Position

Country Manager, China

Company

A trucking company has its own truck / warehousing capabilities and forwarding business.

Location

China

Report to

General Director of Headquarter

Job Summary

Ÿ   Creating a strategy and development plan for the unit, defining the organizational structure, and building the team.

Ÿ   Ensuring the enterprise's profit in accordance with the Strategy.

Responsibilities

Ÿ   Strategic Planning: Developing strategies for the development and growth of the logistics business in accordance with company objectives and market requirements.

Ÿ   Acquiring new customers, winning contracts, expanding service geography, and increasing transportation volumes.

Ÿ   Project management of existing and new products: Market analysis, customer acquisition, partner search, operational process development, planning and execution control. Finding new opportunities: Initiating new product launches, exploring opportunities and business directions in the PRC.

Ÿ   Customer Relations: Establishing and maintaining long-term relationships with the company's customers and partners, ensuring a high level of service and satisfaction of customer needs, and retaining key customers.

Ÿ   Acting as a senior point of contact between the customer, key suppliers, management, transportation team and dispatch team, especially for top tier customers.

Ÿ   Operations Management: Organization and control of all logistics operations, including customer relations, carrier search, contracting, cargo delivery control, PRC customs procedures.

Ÿ   Financial Management: Managing the company's financial resources, including budgeting, financial analysis, cost management and financial sustainability.

Ÿ   Providing regular reports on the company's activities to the holding company's management, effective interaction and communication with the company's head office.

Ÿ   Regulatory Compliance: Ensure compliance with all applicable logistics and transportation regulations, rules and standards, including customs and transportation regulations within the PRC region.

Ÿ   Innovation and Optimization: Implementing new technologies, methods and processes to optimize operations and improve the efficiency of logistics processes.

Ÿ   Risk Management: Analyzing and managing risks associated with the company's activities, developing strategies to mitigate and prevent them, and ensuring the stability and reliability of operations.

Ÿ   Manpower Management: Build and develop a team of professionals, ensuring their motivation, training and development.

Requirements

Ÿ   Bachelor's degree or above in logistics, operations management, economics or business administration.

Ÿ   15 years of work experience with recent 5 years of supply chain related business development and client management experience in an international trade or transportation environment in China preferred.

Ÿ   Project management experience is required.

Ÿ   Experience in business start-up and operations management preferred.

Ÿ   Strong negotiation skills with suppliers, carriers and other stakeholders in the logistics process.

Ÿ   Knowledge of major logistics systems such as WMS, TMS, and inventory management systems.

Ÿ   Excellent communication skills in Chinese and English