GM Operations (Freight Forwarding)

A GM Operations (Freight Forwarding) job has become available at a freight forwarding business with the opportunity to oversee and manage the day-to-day operations, coordinate and optimise logistics, ensure efficient transportation of goods, and maintain relationships with clients and partners. The successful candidate will demonstrate strong leadership skills, strategic thinking, and a deep understanding of the freight forwarding industry.

About GM Operations (Freight Forwarding) Role:
As the GM Operations (Freight Forwarding), you will be at the heart of this companys freight forwarding business. Your primary responsibility will be to oversee and manage the day-to-day operations. This includes coordinating and optimising logistics, ensuring efficient transportation of goods, managing a team of operations staff, and maintaining relationships with clients and partners. You will also be expected to develop and implement operational strategies that optimise efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance service quality.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement operational strategies to optimise efficiency
• Reduce costs while maintaining service quality
• Ensure efficient transportation of goods
• Manage a team of operations staff
• Maintain relationships with clients and partners
• Demonstrate strong leadership skills
• Apply strategic thinking to solve complex problems
• Deeply understand the freight forwarding industry

The ideal GM Operations (Freight Forwarding) will bring a wealth of experience from the freight forwarding industry with proven experience in developing and implementing operational strategies that optimise efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance service quality. You will also have strong relationship-building skills with carriers - ocean, air and landed (trucking, airline), as well as excellent people management skills. Strong leadership skills and strategic thinking abilities will enable you to successfully manage a team of operations staff.

Key Responsibilities:

• Bachelors or masters degree from a reputable university
• Proven 15 or more years of track record in managing operations in freight forwarding industry, preferably with experience in handling airfreight/seafreight
• Strong relationship-building skills with carriers - ocean, air and landed (trucking, airline)
• Excellent people management skills
• Ability to develop and implement operational strategies
• Experience with reducing costs while maintaining service quality
• Strong leadership skills
• Strategic thinking abilities
• Fluent in English

Our client has over a centurys worth of experience addressing supply chain challenges for international organisations, government departments, large and medium-sized businesses through their fully integrated service offerings. They provide a range of supply chain services from integrated supply chain solutions to global forwarding and last mile solutions tailored to customer needs.

Great career progression opportunities await the right person in this GM Operations (Freight Forwarding) role.

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A GM Operations (Freight Forwarding) job has become available at a freight forwarding business with the opportunity to oversee and manage the day-to-day operations, coordinate and optimise logistics, ensure efficient transportation of goods, and maintain relationships with clients and partners ...