Total 8 job vacancies by Apl Logistics Ltd

This role is responsible for organizing the operations standards and approach to drive and achieve cost to serve targets, compliance standards. The incumbent will also support commercial solutioning requirements including integration of various services to formulate a customer response. Oftentimes the customer solutioning is triggered by a formal customer request. It is responsible for ensuring strict compliance to process standards to ensure service texture consistency across Asia. Role will deliver continuous improvement on processes to meet business and efficiency requirements, ensuring process stability and capability. The incumbent will work with operating regions to deliver compliance to operational KPI's that meet industry and customer requirements.

Process Engineering & Performance Management
- Manage, reengineer and enhance operations processes for all LOBs, ensuring standardization as appropriate, stability and capability versus market demands. Design, re-Engineer and deploy OTC process and seamlessly links the FLO to the GBS across all functions.
- Ensure strict compliance to process standards to ensure service texture consistency. This includes the development of an operational organization which will support our standard process.
- Continuously enhance processes to meet business and efficiency requirements. This includes performing ad-hoc reviews and audits of standard operating procedures to streamline and automate operations.
- Deployment of relevant operational KPI’s that ensures high level of service delivery. Work with regional and key account owners to define Service level commitments that is clearly linked to our cost to serve. Any exceptions will need commercial and operational leadership approvals to ensure relevant are costs or approved.

Operations Excellence & Management
- Develop and maintain systems to establish standards and measurements relating to activities and products to instill a performance-based measurement culture.
- Develop quality data sources and conduct statistical quality control.
- Deal with non-compliance cases timely and reduce the impact to business.
- Vendor management and build strong relationships with the vendors. Conduct routine audits on quality of vendors’ services provided, ensure alignment with SLA.
- Negotiate for better rates with vendors for APLL group (purchasing power).
- Develop a process to develop internal capability in managing operations.
- Coordinate the Continuous Improvement activities to provide broader business benefits and a centralized focus whilst establishing a common reporting methodology.
- Organize the appointed region’s operations standards and approach to drive and achieve cost to serve targets, compliance standards.
- With Regional Leadership, measure use of resources and ensure high level of productivity to lower cost.
- Drive unit metrics mindset and measure outputs consistently to power cost improvement. Develop and prepare regular statistical reports and monitoring tools on project operation performance – performance reports, productivity reports, costing reports etc.
- Determine operational metrics by studying business models; gathering information; evaluating output requirements and formats.
- Review and interpret operational data to identify operational issues and provide solutions which optimize service levels, efficiency, and overall process flows.
- With Regional teams, support the development on organizational design the meets efficiency and commercial growth objectives.

Solutions Engineering and Commercial Support
- Support the logistics and solutions engineering requirements of commercial pursuit which includes the integration of physical, information and document solutions relevant to complex pursuits.
- Work with other stakeholders on new business & innovation activities to support new service development to enable an aligned approach.

Leadership
- Lead and develop team members to drive and manage transformational change.
- Manage resources including tackling staff performance issues and identification of training needs, reviewing productivity and local recruitment.
- Ability to inspire teams to accomplish objectives.
- Drive thought leadership in scope with intention of improving our product to compete and cost to serve.
- Engage Commercial, Regional Leadership teams, Functional Leads, and external stakeholders to effectively to carry out above responsibilities.
- Lead in the implementation of Greater Asia’s initiatives to achieve regional goals.

Financial
- Support achievement of CM, OI relevant to scope
- Review annual budget and present to Senior Leadership team.
- Meet or exceed budget for the department.
- Monitor weekly operation movement and performance based upon agreed KPIs.

Qualifications

-Degree or equivalent in Business, Logistics, or related field

-Minimum 8-10 years of experience working in multinational corporations; preferably in transportation, freight, supply chain or logistics industry.
-Experience in implementing LEAN and six sigma methodologies.
-At least 5 years of team management experience managing a large team of more than 10; preferably in global transportation.

Job Purpose

Support the HRBP in managing the employee lifecycle; attract, develop, engage, separate and plan and other ad hoc items.

Responsibilities

Recruitment & Onboarding

- Support the recruitments and onboarding in the country such as creating

requisitions, posting job ads, screening of resumes, scheduling interviews,

sending offers etc.

- Follow up with respective business leaders/line managers for requisitions

approval (online).

- Close off completed requisitions and ensure new hires details are pushed to

HCM system.

- Support in the implementation of on/off-boarding processes in the country such

as engaging new hires once they are identified (i.e. pre-onboarding).

Total Rewards & Payroll Administration & Governance

- Support HRBP in compensation related matters such as salary increases, staff

retention, annual compensation review, compensation statements etc.

- Back up for processing of payroll; input and maintain payroll

data; check payrolls for accuracy prior to submission; prepare complex manual

payments when required; complete financial reconciliations.

- Manage and coordinate with payroll vendors where required and ensure quality

delivery of services engaged. Engage in annual payroll backup compliance exercise.

- Assist and guide junior colleagues.

Regulatory & Compliance Management

- Backup on HR compliance to regulatory (external) and company's SOPs

(internal) and audits.

- Assist HRBP in the audit processes and ensure all open items are closed out

timely and non-compliances are rectified.

Performance Management & Employee Engagement

- Follow up with line managers and employees on the completion of annual

performance appraisal.

- Respond to queries on performance management and employee engagement

initiatives.

- Coordinate with HRBP to implement employee engagement initiatives and

gather employees' inputs.

Other Ad hoc items

- Working with region HR managers on ad hoc items e.g. collection of data etc

General Education

Bachelor Degree or equivalent level in Business Administration, Human Resources or related fields

General Experience

Experience enables job holder to deal with the majority of situations and to advise or coach others, work under little to no supervision and is self-sufficient and self-starter

Job Purpose

This position is responsible to deliver service excellence as committed to customers through development of new process/products/services/systems, on boarding new customers, implementing new systems, leading roll-out of quality initiatives, monitoring regional KPIs, Coordinating RFP with PNL owner.

Responsibilities

- Facilitate to establish documentation and measurement of business process, service development in accordance with customers' requirements.
- Audit KPIs and regional analysis: Conduct various regional analysis to monitor regional operational performance, including KPIs, Profit & Loss by customer, customer report cards.
New Service & Business Implementation
- Lead implementation of new customers, establish process and measurements with operations to ensure fulfilling customer needs.
- Lead the services and new product developments in accordance with customers’ requirements and the regional business planning.
New Information System Development
- Facilitate development and implementation of new technology, system enhancement, automation initiatives to strike for services and productivity improvements.
- Develop problem solving and continuous improvement tools and train country operations on these tools.
- Identify and adopt information technology and automation projects to improve work processes, environment and efficiency.
- Send network alerts to both internal and external stakeholders on any events that impacts to the supply chain integrity of our customers.
- Plan and conduct regular audits on country operations to ensure process & training compliance and standardization.
- Drive key improvement initiatives including; process redesign, EHS, Six Sigma, shop productivity, Quality and inventory cycle reductions.
- Review new Logistics Procedures or any amendments to ensure that workforce and process can support the new/additional requirements.

Others
- Support SQ Manager for various projects, coach new team members and maintain performance under pressure and proactively act on it.

Qualifications

Degree holder or equivalent qualification

- Minimum 6-10 years working experience in international Logistics.
- Good PC skills, e.g. Windows/Microsoft Office Suite/Access/Visio/Internet. And Experienced in Logistics related system, e.g. LSS+, ACSR, TMS, WMS etc.
- Extensive experience in international transportation, intimate knowledge of order management, freight forwarding, warehousing and land transportation services.
- Ability to adopt & adapt new system and technologies.
- At least 2 years of experience in facilitating workshops and trainings, as the sole or lead facilitator/trainer
- Certified Six Sigma Green/Black Belt will be an added advantage.
- Great Facilitation & Coaching skills, communication with various departments.
- Good problem solving and analytical skills.
- Passion in driving and achieving service excellence.
- Situational Leadership skills.
- With good project management mindset and ability to excel in a fluid and cross-functional team environment.
- Fluent English and Mandarin in speaking, writing and presentation.
- Preferably with extensive experience to serve key accounts, cost/financial knowledge.

Job Purpose

This position is responsible for targeting and hunting for new business with new customers by selling

APLL’s capabilities and solutions, with a strong focus on ocean freight.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Responsible to find the right target customers in APLL’s focused industries
• Able to hunt and close ocean freight business
• Able to build up relationship with customers and dig out the opportunities fitting into APLL’s

Capabilities and competencies

• Able to understand customers supply chain, find the pain points and sell the right solutions and demonstrated value to customers
• Maintain good relationship with existing clients, continuously improve the profitability and dig out new business opportunities.
• Ensure timely and accurate reports of target accounts, opportunities and sales calls.
• Follow up A/R and ensure the timely payment from the customers
• Responsible to follow the customer qualification and on-boarding protocols, including credit setup and contract coordination for customers

Qualification

• Minimum of a Bachelors, ideally with an MBA or related advanced degree in Finance, Economics or related field
• Excellent English language skills

Requirements

• Minimum 3 years’ experience in commercial role with rick knowledge of supply chain logistics and local market practice

Skill sets

• rospecting and targeting customer in focused products
• Excellent communication and presentation skills

Analytical skills

• Understanding of operational process
• Good knowledge in both international and domestic logistics
• Established network of customer and business relationships
• Relevant work experience in a supply chain division of an MNC or 3PL
• Be able to work in complex situation and under pressure

Key Result Areas

• Meet budget goals, including overall Revenue and CM targets for specific services
• Accounts generating at least minimum corporate CM
• Meet regional AR target
• Full compliance in sales system input

Job Purpose

To advise and support the Senior Director for operations excellence on building and expanding critical capabilities in Asia specifically related to Product Delivery of the OMS Product and Customer and Project Implementation.

Among others, this will include designing and executing a Customer Implementation Program across LOBs, developing a Project Management program for Internal projects, and supporting the management and execution of the OMS Product Landscape. In working with our Product Delivery, the role will also serve as advisor in the development of an optimal operational flow of our OMS product from order to cash, the role thus will require experience and knowledge of the interplay of Physical, information and document flow solutions relevant to APL Logistics products.

Roles & Responsibilities

Functional

· Building Capabilities

o Develop and execute a project management package and train internal resources to manage successful rollout of transformation solutions within the assigned region.

o With the head of Customer implementation, enhance the customer implementation package and train associates on it. The Package will include modern processes, tools in management, communication, and tracking.

o In working with Product Delivery head, develop and implement product governance process that ensures compliance to the product landscape.

· Providing Knowledge

o Provide critical input on the ongoing business improvements from Order to Cash (OTC) to improve KPIs and productivity. This will require challenging status quo to implement product delivery enhancements.

o With the head of Ops Excellence, develop and execute plans to enhance the product knowledge of cohorts including the understanding the interplay of Physical, Information, Document and Financial solutions related to our product.

· Tactical Support

o Support the Head of AOE, to align concepts of Product Governance, and customer implementation globally.

o As necessary provide solutions on Global Customer bids considering the appropriate application of our product landscape.

o Lead Customer Implementation of Larger Customer opportunities more relevant to OMS and Global accounts as decided with the Head of customer Implementation.

People

• Mentor and develop employees to assume leadership positions in the company and build talent paths for key performers regionally/globally.
• Through an exemplary leadership develop a culture of Accountability by setting and managing clear objectives and KPIs.

Finance

• Ensures the achievement of financial and business objectives and goals across the own functional teams. Effectively manages functional budgets and takes appropriate actions to control and reduce costs and optimize investments. Upholds and enforces the Company’s financial standards and policies.
• Prepare and submit annual budget to top management; control, monitor and report results monthly to achieve budget targets.

Key Result Areas

• Improve customer onboarding and implementation processes.
• Improve project management and implementation process.
• Re-build the product governance and landscape
• Creates a competitive advantage – give your organization an edge over others in your industry.
• Build product knowledge within the organization relative to our product landscape.
• Increases teamwork – helps remove section/department silos and increase collaboration.
• Enhances creativity – challenges staff to solve problems and think outside the box.

Qualification

• Graduate of Industrial Engineering or any business-related course, with MA degree is an advantage.

Requirements

• Familiarity with Order Management systems, process and value proposition
• Experience in customer and project implementation.
• Minimum of at least 8+ years of proven project management and continuous improvement experience, preferably in the logistics industry.
• With experience on working on cross-cultural environment.
• With excellent verbal and non-verbal skills.
• Experience in Process mapping, Value stream mapping tools e.g. ARIS
• Excellent change management skills and experience
• Must show ability to influence without formal authority.
• Knowledgeable on different continuous improvement methodologies including lean, 6 sigma, project management and business analysis.
• Formal Qualification in Project Management methodology, Process Improvement, Lean Six Sigma and Analytic Tools will be of great advantage.
• Experience with BI tools and BI systems like Power BI, Tableau, SAP, or similar are added advantage.
• Detailed understanding of Continuous Improvement frameworks, techniques, and methods (Agile, Scrum Framework., LEAN, 6 Sigma), with advanced problem-solving skills
• Must be comfortable working in a virtual, global team.
• Lean 6 Sigma certification preferred.
• Project Management (PMP/Prince 2) certified.
• Experience in automation, digitization, digitalisation and other technology-driven improvement projects

APL Logistics (APLL) is part of the KWE group, a profitable, global supply chain provider with more than 6,500 employees that span 60 countries across the globe. We pride ourselves in delivering premier order management services to our international clients, many of which include top 500 Fortune enterprises.

At APLL, our leadership believes in preparing the next generation for long-term success.

The APLL Management Associate Program is our flagship graduate program formulated to provide you with high-impact assignments as well as practical training and development to kick-start a rewarding career in our dynamic organization.

Enrich yourself through our structured 18-month journey consisting of coaching from managers, mentoring by senior leaders, networking with key stakeholders, and cross-functional rotations.

Each Management Associate (MA) would be hosted in one of the core functions below:

• Operations/Supply Chain
• Finance

We would like to have a conversation with you, if you have:

• A good Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in relevant disciplines
• Less than 2 years of work experience. Fresh graduates are welcome to apply
• Previous work or internship experience related to logistics or supply chain would be an advantage

Other Attributes & Competencies Required:

• Excellent track records in co-curricular activities or leadership experience
• Self-driven, open-minded, and resilient
• Eager to roll up your sleeves and make a difference in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
• Innovative and digitally-savvy
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills

Job Purpose

APL Logistics Technology Service Group is seeking an achievement-oriented and self-motivated candidate with proven track record to fulfil key role and responsibilities in APLL Core Consolidation Services Application (Freight Management System)

This position is responsible for delivering the design and solution architecture of the Consolidation Services Application’s functionalities and build services, interface systems and projects.

The person should come with a strong technical background, hands on technical analysis (interfaces, data, application functionalities) and wealth knowledge of Logistics or Supply Chain Industry to provide innovative solutions to challenges that may arise.

Technical management and good understanding of APCA architecture framework and IDMS, proprietary software with some configurations in Assembler language (will be advantageous). Recommend area of improvement for internal/integration with applications.

In addition, the person should display both ability and willingness to take on business analysis (requirement gathering, as-is/to-be process mapping), fronting as Application subject matter expert in design IT solution to fulfill the Customer/Business requirement

The candidate should be able to bring along a broad spectrum of good project / technical management practises.

This position will report directly to Manage and will work closely with internal group IT members, outsourcing vendors, business partners, and various internal business teams.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Key personnel of Core application / Order Management System as full pledged subject matter expert

• Technical support of APCA framework

• Oversee the end to end IT business application delivery, change impact analysis , development and support especially in new wins of customers.

• Strong ability to lead a team and ensure high levels of quality, compliance and adherence to governance throughout the application life cycle of a project

• Collaborate with IT teams, users, stakeholders and outsource service providers, to prioritize and ensure on time delivery of effective and innovative solutions

• Render expert opinions and technical guidance in software engineering and application architecture.

• Engage IT management promptly for issues escalation and resolution.

• Refine and improve processes within the unit so that higher quality and faster deliverables can be achieved through lower cost.

• Handle activities like incident management, problem management, release management, root cause analysis, deployment and monitoring.

• Strong problem solving skill

Qualification

• Degree in Computer Science or related disciplines or equivalent work experience

Requirements

Experience

• At least 5 years’ experience as a Solution Architect or equivalent role

• 5 - 10 years involved in IT SDLC/ Agile ,Project and Technical Management in Logistics domain and Supply Chain Industry

• Proven track record in leading and interact with multiple stakeholders/IT teams to gather business requirements/projects and confirm solution design collectively to deliver results.

• Working Knowledge in freight forwarding / consolidation and/or 3rd Party Logistics industry will be advantages, particularly in Order and Freight Management

• Hands-on approach to problem solving, attention to detail and creative solution design

• Strong written and oral communication skills

• Superior analytical, and problem resolution skills

• Independent and self-motivated individual

• Excellent team player and able to manage in a diverse workforces

• Upholds professional values, ethics and integrity at all times

Skill Sets

• Possess strong technical expertise in a multi-technology platform environment

Proficient in at least 3 or more technical areas below

- Experience in designing, building and managing Java applications

Technologies: Digital Signing Services, J2EE, Java Script, C#, WebService,

SOAP/REST API/XML services, WebSphere, DB2, SQL, and Scripting language

Frameworks: Java Spring Boot, Angular, Spring MVC, JSF, Struts, Hibernate

- Experience working with reporting tools such as Actuate, Webfocus,

- Working knowledge with Oracle BPM, Dremio, Oracle DB and

- Portal – Websphere Portal

- ETL Tool - Informatica, SSIS, Oracle Golden Gate

- RPA, Mobile technologies, Cloud Services

Legacy application (Advantageous)

- Cobol programming language in Micofocus-Linux technologies

- Assembler knowledge to support proprietary architecture (APCA) within APLL

- IDMS/PL/SQL to Oracle Database

- Middleware implementation in Micofocus-Linux technologies. Knowhow mechanics of operation tools such as Automic, VPSx/LRS

Key Result Areas

Operational Excellence

• Timely and cost effective application and infrastructure delivery, development and support.

• Timely support all JSOX/Internal and External audit and compliance

Relationship Management

• Strategic partnership with key Operation and Business teams in prioritization and demand management.

• Synergised alliance with other IT support functions with Technology Services Group to leverage strengths and neutralize weaknesses.

Vendor and Cost Management

• Effective vendor management with distinctive performance in AMS SLA (IT Outsourcing) and individual contractors.

• Efficiency in resource utilization through effective tracking & monitoring of project, enhancement and support deliverables and their associated cost expenditures.

Job Purpose

This position is responsible for targeting and hunting for new business with new customers by selling

APLL’s capabilities and solutions, with a strong focus on ocean freight.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Responsible to find the right target customers in APLL’s focused industries
• Able to hunt and close ocean freight business
• Able to build up relationship with customers and dig out the opportunities fitting into APLL’s

Capabilities and competencies

• Able to understand customers supply chain, find the pain points and sell the right solutions and demonstrated value to customers
• Maintain good relationship with existing clients, continuously improve the profitability and dig out new business opportunities.
• Ensure timely and accurate reports of target accounts, opportunities and sales calls.
• Follow up A/R and ensure the timely payment from the customers
• Responsible to follow the customer qualification and on-boarding protocols, including credit setup and contract coordination for customers

Qualification

• Minimum of a Bachelors, ideally with an MBA or related advanced degree in Finance, Economics or related field
• Excellent English language skills

Requirements

• Minimum 3 years’ experience in commercial role with rick knowledge of supply chain logistics and local market practice

Skill sets

• rospecting and targeting customer in focused products
• Excellent communication and presentation skills

Analytical skills

• Understanding of operational process
• Good knowledge in both international and domestic logistics
• Established network of customer and business relationships
• Relevant work experience in a supply chain division of an MNC or 3PL
• Be able to work in complex situation and under pressure

Key Result Areas

• Meet budget goals, including overall Revenue and CM targets for specific services
• Accounts generating at least minimum corporate CM
• Meet regional AR target
• Full compliance in sales system input