Senior Ocean Freight Procurement & Strategy Lead

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

Job summary

the company is seeking an experienced Ocean Freight procurement leader to drive carrier procurement for key tradelanes and build long-term partnerships with ocean carriers. You will coordinate multi-period procurement activities, shape global strategy, and lead a team to optimize costs and service levels across a global network.

You will collaborate with Technology, Pricing, Planning, and District teams, travel regionally and internationally, and mentor the next generation of ocean procurement

Qualifications

• 7+ years of Ocean Freight experience at a top freight forwarder or carrier or 7+ years of supply chain experience and a BA/BS Degree.
• Strategic vision and ground floor execution.
• Bias to Action, Process, Structure and Data.
• Strong negotiation skills
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills;
• An obsession with client happiness. You succeed when they succeed;
• Ability to travel regionally, nationally, and internationally;
• 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

Responsibilities

• Drive all things ocean carrier procurement for a particular tradelane and take direct responsibility for one or multiple carriers.
• Coordinate and negotiate annual, quarterly, monthly, and weekly allocation procurement activities.
• Help decide the global carrier strategy and align your tradelane’s carrier strategy to help the global team hit their goals.
• Help develop long term partnerships with ocean carriers, demonstrating the company’s competitive advantages.
• Drive procurement costs down.
• Provide supply forecasting so that we ensure we can satisfy demand.
• Build scalable procurement operating rhythms and tools.
• Partner with Technology teams to develop next generation procurement systems.
• Drive process standardization and improvement initiatives globally.
• Educate and enable the broader the company organization with carrier and tradelane intelligence to foster better decision making and client engagement.
• Manage a team of procurement associates that will drive initiatives.
• Lead regular cross team meetings.
• Initiate system and process improvements for the team.
• Up-level the future ocean procurement experts of the company.
• Work across Procurement, Pricing, Planning, and District Management teams to deliver globally optimized results to the Ocean P&L

Skills

Ocean Freight

Negotiation

Leadership

Strategic Thinking

Communication

Travel

Education

BA/BS Degree

Job description

the company is seeking an experienced Ocean Freight procurement leader to drive carrier procurement for key tradelanes and build long-term partnerships with ocean carriers. You will coordinate multi-period procurement activities, shape global strategy, and lead a team to optimize costs and service levels across a global network.

You will collaborate with Technology, Pricing, Planning, and District teams, travel regionally and internationally, and mentor the next generation of ocean procurement