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The Ocean team at Flexport works globally to make sure all business moves smoothly and our ocean product is the best it can be for our clients. Our Ocean Procurement Team is essential to winning new business, supporting all current business, and building out the future of Flexport’s ocean services.
As a Procurement Manager, you’ll be an integral part of helping achieve Flexport’s growth goals. It’s a face-paced and integral position for both winning new business, and supporting our current book of business. This role is focused on the Transpacific-Eastbound (TPEB) trade. A successful procurement manager will need to communicate market developments and strategy to a broad range of colleagues, negotiate freight rates, be willing and able to dig into the weeds of pricing / contract nuances, manage carrier relationships, and represent Flexport commercially.
You Will- Drive all things ocean carrier procurement for TPEB and take direct responsibility for carrier development and partnership on the respective trade, demonstrating Flexport’s competitive advantages
- Coordinate and negotiate annual, quarterly, monthly, and weekly procurement activities
- Build scalable procurement operating rhythms and tools, including working directly with internal contract tools for cost and pricing management
- Lead rate setting and strategy for RFP season on the trade
- Work closely with commercial Ocean and demand teams to win new business and execute for current book of business
- Educate and enable the broader Flexport organization with carrier and tradelane intelligence to foster better decision making, client engagement and growing the trade
- Lead regular cross team meetings
- Work collaboratively with colleagues in Asia to execute trade strategy and fulfillment
- Dive into escalations both in Asia and in the U.S. to keep our business moving
- 7+ years of prior Ocean procurement experience at a top freight forwarder or trade experience at a carrier or 7+ years of supply chain experience and a BA/BS Degree;
- Strategic vision and continuous desire to improve–get into the weeds and build process from ground-up when needed
- Strong negotiation skills
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills;
- Desire to build / scale ocean business
- Ability to travel regionally and internationally
- People management experience desired (but not required)
- A "compliance first" attitude to keep our regulators happy and enthusiastic about Flexport since we operate in a heavily regulated industry.
At Flexport, our ability to fulfill our mission of making global commerce easy and accessible relies on having a diverse, dedicated and engaged workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, physical and mental disability, health status, marital and family status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
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Skills Required
- 7+ years of ocean procurement experience at a top freight forwarder, or trade experience at a carrier, or 7+ years of supply chain experience
- Bachelor's or bachelor's degree in a relevant field
- Strong negotiation skills
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills
- Strategic vision and ability to build processes from the ground up
- Ability to travel regionally and internationally
- Desire to build and scale ocean business
- Compliance-first mindset in a regulated industry
- People management experience
Flexport Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered competitive for engineering, data, and some go-to-market roles, with strong reported total compensation in senior tech bands. Compensation is also framed as broadly in line with market ranges for mid-level sales positions.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is described as offering multiple plan options with preventive care and prescription coverage, alongside dental and vision. Company-paid disability and basic life/AD&D are positioned as part of a comparatively robust core insurance package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Leave is framed as generous through flexible/unlimited PTO and a defined set of paid holidays for exempt staff. Paid parental leave is described with extended time for birthing and non-birthing parents, including a phased return program in some materials.
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What We Do
Founded in 2013, we believe trade can move the human race forward. That’s why our mission at Flexport is to make global commerce so easy there will be more of it. The recent global supply chain crisis has put Flexport center stage as we continue to play a pivotal role in how goods move around the world. We’re shaping the future of a $8.6T industry with solutions powered by innovative technology and exceptional people Today, companies of all sizes—from emerging brands to Fortune 500s—use Flexport technology to move more than $19B worth of merchandise across 112 countries every year.
Why Work With Us
Global logistics is the circulatory system for the world economy. Our global team of entrepreneurs is empowered to make the important decisions, to advocate for what is right regardless of the bottom line, and to see their ideas tested in the laboratory of the real world. We are uniquely positioned to simplify trade and built to make it happen.
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