Sea Procurement Manager

at  Ceva Logistics

JOB SUMMARY

The incumbent will be part of a larger team within the IFF department in providing seamless and customer-focused solutions to support the achievement of business objectives.

TEAM MANAGEMENT

• Ensure and monitor team compliance to the Bollore’s Code of Conduct and Company’s regulations
• Ensure team understanding and implementation on Bollore’s Value in daily work behaviors
• Plan and monitor team performance including give coaching and counselling needed to deliver expected outcomes
• Plan and monitor team development together with HR Division
• Ensure updated Job Description availability for the team by coordinating with HR Division
• Ensure all changes in Department / Section communicated properly to the team
• Provide support and expertise to MO Operations when needed (e.g. specific quotation requirement)

• Carrier Management
• Negotiate buying rates to ensure profitability of business
• Manage the purchasing performance tool within the Department
• Optimize profitability: Control of bookings through a cockpit, re-purchase when opportunities are identified
• Escalation points for final validation of DMP (BOLLORE rates approval platform)
• Work on yield improvement solutions
• Validation of input for tender bidding
• Establish guidelines for pricing and procurement in alignment to Middle Office direction
• Work closely with the sea freight planning team to define and formalize the booking instructions (Routing, Carrier, Schedule) according to customer’s constraints and MO Solutions’ strategy
• Preform cross-functional collaboration (Business Units, internal customer and pricing) to meet with required information including: Transport mode, price, and transit time
• Monitor price movements and seasonal price fluctuations
• Analyze and report on monthly business performance (at GM meeting)
• Weekly report on vendor management and tasks activities to Head of Sea Freight
• Design solutions for new products / line by building product strategy with General Manager – Sales
• Support Vertical / KA managers in marketing / pricing evaluation with economic analyses
• Provide guidance and correct errors in the company’s internal pricing platform
• Conduct interviews and recruit junior staff