Director, APAC Transportation & Logistics

At first glance, you’ll see Danaher’s scale. Our 65,000+ associates work across the globe at more than 15 unique operating companies within three platforms—life sciences, diagnostics, and biotechnology. 

Look again and you’ll see the opportunity to build a meaningful career, be creative, and take risks with the support you need to be successful. You’ll find associates who are as certain about their impact as they are about where they’re headed next. 

You’ll find the Danaher Business System, which makes everything possible. You’ll also see a company that investors trust—our culture of continuous improvement has helped us outperform the S&P 500 by more than 5,000% over the past 25 years.

The Director, APAC Transportation & Logistics drives competitive business advantage by delivering tailored and innovative solutions in transportation and logistics across the APAC region. This role is responsible for identifying spend categories for corporate Logistics commodity management, executing strategies that result in cost reduction, process and quality improvements, and supporting integration projects for new acquisitions. The position manages an estimated $100 million per year in transportation and logistics spend, supporting global strategies. May also be responsible for supporting projects associated with new acquisitions and divestitures.
 
This position is part of the Corporate Procurement team and will be in Singapore or remote.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to: 

• Drive regional & global transportation and logistics cost-saving projects and strategies aligned with global objectives. Analyze spend, pricing, and market trends to provide guidance and decision support

• Use DBS tools to implement process improvements and cost optimization. Establish and monitor supplier performance metrics to ensure compliance and quality.

• Identify, select, and manage preferred suppliers; negotiate and implement agreements.

• Partner with operating companies and site operations to ensure regulatory compliance and alignment. Maintain robust communication with internal and external stakeholders to gather requirements and ensure strategy adoption.

• Create, prepare and execute tenders, create and maintain standard work documentation.

The essential requirements of the job include: 

• Undergraduate degree in supply chain, business management or operations. Minimum  10 years’ hands-on experience in operational supply chain or logistics

• Experience in managing global transport & logistics suppliers in decentralised/matrixed environments. Leading cross-functional teams and projects to drive cost savings initiatives. Implement global & regional strategic and tactical solutions

• Maintain current knowledge and share information about industry and global best practices, innovative ideas, collaborative opportunities.

• Full proficiency in use of MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint, PowerBI and other analytical tools. 

• Evaluate regional marketplace trends and provide price and budget guidance to operating companies for targeted spend or transportation mode categories

• Possess excellent verbal and written communication skills with experience presenting to executive teams. 

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in: 

• Ability to work independently & comfortably in ambiguous situations, knowing how to resolve conflicts and having a proven track record of achieving results.

• English is required; additional language skills are beneficial.

• Experience in Transport Management Systems, Warehouse Mgmt Systems, Trade compliance and Freight Audit and Pay solutions.

Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements:

• Travel: ability to travel approximately 20% is required
   

At Danaher we believe in designing a better, more sustainable workforce. We recognize the benefits of flexible, remote working arrangements for eligible roles and are committed to providing enriching careers, no matter the work arrangement. This position is eligible for a remote work arrangement in which you can work remotely from your home. Additional information about this remote work arrangement will be provided by your interview team. Explore the flexibility and challenge that working for Danaher can provide.

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Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

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