Regional Airfreight Procurement Senior Manager [EL]

WECRUIT PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

WECRUIT PTE. LTD. is seeking a leader for regional airfreight procurement, overseeing strategy across South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Oceania. You will build and maintain strong relationships with airlines and GSAs, and drive procurement programs to optimize capacity and pricing.

The role involves managing RFQs, negotiations, and long-term agreements, while monitoring market trends to identify savings opportunities and improve margins. Singapore-based with regional scope and travel as needed.

Qualifications

• Lead regional airfreight procurement strategy and activities across South Asia, Southeast Asia and Oceania.
• Develop and maintain strategic relationships with airlines, GSAs and other carrier partners.
• Monitor market conditions, network capacity, and pricing developments to identify opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Manage regional RFQs, negotiations, contracts, annual rate reviews and carrier procurement exercises.
• Secure competitive rates, capacity commitments and space allocations across key trade lanes.
• Negotiate and manage BSAs, CPAs, long-term agreements and ad hoc rates.

Skills

Airfreight

Procurement

Strategic sourcing

Negotiation

Job description

• Lead regional airfreight procurement strategy and activities across South Asia, Southeast Asia and Oceania.
• Develop and maintain strategic relationships with airlines, GSAs and other carrier partners.
• Manage regional RFQs, negotiations, contracts, annual rate reviews and carrier procurement exercises.
• Secure competitive rates, capacity commitments and space allocations across key trade lanes.
• Negotiate and manage BSAs, CPAs, long-term agreements, ad hoc rates and other procurement arrangements.
• Monitor market conditions, airline networks, capacity trends and pricing developments to identify procurement opportunities.
• Analyse trade lane supply and demand and recommend appropriate capacity and procurement strategies.
• Develop contingency plans to address peak seasons, market disruptions and urgent capacity requirements.
• Monitor carrier compliance and performance against agreed rates, capacity, service levels and commitments.
• Drive initiatives to improve procurement savings, cost efficiency, margins, yield and carrier utilisation.
• Establish regional procurement standards, governance and consistent practices across countries and business units.
• Develop carrier KPIs and scorecards to measure savings, capacity utilisation, service quality and overall performance.
• Conduct regular reviews with strategic airline partners and drive performance improvement actions.
• Support customer tenders and commercial opportunities by securing competitive and reliable carrier solutions.
• Collaborate with country teams, overseas offices, gateway operations, Finance and Management on procurement planning, budgeting and regional initiatives.