Country Ocean Product Head
Location
Mumbai | India
Job description
We are looking for an Country Ocean Product Head that will handle the following :
- ·Building and managing Ocean Carrier relationships for all regions of India and also with the India HQ of carriers
- Lead the ocean freight commercial/pricing function dealing with ocean carriers & NVOCCs for ZIMLog-India
- Create specialized ocean product solutions for ZIMLog-India focus vertical industries for all geographies of India – viz. Cold Chain & Reefer, Project Cargo & OOG, Hazardous Cargo, and LCL
- Manage and execute the MTO license for ZIMLog-India. Be responsible for all other ocean regulations for India.
- Be the P&L leader for the ocean product – be responsible for the achievement of targets for ocean freight for ZIMLog-India – volumes, GP, cost of operations, and productivity of staff
- Be the ocean freight operations leader for ZIMLog-India – both on the system (e2open) as well as physical handling of shipments
- Lead ocean business execution for India
- Lead the creation of vendor relationships and management of those relationships towards creation of high quality and cost effective customer solutions
- Collaborate with sales for ocean freight business acquisition
Function:
Countries & Business Development
REQUIREMENTS
You will need to have :
- Experience of managing the ocean freight function of a global forwarder in India in all geographies of the country
- Sound relationships with all ocean carriers & NVOCCs leading to enhanced procurement of rates
- Exhaustive knowledge of end-to-end freight operations – both inbound & outbound in all geographies of India
- Exhaustive knowledge of ERP systems related to ocean freight forwarding
- Conversant with all local regulations pertaining to ocean freight in India
- Proven leadership skills with a track record of consistent success with the ocean product
- Ability and acumen to drive the ocean product P&L for ZIMLog-India and achieve the set targets consistently.
- Experience of 15-20 years with reputed freight forwarding brands
- Bachelor’s degree. A post-graduation in Logistics/Supply Chain would be an added advantage.
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