Ocean Planning Manager

📋 Description

• Hire, coach, and develop a 5–10 person team responsible for end-to-end planning and booking of
• Manage team performance and evaluation, guiding the team to meet OKRs and SLAs
• Provide direction on training and onboarding for new team members
• Empower the team to prioritise key initiatives and maintain strong on-the-job motivation
• Oversee execution of end-to-end planning and booking across Ocean FCL and LCL imports and exports
• Manage and optimise overall allocation and SO (Shipping Order) utilisation

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with a strong track record of success
• 7+ years in logistics, freight forwarding, supply chain, or ocean carrier ops
• Experience in startup or top consulting firm, NVOCC pricing, procurement, or ocean lanes a plus
• Proven ability to lead teams in day-to-day execution and process improvement
• Hands-on, process-oriented, structured thinker with strong problem-solving
• Strategic vision paired with ground-floor execution ability

🎁 Benefits

• Opportunity to build and lead a team from the ground up
• Deep cross-functional experience with global teams to scale in a fast-growing environment
• Path toward becoming a “leader of leaders”
• Deep expertise in supply chain management and advisory capabilities
• Exposure to client advisory and account management
• Potential to lead a team of advisors as Flexport grows its book of business