Transportation Operation Assistant Manager

Grab; Jakarta Pusat; On-site; IDR 600,000,000 - 900,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Term Life Insurance

Medical Insurance

FlexWork arrangements

LASA volunteering leave

Parental and Birthday leave

Job summary

GrabMart is seeking an experienced Senior Manager for middle-mile transportation operations in Indonesia. The role focuses on reliable and cost-efficient movement of inventory between suppliers, warehouses, and dark stores, with an emphasis on service levels, fleet productivity, and shipment visibility.

Regular travel to operating sites is expected. You will report to the Manager and base onsite, working closely with warehouse, inventory, commercial, and finance teams to align demand and

Qualifications

• 5+ years in middle-mile/logistics within e-commerce/retail/FMCG
• Experience managing end-to-end transport execution including linehaul/inter-hub transfers
• Experience managing 3PLs or transport vendors with performance reviews
• Experience with transport management systems and dashboards
• Strong stakeholder-management across warehouses, stores, carriers and regional teams
• Fluency in Bahasa Indonesia and English
• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain/Logistics/Engineering/Business or related field

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end middle-mile movements (linehaul, inter-hub transfers, cross-docking, store deliveries).
• Plan dispatch, vehicle allocation, and route optimization; monitor delivery visibility and exceptions.
• Manage 3PLs and transport vendors; drive performance via reviews and corrective actions.
• Track metrics: on-time, fill rate, utilization, cost per trip, damages, cancellations, failed deliveries.
• Develop SOPs and escalation processes to improve visibility and product quality.
• Collaborate with warehouse, inventory, commercial, finance to align demand and capacity.
• Lead incident/contingency management for delays and capacity shortfalls.
• Coach operations teams and promote safety; drive improvement projects across middle-mile.

Skills

5+ years in middle-mile/logistics

End-to-end transport execution

3PL/vendor management

TMS & fleet/dispatch tools

Stakeholder management

Bahasa Indonesia & English

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain/Logistics/Engineering/Business

Tools

TMS

GPS tracking

Dispatch tools

Warehouse systems

Job description

Get to Know the Team

GrabMart is Grab's on-demand daily essentials and grocery delivery service. We bring products from multiple stores to our customers' doorsteps. As part of Grab's ecosystem, we focus on speed, convenience, and reliability for millions of customers across Indonesia.

Get to Know the Role

You will lead middle-mile transportation operations across GrabMart Indonesia, ensuring reliable, efficient, and cost-effective movement of inventory between suppliers, warehouses, dark stores. Your primary goal is to maintain high service levels, fleet and carrier productivity, shipment visibility, and safe execution while improving network performance. This role is critical for scaling GrabMart in Indonesia. You will report to the Manager. You will based onsite. You may be require regular travel to operating sites, hubs, and partner facilities.

The Critical Tasks You Will Perform

• You will manage and improve end-to-end middle-mile movements, including linehaul, inter-hub transfers, replenishment routes, cross-docking, and scheduled store deliveries.
• You will manage daily transport execution: route planning, dispatch, vehicle and capacity allocation, cut-off adherence, delivery tracking, exception management, and proof-of-delivery reconciliation.
• You will manage third-party logistics partners, transport vendors, and drivers against agreed service, cost, safety, and compliance standards; lead performance reviews and corrective actions.
• You will define and monitor key operational metrics such as on-time departure and arrival, fill rate, utilization, cost per trip, shipment accuracy, damages, cancellations, and failed deliveries, using root-cause analysis to drive improvements.
• You will build operating standards, SOPs, control-tower routines, and escalation mechanisms that improve shipment visibility and protect product quality across the network.
• You will partner closely with warehouse, inventory, commercial, finance teams to align demand, capacity, schedules, and peak plans.
• You will lead incident and contingency management for delays, capacity shortfalls, weather or road disruptions, damages, and other operational risks, ensuring communication and recovery plans.
• You will coach operations teams and vendor supervisors, promote a safety culture, and implement-improvement projects across middle-mile operations.

What Essential Skills You Will Need

• 5+ years of experience in middle-mile, transportation, logistics, distribution, or supply chain operations within e-commerce, retail, FMCG, or a related sector.
• Proven expertise managing end-to-end transport execution, including linehaul or inter-hub transfers, route planning, dispatch, carrier management, and delivery exceptions.
• Demonstrated experience managing 3PLs or transport vendors, operational requirements, and driving partner performance through structured reviews and action plans.
• Experience with transport management systems (TMS), fleet or dispatch tools, GPS tracking, warehouse systems, and data dashboards.
• Strong stakeholder-management, with the ability to coordinate across warehouses, stores, carriers, and regional teams.
• Improve cost analysis logistics and optimization routing method.
• Fluency in Bahasa Indonesia and English.
• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Engineering, Business, or a related field.

Life at Grab

We care about your well-being at Grab, here are some of the global benefits we offer:

• We have your back with Term Life Insurance and comprehensive Medical Insurance.
• With GrabFlex, create a benefits package that suits your needs and aspirations.
• Celebrate moments that matter in life with loved ones through Parental and Birthday leave , and give back to your communities through Love-all-Serve-all (LASA) volunteering leave
• We have a confidential Grabber Assistance Programme to guide and uplift you and your loved ones through life's challenges.
• Balancing personal commitments and life's demands are made easier with our FlexWork arrangements such as differentiated hours

What We Stand For At Grab

We are committed to building an inclusive and equitable workplace that provides equal opportunity for Grabbers to grow and perform at their best. We consider all candidates fairly and equally regardless of nationality, ethnicity, race, religion, age, gender, family commitments, physical and mental impairments or disabilities, and other attributes that make them unique.