Senior Specialist, Global Freight & Transportation

About the role

As part of ASM's Global Manufacturing Logistics team, you will lead global freight and transportation across air, ocean, road, express and specialized freight. You will build a standardized, data-driven capability that delivers safe, compliant, reliable and cost-effective movement while protecting manufacturing continuity and customer commitments.

Key responsibilities

• Provide functional leadership for global freight operations and logistics providers across inbound materials, intercompany flows, spare parts and finished capital equipment
• Manage forwarders, carriers, customs brokers and logistics providers through SLAs, scorecards and business reviews
• Own transportation escalations, service recovery and corrective actions for recurring performance gaps
• Partner with Procurement on tenders, lane strategies, provider selection and implementation
• Manage freight budgets, forecasts, audit and payment controls, including rate validation, accruals, disputes and overcharge recovery
• Improve productivity through mode, route, consolidation, gateway and provider optimization while reducing premium freight
• Establish a transportation control tower with shipment visibility, proactive exception management and clear escalation routines
• Use dashboards and predictive insights to improve delivery, lead time, spend, claims and provider performance
• Maintain compliant cross-border execution and business-continuity plans for critical lanes and providers
• Drive global standards and continuous improvement using Lean, Six Sigma and structured problem solving
• Lead logistics planning for quarter-end and other critical business timelines
• Collaborate with Warehouse Operations, Manufacturing, Planning, Procurement, Finance, Customer Operations and regional logistics teams

Required profile

• Minimum Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Engineering, Business or a related discipline
• Minimum 8 years of progressive experience in global transportation, freight or supply chain operations
• Proven leadership of international air, ocean and road freight in a global manufacturing environment
• Strong capability in freight procurement, budgeting, provider governance and cost optimization
• Working knowledge of customs interfaces, freight claims, compliance and transportation risk
• Strategic, data-driven leader with strong communication, influencing and problem-solving skills in a global matrix

Required skills

• Excel, BI tools, ERP and Transportation Management Systems
• Lean, Six Sigma or recognized supply chain certification (a differentiator)
• Experience leading tenders, network redesign, control towers or logistics transformation (a differentiator)