Senior Manager - Transport
GlobalExec Logistics Consulting GroupShanghaiUpdate time: May 10,2019
Job Description
Headquartered in Asia, our Client is a leading Supply Chain Service Provider offering a menu of Integrated-Distribution Services in three core businesses across the region Marketing, Logistics and Manufacturing, encompassing the full breadth and depth of the value chain. They currently work with over 300 multinational blue chip brands companies to bring their products to Asian consumers. With an extensive logistics infrastructure and a staff force of over 5,000, their distribution network covers nine economies in the Greater China and Asean region covering the Mainland of China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, Indonesia and Brunei.
Job Title: Senior Manager Transport
Job Vertical: Operations
Job Grade: Grade 3
Report to: Vice President - Operations, East China
Job Summary:
To manage the transport team of East China, covering the operations and business development of the transport.
Responsibilities:
- Manage the day to day transport operations of East China transport network;
- Draft the market intelligence report and put forward suggestions for operation improvement;
- Communicate with customers to understand their business requirements;
- Work with operation / implementation team to manage the transport operation to meet or exceed customers requirements;
- Make decisions and give instructions on transport operations issues
- Develop and maintain excellent customer relations
- Work together with the transport operation team to maximize the operation efficiency;
- Develop suitable solution input for RFP / RFI response, including data analysis, transport solution development, routing design, process design and quotation preparation;
- Develop costing and pricing to support bidding;
- Actively support, implement and participate in any strategic developments identified by VP.
- Effectively and efficiently explain and take action with regard to any issues raised by both internal and external customers
- Follow the company code of ethics and general guidelines as determined by the company
- Develop and maintain a professional and motivated employee team by conducting daily, weekly and monthly communication and regular counselling activities. Apply effective team building and leadership techniques.
Qualifications:
- Education: Bachelor degree or above in Logistics, Engineering, Computer Sciences or equivalent
Working Experience:
- Minimum 8 years experience in logistic industry (3PL is preferred), with the focus on the transport management and solutions.
Skills:
- Strong proficiency in Windows, Excel, Word, Visio and PowerPoint essential
- Proven communication, facilitation, consulting and interpersonal skills
- Excellent written and spoken English
Knowledge:
- Transportation operation or implementation experience
- Transport management system knowledge
- Network design knowledge
- Transport routing design knowledge
- Basic warehousing operation knowledge
- Solid project management knowledge
Others:
- Strong quantitative and qualitative skills with ability to work under intense pressure, is a "go-getter" and enjoys working in a fast paced environment
- High energy, motivated personality
- Analytical Thinking: understands a situation by breaking it apart into smaller pieces, or tracing the implications of a situation in a step-by-step way.
- Information seeking: is driven by an underlying curiosity and desire to know more about things, people or issues.
- Quality Tools and Measures: can systematically apply quality tools and measures to continuously improve customer satisfaction and productivity.
- Initiative: has a bias for taking action, proactively doing things and not simply thinking about future actions.
- Innovation: make effort to improve performance by doing new things.
- Customer-Service Orientation: has a desire to help or serve others, to meet their needs.
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