About this opportunity:
Join Ericsson as a Manager of Distribution, where you will play a pivotal role in shaping and executing our supply strategy, ensuring customer value and satisfaction through an efficient supply chain. You will collaborate closely with diverse internal teams to fulfill customer orders and deliver finest products in a cost-efficient manner. While focusing on optimizing end-to-end processes, you'll work to understand customer needs and bring to life our order-to-cash service. This role presents exciting opportunities for continuous improvement, with a keen focus on the automation and digitalization of work tasks. As a Line Manager, you will steer your team towards exceptional performance, driven by Ericsson's corporate values, ethical standards, and vibrant culture.
What you will do:
- Manage the department in an effective and efficient manner.
- Oversee end-to-end supply chain distribution services and import/export compliance.
- Develop professional capabilities and competence within the scope of responsibility.
- Report significant matters of concern to the division head in a timely manner.
- Serve as the designated customs business contact and liaise with customs for communications and cooperations.
- Carry out communication and cooperation with the customs authorities and respond to official inquiries and regulatory requirements.
- Secure distribution capacity and capabilities, and control distribution costs efficiently.
- Develop and implement import and export compliance programs in line with PRC policies, regulations and E/// internal Trade Compliance directives.
- Oversee full-range customs compliance execution to enhance ENC's compliance level, and provide timely feedback to customs as required.
- Manage and develop team competencies, including studying and applying relevant policies to import and export management.
- Deliver customs policy insights to the ENC President and LT members in line with their respective responsibilities.
- Govern and manage first-tier LSPs.
- Set unit objectives and targets and follow up implementation results.
- Plan, review and control unit resources, forecasts and expenditures.
- Initiate, support and drive continuous improvement in operational activities.
The skills you bring:
- Occupational Health And Safety Management System (OHSAS).
- Project Sponsorship.
- Environmental.
- Ericsson Business Process.
- Project Management Process.
- Change and Improvement Management.
- Supply Chain Network Design Optimization.
- Business Understanding.
- Lean and Agile.
- Supply Chain and Supply Process.
- Ericsson Operating Model.
- Labor relations laws and legislation.
- Organizational Effectiveness.
- Financial Acumen.
Why join Ericsson?At Ericsson, you'll have an outstanding opportunity. The chance to use your skills and imagination to push the boundaries of what's possible. To build solutions never seen before to some of the world's toughest problems. You'll be challenged, but you won't be alone. You'll be joining a team of diverse innovators, all driven to go beyond the status quo to craft what comes next.
What happens once you apply? Click Here to find all you need to know about what our typical hiring process looks like.Encouraging a diverse and inclusive organization is core to our values at Ericsson, that's why we champion it in everything we do. We truly believe that by collaborating with people with different experiences we drive innovation, which is essential for our future growth. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply and realize their full potential as part of our Ericsson team. Ericsson is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. learn more.
Primary country and city: China (CN) || Nanjing
Req ID: 786719
Skills Required
- Import and export compliance experience (PRC regulations)
- Customs liaison and customs authorities communication experience
- Experience managing distribution capacity, costs, and LSP governance
- Line management and team development experience
- Occupational Health And Safety Management System (OHSAS)
- Project Sponsorship
- Project Management Process
- Change and Improvement Management
- Supply Chain Network Design Optimization
- Lean and Agile methodologies
- Knowledge of Ericsson Business Process and Ericsson Operating Model
- Business understanding and financial acumen
- Familiarity with labor relations laws and legislation
- Experience developing and implementing compliance programs
- Experience planning, forecasting, and controlling resources and expenditures
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Ericsson Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and mental‑health options are positioned as core benefits with multiple plan choices in key markets. Official materials explicitly emphasize healthcare breadth as part of “Life at Ericsson.”
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Retirement Support — 401(k) with employer matching in the U.S., pensions in some regions, and broad access to an ESPP indicate strong long‑term financial support. Company filings and AGM materials describe share programs and post‑employment benefits as ongoing pillars of the package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off, sick leave, holidays, and paid volunteer time are highlighted alongside generous parental leave in various locations. Time‑off entitlements are presented as a strong component of the total rewards offering.
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What We Do
Ericsson builds the digital connectivity the world relies on. Our technology underpins the mobile networks, platforms, and systems that billions of people, businesses, and societies depend on every day. We are a global leader in communications technology, delivering mobile network infrastructure, cloud software, and wireless connectivity solutions for service providers and enterprises worldwide. Our networks support connectivity across 180+ countries, helping power everyday communication as well as critical digital services at global scale. Connectivity has evolved far beyond consumer mobile use. Today, nearly 80% of the world’s population accesses the internet via mobile networks, and Ericsson is helping shape what comes next. We are advancing 5G and 5G Advanced, developing network APIs that open connectivity to the global developer ecosystem, and applying automation and AI to make networks more intelligent, efficient, and resilient. Ericsson was the first company to launch live 5G networks on five continents, and our 5G platform is now commercially live in 150+ networks across 60+ countries. We also support more than 36,000 enterprise customers, enabling secure, high-performance connectivity for industries such as manufacturing, aviation, logistics, utilities, and public safety, where reliability and performance are mission critical. Innovation is central to how we work. Ericsson has approximately 28,000 employees in research and development, backed by one of the strongest intellectual property portfolios in the industry with 60,000+ granted patents. Our engineers, researchers, and technologists work across 100+ global R&D sites, helping define how networks evolve and how digital infrastructure is built for the long term. As the world moves toward a mobile-first, AI-powered, and cloud-driven future, connectivity becomes the foundation for digital transformation across every industry. Ericsson is building that foundation, shaping the future of digital connectivity through technology that operates at global scale and supports real-world impact, today and for what comes next.
Why Work With Us
Ericsson is a place for people who want to work on technology that powers everyday life. You’ll contribute to large-scale systems used every day, tackle complex challenges in live environments, and keep developing your skills and career in your own vision.
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