Senior Manager Transport & Logistics

伯赛思（上海）管理咨询有限公司; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

伯赛思（上海）管理咨询有限公司 is seeking a senior logistics leader to drive inbound transport initiatives for multiple markets, optimizing transport and service levels while reducing costs. You will lead cross-functional programs, standardize processes, and build scalable solutions from factory to customer across regions.

The role demands 8+ years in apparel/fashion logistics or similar fast-moving industries, strong vendor coordination, and advanced MS Office skills; English fluency is essential for global

Qualifications

• Excellent English language proficiency; multi-lingual abilities are an advantage.
• A 4-year degree from an accredited college or university with emphasis on business, economics, logistics, planning, supply chain, information systems, or operations; MBA a plus.
• +8 years’ work experience, ideally in an apparel/fashion supply chain management or fast-moving logistics environment, particularly related to supplier/contract, project and supply chain management including an overall logistics responsibility.
• Experience in multi-national transportation logistics and project management with the drive and energy to implement change.
• Good planning and organizational skills, including project management skills from initiation to closure.
• Strong analytical and conceptual skills, including structured and detailed problem resolution methodologies.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, both oral and in writing, to interact effectively across organization levels.
• Self-management, enthusiasm, and drive to perform in a global, changing environment.
• Very good understanding of transport logistics processes and supply chain management.
• Good negotiation, presentation and moderation skills.
• Good knowledge of MS-Excel, MS-Word, MS-PowerPoint, and MS-Access.

Responsibilities

• Proactively evaluate end-to-end global transportation performance across ship modes and provide executive summaries to Management where issues, process development or re-engineering is needed.
• Manage 2nd level escalation; involve cross-functional stakeholders to drive resolution.
• Develop strong working relationships with stakeholders within the assigned market (market teams, GLD, Global Supply Chain functions, Finance, Procurement, 4PL, LSPs).
• Lead Market Business reviews including KPI reviews and continuous improvement topics.
• Execute and implement projects within Inbound Transport and Logistics to improve quality, service, and value chain efficiencies.
• Analyze and translate market requirements into service deliverables with procurement/4PL/LSPs; implement defined transportation processes.
• Apply best practices and strive for standardization and harmonization of processes.
• Think globally and cross-functionally to identify dependencies and co-create solutions.
• Partner with stakeholders to identify requirements and goals, and manage transport & logistics projects within scope.
• Manage change management to ensure changes are implemented successfully in markets.
• Communicate with Senior Management throughout the life cycle to deliver and embed projects.
• Document process requirements and service deliverables in SOPs and SLAs; ensure execution in day-to-day operations.
• Standardize, align, and reassess global transport requirements on vendor portfolio, processes, and data.
• Provide leadership and development opportunities; coach and mentor staff.
• Allocate topics to employees considering experience, workload, and efficiency.
• Monitor workload and efficiency with data; adjust to meet business needs.
• Provide direct reports with clear direction and targets aligned to business needs and Legal objectives.
• Regions, Markets globally; Global Logistics, Supply Chain Management & Sourcing; Finance, Controlling, Performance Management, Global IT; Global Logistics Service Providers & Carriers.

Skills

English proficiency

Stakeholder management

Project management

Leadership

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in business/logistics/SC

MBA a plus

Tools

MS Excel

MS Word

MS PowerPoint

MS Access

Job description

Job Descriptions

Job Summary:

• For the assigned market, proactively work with various stakeholders to take the lead in the design, development, execution, and performance of the inbound logistics enabling the markets to achieve their availability targets at optimized transport & logistics service levels and costs.
• Drive, manage and lead the implementation of various projects and programs with the assigned local markets, to enhance logistics performance and efficiency from factory door to DC/customers with the goal to simplify and standardize processes, improve quality, and reduce costs.
• The role is further responsible for creating best practices for the respective cluster but bearing in mind that the solution is scalable across origins.

Responsibilities

• Proactively evaluate the performance and execution of the end-to-end global transportation activities (ex-factory to DCs) across different ship modes are and provide an executive summary to Management where issues, process development or re-engineering is needed.
• Manage 2nd level escalation in a proficient, efficient, and effective manner. Involve various cross-functional stakeholders where necessary to drive resolution.
• Develop strong working relationship with various stakeholders within assigned market (market teams, GLD team, Global Supply Chain functions, Finance, Procurement, 4PL, LSPs and other stakeholders).
• Lead Market Business reviews which include KPI reviews and continuous improvement topics.
• Execute and implement projects and programs within Inbound Transport and Logistics which improve quality, service, and value chain efficiencies.
• Analyze and validate market requirements and translate those into service deliverables with the procurement/4PL/LSPs. Implement newly defined and refined transportation logistics processes with the various stakeholders.
• Apply best practice sharing and strive for standardization and harmonization of processes whenever possible.
• Think globally and x-functionally to identify project/program dependencies and their impact, raise dependency issues with the project/program management resp. sponsor and co-create solutions.
• Partner with the various stakeholders (market team, GLD team, Global Supply Chain functions, Finance, Procurement, 4PL and LSPs) to identify and agree on requirements and goals to then set up and manage transport & logistics projects/programs within the respective scope of responsibility.
• Manage the change management approach for respective projects and programs. Ensure changes are smoothly and successfully implemented in the markets to achieve lasting benefits.
• As conflicts and escalations arise within projects and programs, identify solutions, and propose these to the project/program management resp. sponsor and support resolution in a timely and appropriate manner.
• Use appropriate and effective communication methods to Senior Management and project or program stakeholder throughout the life cycle, in order to successfully deliver and embed the project or program within the organization.
• Ensure that process requirements and service deliverables are documented in Standard Operating Procedures and/or Service Level Agreements with respective stakeholders and ensure that the agreed processes and service are implemented and executed successfully in the day-to-day operations and within the scope of contractual agreements.
• Standardize, align, and constantly re-assess global transport requirements on vendor portfolio, operational processes, and connectivity / data processes.
• Ensure appropriate leadership skills are present at every level through creating a motivational and supportive work environment in which employees are coached, trained, and provided with career opportunities through development.
• Allocate the different topics to employees considering experience, complexity, workload, and organizational efficiency.
• Continuously monitor and evaluate team workload and organizational efficiency with the support of systems, data and analysis and team feedback and make appropriate changes to meet business needs.
• Provide direct reports with clear direction and targets that are aligned with business needs and Legal objectives.
• Regions, Markets globally
• Global Logistics, Supply Cain Management & Sourcing
• Finance, Controlling, Performance Management, Global IT
• Global Logistics Service Provider & Carrier Portfolio

Job Qualifications

• Excellent English language proficiency: multi-lingual abilities in other languages is an advantage
• A 4-year degree from an accredited college or university with emphasis on the areas of business, economics, logistics, planning, supply chain, information systems, or operations; MBA a plus
• +8 years’ work experience, ideally in an apparel/fashion supply chain management or a fast-moving logistics environment, particularly related to supplier/contract, project and supply chain management including an overall logistics responsibility
• Experience in multi-national transportation logistics and project management with the drive and energy to implement change
• Good planning and organizational skills, including project management skills from initiation to closure
• Strong analytical and conceptual skills, including structured and detailed problem resolution methodologies
• Strong communication and presentation skills, both oral and in writing, to interact effectively and efficiently on different layers of the organization
• High degree of self-management, enthusiasm, and drive to perform
• Very good understanding, knowledge and experience in transport logistics processes and supply chain management
• Demonstrated ability to work independently within a global and changing environment, including completion of tasks of different complexity levels
• Good negotiation skills
• Good presentation and moderation skills
• Good knowledge of computer applications, MS-Excel, MS-Word, MS-PowerPoint, and MS-Access

Job Type

• Recruitment Type：Experienced
• Work Type：Full-Time
• 工作城市：Hong Kong
• 工作地区：Asia Pacific
• 所属行业：Fashion & Lifestyle