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Posted 4 days agoSenior Category Manager, Logistics - APAC
at ResMed
Singapore, SingaporeOn-site
Responsibilities
- Build robust lane-level commercial strategies covering rate structures, capacity commitments, peak season planning, spot versus long-term contracting, and service differentiation.
- Strategic Sourcing and Commercial Governance: Design and govern high-value RFI, RFP, RFQ, and negotiation processes for global and regional logistics providers, including freight forwarders, ocean carriers, integrators, customs brokers, warehouse operators, and 3PL/4PL partners.
- Lead supplier governance forums with credibility and commercial authority, creating clear expectations on service, cost, resilience, quality, compliance, working capital, and sustainability.
- Develop alternative lanes, escalation paths, and contingency sourcing models to protect service and supply continuity.
- Demonstrated track record in category management, including category strategy development, market analysis, spend analytics, supplier segmentation, sourcing pipeline management, supplier governance, and measurable value delivery.
Requirements
- The role is designed for top-tier global procurement talent with deep APAC logistics, Global Ocean and Airfreight and supply chain expertise, a proven track record in category management and high-value negotiations, and the ability to operate credibly at executive level across a complex, matrixed organization.
- Decisions made by the Senior Category Manager, Logistics - APAC shape logistics network economics, supplier partnerships, lane strategy, service reliability, and the company's ability to adapt and compete in volatile and regulated markets.
- Bachelor's degree in supply chain, Logistics, Business, Industrial Engineering, or a related field.
- experience in logistics procurement, category management, strategic sourcing, freight procurement, or supply chain commercial leadership.
- experience in contract structuring, freight rate models, indexation, accessorial and surcharge governance, should-cost analysis, total cost of ownership, service credits, claims, liability provisions, and performance-based agreements.
- Strong understanding of APAC logistics market dynamics, international transportation lanes, Incoterms, customs and trade requirements, capacity cycles, and operational drivers of cost, service, and risk.
- Ability to operate at both strategic and executive levels, influencing senior stakeholders while balancing cost, service, resilience, quality, compliance, working capital, and sustainability.
- Experience working in global, matrixed organizations with strong cross-regional and cross-functional collaboration.
- Strong analytical capability and confidence using e-sourcing platforms, TMS, freight benchmarking tools, Excel/Power BI or similar analytics, and supplier performance dashboards.
- Excellent written and verbal English communication skills; ability to work across cultures, time zones, and APAC markets.
- MBA, Master's degree, or equivalent professional procurement certification. Direct
- experience with global container freight and airfreight sourcing across major trade lanes, including Singapore, Australia, Southeast Asia, China, Trans-Pacific, Europe and broader Asia Pacific markets.
- Experience in healthcare, medical technology, pharmaceutical, life sciences, or other regulated supply chain environments.
- Experience contributing to procurement or supply chain transformation initiatives, including digital tools, analytics, standardization, supplier governance, and sustainability programs.
- Global Mindset: Ability to work across cultures, functions, and regions while keeping APAC business needs aligned with global category direction. Location and Reporting Context
Experience
- 10 to 15+ years of progressive
Benefits
- This role offers the opportunity to shape and professionalize logistics procurement across APAC, strengthen strategic partnerships with global logistics providers, and directly influence the performance, resilience, and sustainability of a global healthcare supply chain.
Additional details
- The Senior Category Manager, Logistics - APAC is a senior strategic logistics procurement leadership role with accountability for end-to-end logistics category strategy, sourcing, supplier management, and value delivery across the Asia Pacific region.
- Based in Singapore or Sydney , this role owns the development and execution of multi-year logistics category strategies covering container freight, ocean freight forwarding, airfreight, express and parcel, regional road and domestic transportation, warehousing, customs brokerage, trade-related services, and strategic 3PL/4PL partnerships.
- Container freight and airfreight are critical focus areas, given APAC trade lane complexity, market volatility, capacity dynamics, and the need to balance cost, service, resilience, and compliance.
- This position plays a critical role in enabling business growth, margin improvement, service excellence, supply chain resilience, and sustainability across APAC while contributing directly to ResMed's Next Generation Supply Chain transformation. Let's Talk About Responsibilities
- End-to-End Category Ownership: Own the end-to-end APAC logistics category strategy with full accountability for regional logistics spend, supplier strategy, sourcing roadmap, and annual value delivery.
- Translate global logistics category strategies into APAC-executable commercial models while actively shaping global strategy through APAC market intelligence, performance data, risk insights, and supplier innovation.
- Container Freight, Airfreight and International Transportation Strategy: Lead the global category strategy for containerized ocean freight and airfreight, including FCL, LCL, freight forwarding, NVOCC and carrier models, consolidations, import/export lanes, express and critical shipment solutions, and mode optimization between air, ocean, parcel, and ground transportation.
- Use total cost of ownership, should-cost analysis, freight benchmarking, demand modelling, and market intelligence to deliver competitive and sustainable commercial outcomes.
- Negotiation and Contracting Leadership: Establish strong commercial frameworks including rate cards, indexation mechanisms, fuel and accessorial governance, airfreight surcharge structures, demurrage and detention controls, service credits, liability and claims provisions, minimum volume or capacity commitments, performance-based agreements, and risk-sharing models aligned to market dynamics and business needs.
- Supplier Relationship Management and Risk Leadership: Own the strategic supplier portfolio for APAC logistics, including segmentation, partnership models, executive business reviews, performance management, corrective action plans, and innovation pipelines.