Manager, Ocean Freight

You will:

• Drive all things ocean carrier procurement for a particular tradelane and take direct responsibility for one or multiple carriers
• Coordinate and negotiate annual, quarterly, monthly, and weekly allocation procurement activities
• Help decide the global carrier strategy and align your tradelane’s carrier strategy to help the global team hit their goals
• Help develop long term partnerships with ocean carriers, demonstrating Flexport’s competitive advantages
• Drive procurement costs down
• Provide supply forecasting so that we ensure we can satisfy demand
• Build scalable procurement operating rhythms and tools
• Partner with Technology teams to develop next generation procurement systems
• Drive process standardization and improvement initiatives globally
• Educate and enable the broader Flexport organization with carrier and tradelane intelligence to foster better decision making and client engagement
• Manage a team of procurement associates that will drive initiatives
• Lead regular cross team meetings
• Initiate system and process improvements for the team
• Up-level the future ocean procurement experts of Flexport
• Work across Procurement, Pricing, Planning, and District Management teams to deliver globally optimized results to the Ocean P&L

You should have:

• 7+ years of prior Ocean Freight experience at a top freight forwarder or carrier or 7+ years of supply chain experience and a BA/BS Degree;
• Strategic vision and ground floor execution;
• Bias to Action, Process, Structure and Data;
• Strong negotiation skills
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills;
• An obsession with client happiness. You succeed when they succeed;
• Ability to travel regionally, nationally, and internationally;
• Courage to challenge the status quo when logic and reason require it. See something broken? Fix it;
• The desire to lead, train, and develop up-and-coming talent