position in which you can set direction and help shape our company? If so, then you could be the newest addition to our team as a Business & Operations Support.

Be part of the movement – and play your part

About the role

Working Monday to Friday as the Business & Operations Support you will be working with our busy transport team completing a variety of administrative and operational tasks.

You will be responsible for:

• Calculating agency costs and creating purchase orders (POs) for these expenses.
• Check and approve haulier invoices through DFDS systems, ensuring charges are compliant and handling queries where necessary.
• Calculate driver overtime for various sites in the business.
• Maintain and update customer agreements in our transport management system.
• Act as the first point of contact for customer and supplier queries, including suppliers on self-billing.
• Occasional reception duties, including greeting visitors, meeting management, handling post, office supply oversight, and uniform distribution for office staff and drivers.
• Other ad-hoc duties where necessary.

About you

The ideal candidate will be an enthusiastic and detail-oriented professional who thrives in a structured and fast-moving environment. We’ll need you to come in and fit in straight away, so you’ll need some administration experience, and you’ll need to be confident at working with Microsoft computer programmes. We’re a company who recognise the importance of training and development so we will give you all the support you’ll need with our inhouse computer programmes.

We think the strongest teams are built on diversity and inclusivity. Contrasting opinions, varied skills and strong characters bring out the best in us all. And we cannot wait for you to join.

Working at DFDS

Join the movement and grow with us.

Be a valued member of a diverse team at DFDS and help drive change together.

While you’re with us, we want you to develop. At DFDS, we believe that development happens first and foremost through activities in the workplace. We will also offer training courses that can support you in your role, if needed.

Now about what we can give you. You’ll be able to access some fantastic benefits such as:

• Life assurance cover
• Contributory company pension scheme
• Holiday Purchase Scheme
• Free ferry travel for up to 4 guests between Dover and Calais / Newcastle and Amsterdam with no limit on trips
• Full employee assistance programme including:
• Proactive financial, emotional, mental, and physical health care support including face to face counselling, fast 24/7 access to a GP, a second medical opinion and legal support for colleagues and their family.
• Huge range of retail discounts from high street and online retailers
• Cashback on health care including dental, optical, physiotherapy, prescriptions, specialist consultations and much more.
• Access to Breeze, our award-winning Wellbeing platform.
• Access to mental health first aid and opportunity to join support webinars with a focus on all areas of positive wellbeing.

Are we a match? Then what are you waiting for? Apply Now.

If you think your personality, skills, experience, and desire match this role, we’d love to hear from you. Please send us your CV as soon as possible, as we’re keen to meet potential candidates on an ongoing basis.

We look forward to hearing from you.