Job Description

Bengaluru, KA, India Rs 1,800,000.00 - 2,200,000.00 (Indian Rupee)

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SENIOR MANAGER - INTERNATIONAL LOGISTIC (Import & Export)
About the job SENIOR MANAGER - INTERNATIONAL LOGISTIC (Import & Export)

The Import Export Manager/Freight Allocation Manager/Freight Shipping Manager/Freight Documentation Manager/Freight Pricing Manager is responsible for managing and reviewing freight operational policies, standards and procedures in accordance to freight business and customers' needs, including implementation of freight solutions. He/She is also responsible for managing freight business resources, including manpower, internal assets and external vendors.

Resourceful and analytical, he/she is required to manage resources to obtain buy-in from internal and external stakeholders. He/She is also expected to lead a department, make business decisions independently and be accountable for the profit and loss of the department.

Responsibility includes :

• Align resource management (manpower and asset) strategy with business strategy across different business activities.
  

• Build a culture of business process improvements that extend beyond the project life cycle.
  

• Communicate the importance of achieving cargo handling time frame outcomes with efficient use of resources.
  

• Develop compliance strategy with internal stakeholders to achieve an acceptable level of internal compliance and industry standards.
  

• Develop freight shipment solutions for improvements and/or closing gaps.
  

• Drive business processes improvement solutions.
  

• Drive corporate social responsibility policies for logistics operations.
  

• Drive environmental protection policies and procedures.
  

• Drive organisational discussion on adoption of the latest technology innovations.
  

• Drive the successful completion of technology projects.
  

• Educate employees on the variations in rating principles and state as well as operator variations.
  

• Engage senior management for buy-in to implement solution identified.
  

• Facilitate exception handling of cargo documentation process according to industry standards or sector requirements.
  

• Influence stakeholders' perspectives of requirements and activities.
  

• Maintain relationships with vendors, carriers, freight forwarders and port authorities to provide competitive shipping solutions to customers.
  

• Manage carrier ranking or customer priority system to ensure strategic business is protected during periods of capacity shortage.
  

• Manage performance of logistics partners to ensure compliance and alignment with customer requirements and contractual obligations.
  

• Motivate colleagues at organisational level to develop innovative solutions.
  

• Resolve escalated incidents and crisis arising from day-to-day operations.
  

• Review changes in compliance/tariff/rate/cost/quotation requirements and eligibility to manage impact on compliance operations.