Director - FCL Procurement - Freight Forwarding - APAC - Geylang
Director - FCL Procurement – Freight Forwarding - APAC
Due to DP World’s expansion and growth, we are seeking for a high calibre Director for FCL Procurement in Oceanfreight with experience in trade management in GCC region.
In this role, the Director will oversee the development of trade volumes and gross profit for both inbound and outbound activities across the involved countries. This role involved defining and driving global trade strategies in alignment with regional and country objectives.The position is responsible for establishing and implementing the global and regional carrier strategy within the trade, including managing and nurturing relationships with core carriers and regional niche carriers as required.
Additionally, the Director is a key member of the regional trade management team, contributing to the alignment and strategic direction of FCL product development and growth. This is achieved through close collaboration with the growth and marketing & sales teams.
Responsibilities
Strategy & Financial Oversight- Oversee the P&L for FCL operations, ensuring profitability at the gross profit level
- Develop and implement trade strategies to drive growth in country-specific trade lanes
- Achieve budgeted business growth by setting and aligning goals with carriers, countries, and partner regions
- Regularly gather and share market insights with Trade Management, the OFR network, and Marketing & Sales teams
- Build and maintain strong relationships with carriers, particularly Strategic Partner Carriers, while aligning with the global carrier strategy
- Negotiate rates, free times, credit terms, and other conditions, finalizing Service Contracts and Agreements in compliance with corporate guidelines
- Establish a foundational framework (pricing, space, collaboration) for FCL operations within the trade
- Monitor carrier performance weekly and monthly using available tools to meet targets based on the latest estimates
- Lead, mentor, and expand the trade team, fostering the development of future leaders within the trade.
- Manage allocation processes, including:
- Setting weekly allocations with core carriers.
- Maintaining allocations in current and future systems.
- Balancing supply (allocations) and demand (customer forecasts and actual bookings).
- Ensuring compliance with allocation-related processes across countries.
- Establish volume steering guidelines tailored to specific countries.
- Monitor booked and shipped volumes, taking corrective actions (e.g., carrier shifting) to:
- Maximize space utilization.
- Meet carrier targets and contract MQCs.
- Optimize gross profit at customer, shipment, and trade lane levels.
- Enhance carrier incentives
- Oversee Port-to-Port pricing
- Collaborate with the Growth Team to align strategies for SME growth and large RFQs across the network
- Leverage market expertise to secure and retain customers.
- Advise M&S teams on OFR buying conditions (rates, space, equipment availability, free time, etc.)
- Coordinate Focus Trade Lanes with the M&S team and overseas Trade Management
- Facilitate customer business implementation by ensuring carrier cooperation and understanding.
- Engage with key customers to strengthen and grow relationships
- Bachelor Degree in Logistics & Supply Chain/Business or equivalent
- At least 15 years of relevant experience in Oceanfreight procurement across Transpacific regions (Americas)
- Have existing relationship with carriers, shippers etc
- Comfortable to travel regionally (10-15%) if required
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About DP World
Trade is the lifeblood of the global economy, creating opportunities and improving the quality of life for people around the world. DP World exists to make the world’s trade flow better, changing what’s possible for the customers and communities we serve globally.
With a dedicated, diverse and professional team of more than 114,000 employees from 162 nationalities, spanning 78 countries on six continents, DP World is pushing trade further and faster towards a seamless supply chain that’s fit for the future.In Asia Pacific, DP World employs almost 10,000 people and has ports and terminals in 18 locations.
We’re rapidly transforming and integrating our businesses -- Ports and Terminals, Marine Services, Logistics and Technology – and uniting our global infrastructure with local expertise to create stronger, more efficient end-to-end supply chain solutions that can change the way the world trades.
What's more, we're reshaping the future by investing in innovation. From intelligent delivery systems to automated warehouse stacking, we’re at the cutting edge of disruptive technology, pushing the sector towards better ways to trade, minimising disruptions from the factory floor to the customer’s door.
WE MAKE TRADE FLOWTO CHANGE WHAT'S POSSIBLE FOR EVERYONE.
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