Strategic Ocean Freight Director — U.S.

DP World; Cerritos (CA); On-site; USD 155,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Life insurance

Incentives

Job summary

DP World in the United States is seeking a Director, Ocean Freight – U.S. to lead the strategy, development, and commercial performance of the Ocean Freight product portfolio across the U.S. This role serves as the senior U.S.

product leader for Ocean Freight and is accountable for driving product growth, carrier strategy alignment, solution development, service standardization, and customer-focused innovation across the U.S. Freight Forwarding organization.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive leadership experience in Ocean Freight, freight forwarding, logistics, or supply chain management.
• Strong experience within the U.S. freight forwarding and Ocean Freight market.
• Proven success leading product management, commercial strategy, or operational leadership initiatives within a logistics environment.
• Deep understanding of U.S. import/export operations, carrier relationships, trade-lane management, and forwarding operations.
• Demonstrated ability to drive revenue growth, product development, and operational improvements.
• Strong commercial acumen and customer-facing leadership experience.
• Experience supporting strategic accounts, RFQs, and complex customer solution development.
• Proven ability to lead within a matrixed organization and influence cross-functional stakeholders.
• Experience in temperature-controlled shipment procurement would be a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the U.S. Ocean Freight product strategy aligned with DP World Freight Forwarding growth objectives.
• Own and manage the U.S. Ocean Freight product portfolio, including service offerings, trade-lane development, pricing alignment, and profitability optimization.
• Drive product lifecycle management initiatives including product development, standardization, enhancement, and retirement decisions.
• Identify opportunities to improve product competitiveness, customer experience, operational efficiency, and margin performance within the U.S. market.
• Establish standardized Ocean Freight products, SOPs, and service expectations across the U.S. organization.
• Partner with procurement and carrier management teams to support carrier strategy, allocation optimization, and vendor performance initiatives.
• Serve as the lead Ocean Freight product expert supporting strategic sales opportunities, customer implementations, RFQs, and complex solution design initiatives.
• Support the U.S. commercial organization in developing competitive and scalable Ocean Freight solutions tailored to customer supply chain requirements.
• Drive growth initiatives focused on strategic accounts, targeted trade lanes, and key industry verticals.

Skills

Ocean Freight

Freight Forwarding

Logistics Leadership

Commercial Strategy

Operational Leadership

Stakeholder Management

Revenue Growth

RFQ Support

Job description

DP World in the United States is seeking a Director, Ocean Freight – U.S. to lead the strategy, development, and commercial performance of the Ocean Freight product portfolio across the U.S. This role serves as the senior U.S.

product leader for Ocean Freight and is accountable for driving product growth, carrier strategy alignment, solution development, service standardization, and customer-focused innovation across the U.S. Freight Forwarding organization.