Manager, Ocean Freight

Flexport; Bellevue (CA); On-site; USD 106,000 - 132,000; Full time

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC seeks a Manager of Regional Ocean Management to oversee a multi-million dollar Ocean P&L, design tailored products, and drive profitability through market intelligence and customer interfacing.

You will own tenders/RFQs, collaborate with procurement and pricing teams, and lead district forecasting to grow the book of business. Regular client calls and talent development are expected.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Ocean Freight experience or 5+ years in supply chain with a BA/BS.
• Strategic vision with ground floor execution.
• Bias to Action, Process, Structure and Data.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills.
• Client happiness orientation: you succeed when they succeed.
• Ability to travel regionally.
• Desire to lead, train, and develop talent.

Responsibilities

• Manage a multi-million dollar Ocean P&L for your district and drive yield growth.
• Interface with procurement and pricing teams to ensure profitability and growth.
• Own tenders and RFQs for your district to win regional/global customers.
• Design products and go-to-market strategies for customers.
• Lead data-driven decisions and district forecasting initiatives.
• Develop the district team and talent pipeline for the future.
• Join regular client calls and communicate district performance.
• Drive all financial health levers, including quoting and invoicing.

Skills

Ocean Freight experience

Strategic vision

Bias to Action

Communication skills

Leadership

Travel readiness

Education

BA/BS Degree

Job description

The Opportunity:

To support our continued global expansion and enhance our ocean freight operations, we are seeking a Manager of Regional Ocean Management to oversee a multi-million dollar Ocean P&L for their district. This role is crucial for scaling volume, increasing yield, and driving profitability through expert market knowledge and strategic interfacing with customers. The position requires designing tailored products, managing tenders and RFQs, and collaborating with procurement and pricing teams to identify growth opportunities. By improving operational and financial processes and leveraging data for decision-making, the Manager will ensure financial health and drive the growth of the book of business.

You will:

• Manage a sizeable Ocean P&L for your district through scaling volume and increasing yield
• Be the market expert and support the commercial organization with market-specific intelligence, trade idiosyncrasies, and directly interfacing with customer
• Help design products and generate customized go-to-market strategies for customers
• Own tenders and RFQs for your district to secure regional and global customers
• Interface with procurement and pricing teams to drive profitable business, identify growth opportunities, and capture market-specific knowledge
• Identify and drive improvement in go-to-market, operational, and financial processes
• Build and own P&L review and actively participate in book of business growth rhythms
• Use data to drive decisions
• Help drive near and long term district forecasting
• Join on a regular basis client calls
• Drive all financial health levers for your district including quoting, invoicing, and dispute escalation
• Develop your team to create the future of the company district management
• Work across Procurement, Pricing, Planning, and District Management teams to deliver globally optimized results to the Ocean P&L

You should have:

• 5+ years of prior Ocean Freight experience at a top freight forwarder or carrier or 5+ years of supply chain experience and a BA/BS Degree;
• Strategic vision and ground floor execution;
• Bias to Action, Process, Structure and Data;
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills;
• An obsession with client happiness. You succeed when they succeed;
• Ability to travel regionally;
• Courage to challenge the status quo when logic and reason require it. See something broken? Fix it;
• The desire to lead, train, and develop up-and-coming talent in the future

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The US base salary range for this position (this does not include bonus, equity and benefits):$105,600—$132,000 USD

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