Senior Transportation Manager APAC

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Primary Function: 

This is a key role supporting the APAC transportation function, including partnering with

carriers on freight services, analyze track freight cost, and work closely with 3rd party

transportation companies. The major focus of this position will be to coordinate and lead

implementation of best practice including freight audit, freight payment, and freight scorecards.

The position will include implementing transportation systems and processes, customer

collaboration initiatives, and transportation design modeling and implementation. The incumbent

will establish relationships with internal business unit customers, vendors, and Intuitive Surgical

external customers across different country organizations.



Key Responsibilities

• Drive the development, evaluation, and sustainability of the service provider network to

meet and exceed the requirements of Intuitive. The candidate will support cost controls,

performance metrics, capacity requirements, company growth, and business continuity.

• Partner with Transportation CI to identify annual transportation initiative pipeline that

meets or exceeds individual and team goals and provide cost certainty, improved

service, and quality to Intuitive divisional business units

• Lead building an RFQ process that will deliver significant freight savings and improve

customer service

• Lead carrier relationship management initiatives, which include coordinating, conducting,

managing, and reporting routine and formal carrier meeting reviews that drive

continuous carrier improvements, deliver business results, and identify areas of

opportunity.

• Support carrier management initiatives, which include coordinating, conducting,

managing and reporting formal carrier reviews that drive continuous improvement,

leverage best practice, and deliver results

• Manage the relationship between transportation operations and freight pay and audit.

• Carrier portfolio development including the analysis of new potential carrier service

offerings.

Ensure controls are in place and validated to support contractual, insurance and risk

management compliance with current legal regulations.

• Lead the development and implementation of Transportation Management best

practices across the organization.

• Lead the standardization of processes including contract development guidance

(including SLA’s)

• Responsible to prepare and control the transportation budget for the APAC business on

monthly, quarterly and strategic annual budget reviews.

• Present cost, quality, and strategic business cases to SC leadership and key cross

functional stakeholders

Key Required Skills, Knowledge, and Capabilities

• 5-10 years of Transportation Experience within APAC (Carrier Management / Strategy)

• Knowledge of APAC country specific transportation and regulatory requirements,

transportation contracts, and contractual language, and claims

• Working knowledge of APAC carrier operations, rate structures and contracts

• Ability to manage multiple cross functional and cross organizational projects

• Bring extensive industry knowledge and demonstrated ability to influence at the carrier

leadership level

• Excellent written and oral communication skills and be able to communicate with all

levels and departments both within and outside the company, fluent in English.

• Ability to manage multiple cross-functional and cross-organizational projects.

• Interpersonal skills to deal effectively with all levels of the organization.

• Strong appreciation for analytics and critical thinking.

• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

• Travel up to 25%.

• English required

Intuitive is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees, and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type, without regard to race, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, color, age, religion, protected veteran or disability status, genetic information or any other status protected under federal, state, or local applicable laws.

We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with fair chance laws.