Trade Director

Lead the Wasaline business between Umeå and Vaasa and help drive both short-term profitability and long-term strategic growth.

In this role, you will have overall responsibility for the business, working closely with colleagues across Stena Line to strengthen our market position, optimise performance, and ensure safe and reliable operations. Reporting directly to the Chief Commercial Officer, you will play a key role in delivering our commercial and strategic objectives while leading a high-performing organisation.

Some of your key responsibilities:
- Lead and manage the Wasaline business in line with Group strategy, policies, values and agreed objectives.
- Develop and implement the Business Plan and contribute to longer-term regional and Group plans.
- Drive financial and commercial performance, including revenue, costs and resource management.
- Lead the Regional Management Team to optimise pricing, capacity, customer experience and operational performance.
- Strengthen Wasaline’s market position and build strong relationships with Freight and Travel customers.
- Ensure safe, reliable and efficient operations in line with legislation, corporate standards and agreed KPIs.
- Develop the organisation and leadership team, including performance management, talent development and succession planning.

What you will experience
As a Stena Line employee in Sweden, we offer you an additional benefits package consisting of travel discounts, health allowance, well-being activities, access to a benefits portal, and much more.

Who are you?
At Stena Line, your personal qualities matter just as much as your skills and expertise. Regardless of the role, being welcoming, caring, and reliable guides you in your everyday work and the challenges you face.

To succeed in this role, you are a collaborative leader who enjoys working closely with others and building strong relationships, both internally and externally. You have a modern leadership approach and create alignment by setting a clear direction and empowering your team. You are driven, action-oriented and comfortable taking responsibility for delivering results. You are also curious and adaptable, embracing change and continuously looking for better ways of working. Above all, you have a genuine commitment to safety and contribute to creating a safe and reliable operation.

Qualifications:
- Experience of leading within a matrix organisation.
- Demonstrated grit and determination, with the resilience to drive results and overcome challenges.
- Commercial understanding and the ability to build strong customer relationships.
- Operational understanding of shipping.
- International experience is considered an advantage.
- A genuine commitment to safety.
- Excellent English language skills.

Interested? 
This is a full-time, permanent position based in Vaasa, Finland, within our Wasaline business. To apply, please register your profile and send in your application in English as soon as possible but no later than 20 November, 2026. We are having an ongoing selection, so do not wait with your application. To ensure the secure and structured processing of your personal data, we only accept applications submitted through our online recruitment system. We have collective bargaining agreements with Unionen, among others, who you can contact for more information. Please note that we kindly decline any offers from recruitment or staffing agencies regarding this recruitment. We may conduct background checks as part of our efforts to ensure the quality of our recruitment process.

If you have any questions regarding the recruitment process you are welcome to contact Hedwig Blixt, Talent Acquisition Partner, [email protected].

About Stena Line
As a leader in sustainable shipping, Stena Line has Europe’s most comprehensive route network focusing on transportation of both passengers and freight. We have over 8,750 employees in our Stena Line family across Scandinavia, around the UK and the Baltics, making a contribution to our company.

Working at Stena Line means having a safe and stable workplace and a great work-life balance. We are committed to maintaining and developing a sustainable working environment, free from harassment, that gives equal opportunities to everyone. We embrace equality, diversity and inclusion – and welcome all applicants.