Logistics Operations Manager jobs in United Arab Emirates

Experience driving progress, solving problems, and mentoring more junior team members; deeper expertise and applied knowledge within relevant area.

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• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in trade compliance operations in the Middle East
• 5 years of experience in a customer or client-facing role, supervising and managing third-party logistics relationships
• Ability to communicate in Arabic fluently as this is a customer-facing role that requires interactions in Arabic with local stakeholders

• Experience in a logistics environment and more specifically in customs broker and Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) management
• Experience with ECCN classification regulations and country-specific trade regulations from the Middle East
• Experience working in a collaborative, cross-functional and geographically diverse environment

Excellent communication skills with the ability to effectively develop and present information to senior level management.

• Experience implementing EMEA export/import regulations

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• Own the day-to-day trade compliance operations for GCL in multiple countries in the Middle East (including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the UAE).
• Oversee, manage & direct customs brokers and relevant service providers. Drive alignment and prioritization of initiatives.
• Manage third-party logistics partners with associates on their teams dedicated to our account. Manage and monitor metrics for Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), vendor performance scorecards, and development of business cases to support logistics process changes or improvements.
• Manage quarterly budgets, invoice control, and capital improvement projects within your locations. Manage relationships with multiple internal customers at data centers.
• Recognize improvement opportunities to the cost or quality of services to be provided. Be proactive in turning these thoughts into a documented business case, present the business case to your peers and management for approval, and provide ongoing project management.

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