SGM007: Country Mgr

FedEx Logistics AMEA; Singapore; On-site; SGD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

FedEx Logistics Singapore seeks an experienced operations leader to plan, direct and control station activities, ensuring timely and cost-efficient achievement of corporate goals. You will manage staff, develop budgets, drive business development with strong service delivery to B2B customers, and coordinate with marketing for new service offerings while maintaining growth and cost controls.

Travel is required, and you will mentor staff, audit operations, and implement contingency planning to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent.
• Seven (7) years of working experience, preferably in international transportation, freight forwarding, commercial airfreight industry, or related area, including management experience.
• Strong management, human relations and communication skills.
• Proactive business development with exceptional service delivery in a business to business environment.
• Extensive Finance, P&L management, costing, planning and overall budgetary control.
• Proficient in English and local language.

Responsibilities

• Plan and direct Singapore Operations to meet corporate service and revenue goals.
• Select, train, and motivate staff; administer annual operating expenses budget.
• Attain optimum resource usage through station objectives and priorities across operations.
• Identify marketing opportunities and participate in new/modified service offerings.
• Ensure operational efficiency and control costs; monitor activities of staff in station operations.
• Establish long- and short-range planning for all stations and contingency planning.
• Collaborate with marketing to promote public relations for new stations and activities.
• Assist the Managing Director with input for country planning and growth.

Skills

Staff management

Communication skills

Leadership

Business development

Budgeting

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent

Job description

To plan, direct, and control Singapore Operations to ensure timely and cost-effective accomplishment of corporate service and revenue goals and objectives.

• Select, train, develop and motivate a staff of employees and administer an annual operating expenses budget.
• Attain optimum usage of assigned resources through the coordination of station objectives and the development and establishment of priorities of operations plans with the local staff.
• Plan and develop operational objectives through effective organization of individual station operating functions.
• Contribute to the identification of specific marketing opportunities and participate in development of new or modified service offerings.
• Attain operational efficiency and reduction of unnecessary costs by effectively analyzing, reviewing, and directing activities of employees in the areas of station operations.
• Ensure that operations goals and budget requirements are met and maintained.
• Ensure that long and short range planning is accomplished for each station and the total operations, including contingency planning.
• In coordination with marketing group, establish effective public relations for the opening of all new stations and all public related activities.
• Assist the Managing Director with the input needed to establish planning for the country.
• Maintain effective systems, review, and control to assure effective growth.
• Audit, analyze, plan, implement, and follow-up on all station activities.

Academic:

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent

Experience & knowledge:

• Seven (7) years of working experience, preferably in international transportation, freight forwarding, commercial airfreight industry, or related area, including management experience.
• Strong management, human relations and communication skills
• Proactive business development with exceptional service delivery in a business to business

environment

• Extensive Finance, P&L management, costing, planning and overall budgetary control
• Proficient in English and local language

Attribute:

• Visionary leadership
• Problem-solving and decision-making
• Business orientation and business acumen
• People management and motivation
• Travel Required

The Company

FedEx Logistics provides e-Commerce, freight forwarding, as well as import and export services that allow companies to reach markets throughout the world. They help customers of all sizes solve the intricacies of shipping goods globally by providing comprehensive international ocean and air freight forwarding, surface transportation and distribution, customs brokerage, trade and customs advisory services, and advanced e-commerce and trade facilitation solutions.

The Philosophy

People–Service–Profit (P-S-P). We take care of our People so that they can deliver impeccable Service to our customers who will give us the Profit necessary for FedEx to be successful. Our success in the industry is attributed to our people. Through our P-S-P philosophy, we have a work environment that encourages employees to be innovative in delivering the highest possible quality of service to our customers. We care for our employees' well-being and value their contributions to the company.

The Culture

We honor innovation, integrity and diversity. We have many formal policies, procedures and programs to bring out the best in our staff, individually and in teams.

The Mission

We strive to be the Best Company to work for with the Best Service and the Best Brand in our industry.

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