Sr. Associate, Ocean Procurement & Allocation

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• Oversee all allocation matters for the trade and ensure the carrier allocations are updated accurately into central database for execution
• Review utilization trends regularly and engage business stakeholders to drive good performance
• Develop regular communication with Procurement on Demand and Supply gaps and propose viable solutions to mitigate the gaps
• Collaborate with internal teams to collect monthly forecasts on space requirements and ensure continuous review for the space requests with Procurement
• Provide clear booking directions to Origin teams when needed to support better yield extraction
• Support Procurement to reflect bullet deals with carrier in Market Place and ensure end to end execution at the shipment level
• Contribute ideas and feedback to support the development or improvement of  system and tools or other initiatives related to allocation & yield
• Perform ad-hoc analysis or tasks related as required
• Execute ocean carrier procurement activities for a particular tradelane
• Coordinate and negotiate monthly, weekly, and daily procurement and allocation activities
• Help develop long term partnerships with ocean carriers, demonstrating Flexport’s competitive advantages
• Educate and enable the broader Flexport organization with carrier and tradelane intelligence to foster better decision making and client engagement 
• Work across Procurement, Pricing, Planning, and ROM  teams to deliver globally optimized results to the Ocean P&L

You should have: 

• 3+ years of prior Ocean Freight experience at a top freight forwarder or carrier or 3+ years of supply chain experience and a BA/BS Degree
• Strong analytical, quantitative, and financial skillset 
• Strategic vision and ground floor execution
• Bias to Action, Process, Structure and Data
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills
• An obsession with client happiness. You succeed when they succeed
• Ability to travel regionally, nationally, and internationally
• Courage to challenge the status quo when logic and reason require it. See something broken? Fix it

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