Freight Forwarding Manager

Michael Page

Saudi Arabia

Ref: HP350-3488

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Managing Freight Forwarding, Customs and Clearing department.

* Managing a team of Supervisors and Professionals. Managing relationships with suppliers, authority's peers and customers.

Client Details

* Our client is a large 3 PL business in Saudi that serves some of the world's largest MNCs

Description

* Establishing the Freight Forwarding and Clearing Department
* Supporting the COO in developing benchmark and tailored Freight Forwarding Services for Flows customers
* Developing and Managing a benchmark team of Freight and Clearance professionals
* Ensure optimal utilization of assigned resources
* Identifying and selecting service providers for freight forwarding, road transportation, customs clearance and other services related to
* Developing, implementing and establishing procedures and systems to operate the Freight Forwarding and Clearance department
* Develop and monitor the Budget assigned to the Departments Operations
* Managing
* Buying rates compared to market average and previous periods
* Efficient freight procurement
* Customer satisfaction
* Customer retention
* Customer feedback
* Budget adherence
* Training

Job Offer

* An attractive offer with family benefits

Requirements

* Bachelor degree in Business Administration or related field
* 3 to 5 years' experience in managing an overall Freight & Clearance department
* 10 years total experience in operations

About the Company

Michael Page is one of the world's leading professional recruitment consultancies, specializing in the placement of candidates in permanent, contract, temporary and interim positions with clients around the world.

The Group has operations in the UK, Continental Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas. In the Middle East we focus on the areas of:

Finance & Accounting Banking & Financial Services Procurement Property & Construction Engineering & Supply Chain Oil & Gas Technical and Engineering Human Resources Sales Marketing Technology Secretarial Executive Search Legal

The Group operates through 161 offices in 33 countries and employs over 5,000 employees worldwide.

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