Senior Associate, Asia logistic sourcing

The Origin Service Development & Vendor Management (SD&VM) team was set up in Dec 2021 to develop origin services that enable shippers and suppliers to deliver their goods into Castlegate Forwarding (CGF) network with speed, competitive price and smooth experience. We officially launch origin trucking FTL services in June 2022 helping shippers move products from factories to Shanghai, Ningbo, Yantian, Xiamen CFS sites. Launching FCL services in Q1 2023 moving products from factories to major ports in Asia. 

The primary focus of this position is to continuously develop logistics solutions to help organizations to reduce logistics costs,sourcing various kinds of logistics services, select the best service provider through data analysis and comparison, prepare operating procedures for vendors according to business requirements, and conduct regular audits on vendors according to standard procedures. Manage and steer supplier performance for continuous vendor performance improvement.

What You’ll Do

Sourcing and compliance

1. Collect internal user requirements to complete the purchase of logistics services for China and SouthEast Asia area.(including but not limited to Warehouse, Trucking, Booking agent, Customs service..)
2. Contribute to the development of procurement strategies across multiple categories.
3. Leads service provider evaluation
4. Improve various kinds of templates to be used in procurement
5. Ensuring compliance in the procurement process

Logistics cost management

1. Assist line manager to prepare and monitor annual budgets 
2. Review accounts receivable and payable from and to vendors , identify abnormality 
3. Regularly analyze the logistics costs, according to the results of the analysis, the development of cost optimization.

Vendor Management 

1. Vendor evaluation according to the approved technical criteria 
2. Hold monthly vendor performance review meetings.
3. Support customer audit including but not limited to external audit by customers and internal audit by the company.

Market information collection

1. Collect logistics market information, and relevant market intelligence. Get internal and external resources for logistics benchmarking.

Project management:

1. 1. 1. Prepare business case and get quotation, proposal and manage project time line
      2. Cooperate with the stakeholders to prepare costing and formulate budgets
      3. Work closely with service providers to implement new service, maximize cost efficiency and optimize the logistics solutions
      4. Drive logistics impact analysis and constantly improve existing solutions

Required Experience/Skills

Requires a bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Logistics,logistics sourcing or a directly related field experience in an analytical or consulting role. 

Critical technical, professional and personal capabilities:

• Fluency in the English is required as well as excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Have origin logistics service providers resources for trucking, warehouse, customs clearance and NVOCC services.
• Experience of logistics operation and 5+ years of logistics sourcing or planning and optimization experience
• Experience of SouthEast Asia warehouse and/or transportation operation 
• Familiar with Microsoft Office/Google and working with data
• Strong communication skills and comfortable managing multiple stakeholders
• Detail-oriented, strong organizational skills and the ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects at once
• Analytical and process-oriented, comfortable learning new tools

Preferred or plus

• Advanced knowledge preferred for Google 
• Logistics-related majors is a plus
• Logistics sourcing or operation experience for SouthEast Asia is a plus