Regional Ocean Freight Manager - West
Core
Lead country development and operational management for ocean freight business, including import/export traffic, carrier negotiations, and P&L control.
Role type
Senior IC regional ocean freight manager
Builds
Ocean freight products and services for import/export business
Domain
Logistics and Supply Chain
Deliverable
product features
Required skills
Ocean freight operations, carrier negotiation, P&L management, market analysis, budgeting, fleet strategy, trade compliance, sales development
Preferred skills
Strategic sourcing, intralatam business solutions, project management, vendor management
Technologies
Microsoft Office suite
Responsibilities
Lead country development and operational management for ocean freight business plan and strategy, control annual ocean freight expenditures, negotiate best pricing and rates with carriers, check profit and loss development of country ocean freight product, support carrier negotiation in local contracts, identify potential sales and targets for ocean trade, work with sales team on country customer maintenance, set up budget guideline for country ocean freight product, minimize risk of rates without gross profit coverage, control bunker increases and rate trends, manage operational results in ocean freight fleet strategy and network connections, identify and develop new business opportunities with focus in intralatam business, conduct performance evaluation for direct reports, recommend hiring, firing and promotion, identify and resolve personnel issues, provide ongoing coaching and mentoring of staff
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with supervisory responsibilities