Full-Time Warehouse Contract Manager APAC

As APAC Warehouse Contract Manager, you will provide commercial expertise to the APAC logistics organization to optimize business value with external partners and drive performance in cost and customer service.

Main Responsibilities:

1. Contract life-cycle management: maintain contract standards aligned with global best practices, local laws, and regulations. Ensure contracts and business cases are presented, approved, and signed according to approval limits, deadlines, and mandates.
2. Track and ensure compliance of all current agreements in APAC.
3. Act as representative to local and global legal teams on behalf of logistics for effective cooperation.
4. Collaborate with different functions to review and develop commercial standards, terms, and frameworks in contracts.
5. Timely report potential cost impacts arising from contract negotiations to controlling function.
6. Drive value and profitability by identifying potentials.
7. Provide and drive clear standards for supplier selection, negotiation, and contracting within the region.
8. Lead negotiations with suppliers and service providers (warehousing, leases).
9. Support running large-scale tenders.
10. Evaluate options, risks, and potentials, and provide recommendations to improve contract conditions during tenders and prolongations.
11. Evaluate contract flexibility needs (termination clauses, amendments, prolongations, indexation, fixed costs vs. volume commitment) and risk mitigation plans.
12. Monitor and analyze spend data per vendor and ensure costs are in line with signed contracts.

Skills Required:

• Contract management experience and results-driven problem-solving skills to drive profitability.
• Excellent stakeholder management and collaboration skills.
• Strong negotiation skills with understanding of global policies, standards, and local legislation.
• Strong analytical and financial understanding.
• Resilient, decisive, and action-oriented approach.
• Strategic planning and long-term vision.
• Excellent communication skills.

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