Descriptions of Key Responsibilities/ Tasks:
Product Development:
- Responsible for the achievements of
products targets for China, in regards to the Tradelane, Consolidation
Strategy and priorities of the Product development. - Create, define, launch and control performance and
profitable and future oriented product solutions by involving customers,
carriers, agents and partners. - Implements and executes specific Industry Vertical (IV)
solutions - Focus on core trade development to ensure sustainable
business cooperation with dedicated TLDs. - Define clear HUB operational setups, routings and
pricing. - Ensure up-to-date product knowledge amongst the sea
operational teams within China, personally delivery trainings when and
where necessary - Cooperate and coordinate with Route Management on sub-national level.
- Responsible for achieving the country’s target product
budget with its relevant budgeted KPIs whereas the responsibility for the
KPI P&L is shared with the line management. Supports the annual
budgeting process for own product within China - Ensure competitive services and prices (= getting best
buying rates for best possible service) with carriers / partners / agents.
Enforce core carrier policy
Procurement & Pricing:
- Measure and benchmark performance indicators
(productivity & profitability on national level) - National responsibility for procurement based on the
corporate procurement standards (core carrier policy, space negotiations,
volume commitments, volume rebates and other related topics) - Implements and ensure adherence to the local group
tariffs - Implement and ensure adherence to profit share
agreements within the organization
Sales:
- Support actively the business development team
including own sales with an emphasis on national market and be responsible
for appropriate sales of the business field services and products according
to the targets - Performs own selling activities as part of management
sales, targeting strategic opportunities - Ensure product know-how is relayed to other sales
organization.
Controlling
- Monitors within own region the procurement and pricing
related KPIs and ensures their fulfillment - Monitor the product profitability within China and
ensures corrective actions are implemented where necessary - Monitor the process & legal compliance of the
respective product operations within own country
To take up additional assignments/tasks as required to meet with the Company needs.