Remote Global Automotive Logistics Lead - EV Inbound

Skypace; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 115,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Skypace, the ocean freight division of Maxton Shipping Inc., is seeking a Global Logistics Program Manager, Automotive and EV Inbound. This remote role requires oversight of automotive inbound programs across the Americas and Europe, coordinating with shippers, carriers, and LSPs to optimize transit, compliance and costs.

You will own program delivery from award to steady state, maintain SOPs, and report scorecards in regular business reviews.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in inbound logistics for automotive, EV, battery or heavy equipment manufacturing.
• Experience managing forwarders, carriers or 3PLs through scorecards, SLAs and business reviews.

Responsibilities

• Own the ocean freight programs of automotive and EV customers from award through steady state.
• Maintain the routing guide, SOPs and escalation matrix for each program.
• Report the scorecard in monthly and quarterly business reviews and agree corrective actions.
• Monitor bookings, sailings, milestones and exceptions across customer lanes in the Skypace platform.
• Identify critical containers against plant need dates and lead recovery with carriers, rail, drayage and customs brokers.
• Manage free time and dwell before demurrage, detention and storage accrue.
• Coordinate dangerous goods shipments, including lithium batteries under IMDG, with operations and carriers.
• Work with the shipper's parts suppliers, consolidators, lead logistics provider and LSPs on cargo readiness, documentation and handover points.
• Plan contract rates, allocations and MQC for customer volumes with carrier procurement.
• Validate invoices against contract terms and resolve variances with finance.
• Keep shipment records complete under customer and regulatory requirements, including origin documents.
• Identify lanes and plants where the program scope can extend, together with the sales lead for the account.
• Customer side: material planning and logistics, logistics purchasing, plant logistics, trade compliance, accounts payable.
• Skypace side: operations and booking teams, carrier procurement, drayage coordination, customs brokerage and overseas partners.

Skills

Excel

Power BI

Tableau

SAP

Job description

Skypace, the ocean freight division of Maxton Shipping Inc., is seeking a Global Logistics Program Manager, Automotive and EV Inbound. This remote role requires oversight of automotive inbound programs across the Americas and Europe, coordinating with shippers, carriers, and LSPs to optimize transit, compliance and costs.

You will own program delivery from award to steady state, maintain SOPs, and report scorecards in regular business reviews.