Operations Manager France - Paris

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Paris, Île-de-France, FRA
Hybrid
35K-38K Annually
Entry level
Logistics • Transportation
The Role
Manage international freight operations for customer accounts, coordinating air, sea, road, and rail transport with carriers, agents, trucking providers, and customs brokers. Plan and price shipments, respond to quotation requests, support customer invoicing, resolve operational issues, maintain client communication, negotiate with suppliers, and improve operational processes and team knowledge. The role requires fluent French, strong interpersonal and organizational skills, stress management, initiative, and interest in international transportation.
Summary Generated by Built In
Our mission: to make international freight simpler and more sustainable through technology!

Founded in 2017, OVRSEA is a next-generation freight forwarder that uses technology to simplify and optimize international transport for businesses. We support 700+ companies across 60 countries in their international freight shipments.

In January 2026, OVRSEA merged with the Fatton Lyseo group. This large-scale operation comes amid profound geopolitical, commercial, and technological shifts. Our ambition is clear: to build, through organic and external growth, a unified, agile, and sustainable French leader in logistics, capable of addressing new challenges in logistics control, operational performance, and technological disruption.

This merger brings together, under a single group, cutting-edge tech expertise, well-established historical know-how, and a dense network of locations across strategic geographies - with over 1,000 employees, 61 offices in 14 countries, and 120,000 m² of warehouse space - serving demanding clients in the luxury, pharmaceutical, cosmetics, and food industries. Joining our teams means taking part in building an independent, high-performing, and innovative group.

We are continuing our growth in 2026 and hiring people internationally!

Are you ready to join us and be a part of this exciting adventure?

The Operations Team 🚢
The Operations (Ops) Team is responsible for organizing and coordinating the international transportation needs of our clients. Serving as the primary point of contact, the Ops team acts as a bridge between our customers and our carefully chosen service providers. The team plays a crucial role in ensuring an exceptional customer experience at OVRSEA. Reactivity, excellence, pedagogy, and customer awareness are the guiding principles that drive our team.
 
This position is based in our office Paris.
 
Your missions as an Operations Manager based in Paris 🦸‍♂️
As an Operations Manager, you will be the primary coordinator of international transport, managing our service providers, including agents, shipping and trucking carriers, and customs brokers. You will keep clients informed about their shipment progress, update them on key stages, guide them through challenges, and provide the best possible solutions when necessary. Committed to delivering high-quality service, prompt responsiveness, and reliability, you will drive OVRSEA's growth with the following responsibilities:
 
👉 Global transport operations for large imports or exports (40%)
- Manage a portfolio of customers.
- Coordinate and organize air, sea, road, and rail transport.
- Advise customers and proactively resolve issues.
 
👉 Operational planning and pricing of international transport (40%)
- Response to customer requests for quotations: complete planning of international transport by sea, air and rail.
- Participation in the improvement loop between quotation, operations and invoicing: be able to step back and improve upstream to make operations run more smoothly and invoicing easier.
 
👉 Manage customer invoicing (10%)
- Participation in the invoicing of transport files.
- Manage the contact with customers to explain the differences that may appear between the quotation and the billing.
 
👉 Development and structuring (10%)
- Manage supplier relationships and negotiations (carriers & agents worldwide).
- Develop the team’s knowledge (research and production of articles).
- Refine operational strategies.
 
What will this job bring you? ✨
  • Relational skills: you will interact with people from more than 70+ countries (customers, service providers), from various industries and company sizes.
  • We value a strong learning environment at OVRSEA. Continuous learning is very important to us, which will allow you to solve rather complicated problems.
  • We have a team with different backgrounds: some experienced in the world of transport and others who have never done it before. This balance guarantees a dynamic and close-knit atmosphere in the face of an intense day-to-day.
🤝 We're meant to work together if
  • You can speak and write French fluently
  • You have excellent interpersonal skills, enjoy human contact, and want to bring real added value to your clients.
  • You know how to manage your stress : the days in Ops are exciting but intense. A lot of subjects are to be managed at the same time within defined deadlines
  • You demonstrate organizational skills and rigor in monitoring your accounts
  • You think solutions rather than problems, and you are able to take initiatives
  • You are highly motivated to discover the world of transportation and the modalities of air, sea and rail freight, even if this sector is still unknown to you
Why join OVRSEA? 💚
  • Take part in an incredible human adventure and in the revolution of international freight, a complex and fascinating industry at the heart of global economic and geopolitical challenges.
  • Join a close-knit team with a genuine drive to learn and grow together.
  • Work with autonomy and a high degree of responsibility, with a direct individual impact on the company's growth.
  • Benefit from a personalized onboarding program and a clear career path.
  • Receive a competitive package along with various benefits. In France, you'll enjoy a modern working environment along the Canal Saint Martin, a Swile card with 55% covered by OVRSEA, an Alan health insurance plan 80% covered by OVRSEA, a holiday bonus, and a flexible remote work policy.
  • Take part in great team rituals, including our weekly cultural presentations (the famous OVRSEA "PICs"), peer learning sessions, team outings, and plenty of other events throughout the year!
Still not convinced? 👀

Discover our story, our product, our teams, and our commitments by visiting this Notion page.

It will give you insight into our culture and our core value, Pedagogy, also known as Learning Together, through a short video. You will see how we bring this value to life every day through webinars, team rituals, cultural presentations, a structured onboarding process, and our training program, the Transport Academy, designed to help you discover, or rediscover, the exciting world of international transportation.

 
Interview process 💬
  • Screening call with Hugo, Head of Operations in France (45').
  • Interview including a business case with one of our Operations Team Leaders and a Senior Operations Manager (60').
  • Interview with Brieuc, COO
  • Speed recruiting.
  • The final proposal ! 🙌
 
At Ovrsea, we are committed to an inclusive recruitment process and to fostering diversity within our teams.
 

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Skills Required

  • Fluent spoken and written French
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
  • Ability to manage stress in an intense, deadline-driven operations environment
  • Strong organizational skills and rigor in account monitoring
  • Solution-oriented mindset and ability to take initiative
  • Motivation to learn international transportation and air, sea, and rail freight
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The Company
HQ: Paris
111 Employees
Year Founded: 2017

What We Do

Here at OVRSEA, we help business leaders to step ahead, by making their supply chain more efficient, resilient and sustainable. Our mission: delivering top-of-the-line freight forwarding services, thanks to our freight knowledge and supply technology. How do we do it? On top of our technology, we’re adding a strong human and service dimension to the freight forwarding sector. Our teams are passionate, experienced people with solid sectorial knowledge and digital culture. From our 6 offices around the world, we’re the supply partner of +700 companies from all sectors. These customers include prestigious brands such as Babymoov, Cowboy, Croda, Grosfillex, Lincoln Electric, Maison Francis Kurkdjian (LVMH group), Veja. Interested in joining us? See available positions here: https://www.welcometothejungle.com/fr/companies/ovrsea/jobs

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