Director of Ocean Transport, Greater China
- Shanghai
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Together with the Global Head of Ocean Freight, assist in setting strategies and policies for our Ocean business in Greater China and be in line with our corporate direction.
- To take care of specific ocean trade lanes and manage the daily running of the regional trade desks' teams as assigned by the Director.
- To provide monthly volume report for respective trade lanes under your care.
- To provide analysis/ explanations for loss trade lanes, whenever required, and to review how to mitigate or eradicate the loss.
- To establish a strong relationship with our partner careers.
- To work with our carriers to procure the best possible rates to win a business.
- To act as the subject matter expert (SME) for the trade lanes under our region's care and to provide pricing guidance and market intelligence to our internal stakeholders.
- To collaborate with our regional sales in providing competitive and customized freight solutions for all cross-trade rates' requests.
- To assist in resolving regional rates'/ contracts' disputes with carriers, when needed.
- To work with our country operations and procurement teams in resolving/mitigating Liners' issues whenever necessary.
- To collaborate and synergies with our country procurement teams to share and compare freight rates from both regional and local carriers.
- To endeavor to achieve a good yield per TEU for our newly secured/existing business through renegotiation with our liners as an ongoing process.
- To endeavor to grow our trade lane volumes under our region's care through helping our Sales to secure more businesses with our competitive pricing and customized solution.
- To file rates with our regional carriers for all new businesses.
- To work with our carriers to secure space allocation and long-term rates based on NAC strategy, where applicable.
- To adhere to our preferred carrier strategy where applicable and feasible, without adversely compromising our yield.
- To attend Global / Regional Tender Kick-Off calls.
- To analyze, review and price strategically for regional/ global tenders for respective trade lanes under your control.
- Work with our Regional/Global Tender Management Team on postmortem of RFQs for continuous strategic improvements.
- Any other tasks as assigned by your superior. Lead and drive full-cycle recruitment (defining job requirement, sourcing, screening, interviewing, reference check, negotiating job offers, and onboarding new hires, etc.)
- Manage cross-location onboarding logistics: contracts, equipment, orientation, etc.
- Diploma/ Tertiary qualifications in supply chain/logistics.
- At least 10 to 15 years of ocean freight forwarding experience, preferably in pricing procurement.
- A confident individual with effective verbal and written communication skills.
- A team player who is self-motivated and with good interpersonal skills.
- A persistent individual with good negotiation skills.
- A resilient individual who can work under pressure.
- Excellent relationships with Asia-headquartered carriers.
- Conversant in MS skills, especially in using EXCEL spreadsheet.
- Self-motivated, positive with a can-do attitude
- Integrity and strong sense of responsibility.