Global Logistics & Trade Project Manager

PTR Global; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 69,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401K contributions

PTO and leave benefits

Job summary

PTR Global is seeking a Global Logistics & Trade Project Manager to own end-to-end movement of robotics hardware from PO to delivery and to design a scalable logistics backbone for a new hardware program.

Sitting at the center of Procurement, Trade Compliance, Hardware Engineering, program management, and external forwarders, you will drive automation, dashboards, and proactive exception handling while optimizing routes and shipments.

Qualifications

• Hands-on international logistics execution across cross-border shipping and broker management.
• Knowledge of customs and import/export processes (HTS, origin, duties).
• Experience automating or digitizing workflows with dashboards or AI tooling.
• Cross-functional program management across engineering, procurement, trade and partners.
• Experience in hardware, robotics, or manufacturing logistics environments.
• Strong reporting, data handling, and executive communication skills.
• End-to-end PO/procurement workflow experience (supporting role).

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end global logistics execution from Asia suppliers to final delivery with route optimization.
• Coordinate import/export with customs, HTS, origin determinations; manage holds.
• Build automated workflows, dashboards, and AI-assisted tooling to surface exceptions.
• Lead cross-functional program leadership across Procurement, Trade, Hardware Eng., Program Management, Finance and labs.
• Track POs and escalate risks with recommended actions.
• Manage performance of forwarders, brokers, and partners; onboard new logistics partners.
• Lead network design and process optimization across lanes, warehouses and regions.
• Plan for risk mitigation and contingency planning for disruptions.
• Develop visibility and reporting on shipment health, landed cost, and milestones.

Skills

Global logistics execution

Customs & trade compliance

Workflow automation

Program management

Hardware logistics

Executive communication

PO/Procurement workflow

Tools

Oracle

GTM Salesforce

SQL

Job description

Position: Global Logistics & Trade Project Manager

Location: Onsite in CA - Sunnyvale or CA - Burlingame

Duration: 12+ months Contract

Pay rate: $50-$60/hour on W2

Job ID: 180656

Job Description

5+ years of experience in global logistics, international trade, or supply chain operations; hands-on experience with customs, import/export, HTS classification, and cross-border shipment execution; experience in hardware, robotics, or manufacturing logistics environments; demonstrated track record automating or digitizing operational workflows; strong cross-functional program management skills.

Role Overview

We're looking for a Global Logistics & Trade Project Manager who thinks like an operator and builds like an engineer. You'll own the movement of robotics hardware from purchase order through international transit, customs clearance, and final delivery — and then you'll go rebuild the process so the next hundred shipments move faster with less manual effort. This is not a PO-processing seat; it's a role for someone who wants to design the logistics backbone of a brand-new hardware program and automate the parts that shouldn't need a human.

You'll sit at the center of an unusually cross-functional network — Procurement, Trade Compliance, Hardware Engineering, Program Management, contract manufacturers, freight forwarders, customs brokers, and lab operations in multiple regions — translating between all of them and making the handoffs disappear.

Key Responsibilities

• Global Logistics Execution: Own international movement of robotics hardware end to end — inbound from Asia-based suppliers and CMs, inter-site transfers, and final-mile delivery to labs — selecting modes and routes that balance speed, cost, and risk.
• International Trade & Customs: Partner with Trade Compliance on import/export documentation, HTS classification, country-of-origin, duty and tariff exposure, and broker coordination; resolve customs holds and clearance exceptions before they become schedule slips.
• Workflow Automation (a core focus of this role): Replace manual tracking and status-chasing with automated workflows — build dashboards, alerting, and AI-assisted tooling that surface exceptions proactively, eliminate repetitive coordination, and scale logistics capacity without scaling headcount.
• Cross-Functional Program Leadership: Serve as the single connective point across Procurement, Trade, Hardware Engineering, Program Management, Finance, and lab operations — plus external forwarders, brokers, and CMs — driving clean handoffs and one shared source of truth.
• PO-to-Delivery Ownership: Track purchase orders from issuance through delivery, holding partners to committed dates and proactively escalating risk with a recommended path forward, not just a flag.
• Supplier & Partner Performance: Manage forwarder, broker, and vendor performance against delivery and clearance commitments; onboard new logistics partners as the program expands into new regions.
• Network Design & Process Optimization: Lead strategic projects that reshape how material flows — new lane and routing design, warehouse and inventory positioning, new-site and new-region launch, and cycle-time reduction across the pipeline.
• Risk Mitigation & Contingency Planning: Anticipate disruption — geopolitical and tariff shifts, capacity crunches, customs policy changes, supplier delays — and build the contingency routes and buffers that protect program schedules.
• Visibility & Reporting: Build and maintain the reporting layer leadership relies on for shipment health, landed cost, clearance performance, and project milestones.

Must-Have Skills

1 Hands-on international logistics execution — cross-border shipping, freight forwarder and broker management, multi-region delivery

2 Working knowledge of customs and import/export processes — documentation, HTS classification, country of origin, duty/tariff exposure

3 Demonstrated experience automating or digitizing operational workflows (AI tooling, scripting, dashboards, system integrations)

4 Proven cross-functional program management across engineering, procurement, trade, and external partners

5 Experience in hardware, robotics, or manufacturing logistics environments

6 Strong reporting, data, and executive communication skills

7 End-to-end purchase order / procurement workflow experience (supporting, not primary)

Nice-to-have Skills

2 Exp with Oracle, GTM Salesforce, SQL

3 Exp w/ Asia to US supply chain

4 New-site, new-region, or new-lane launch experience

5 Dangerous goods / lithium battery shipping certification

Pay Range: $55 - $60/hour on W2

The specific compensation for this position will be determined by a number of factors, including the scope, complexity and location of the role as well as the cost of labor in the market; the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; and other conditions of employment. Our full-time consultants have access to benefits including medical, dental, vision and 401K contributions as well as any other PTO, sick leave, and other benefits mandated by appliable state or localities where you reside or work.