Transportation Management (Executive) - Fixed Term 1 Year Contract

We are a leading chemical company, with the best teams developing intelligent solutions for our customers, and for a sustainable future.

We connect and develop people with diverse talents all over the world. For you, this means a variety of ways to progress.

Not only your performance but also your personality matter to us, regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, orientation, and background.  At BASF, careers develop from opportunities. 

Do you want to work with passionate teams, providing excellent business and digital services to the Asia Pacific region?

Do you want an open, supportive, and caring working environment?

Do you view your development needs seriously as we do?

If YES, then take your career to the #NextLevel with BASF !

Objectives of the Position

This person will be responsible for transport operations for a country. The person will also take ownership of all transport management processes for BASF operations.

Main Tasks

• Manage transport operation (inbound, outbound) for bulk and packaged with different modes of transportation
• Evaluate, monitor and improve the performance of 3rd party service providers, handle non-conformance service issues; participate and support 3rd party service provider selection;
• Optimize transportation processes based on market surveys and business feedback to meet customer and company requirements
• Coordination and management of service provider for vehicle placement
• Tracking delivery of products to customer (monitoring of in transit vehicles, shipments)
• Ensure transportation safety
• Evaluate service provider performance on monthly basis in line with BASF standards
• Coordination and management of order management
• Ensuring timely delivery of goods to customer
• Coordination with Environment, Health Safety, insurance and service provider in a case of accidents
• Ensuring utilization of dedicated vehicles
• Insurance management (raising insurance claim and recovery) incl. management of recovery from service providers

Minimum Education and qualification required for the Position:

Education: Graduate, Post Graduate Diploma or Supply Chain is preferred

Working Experience: 2 - 6 years experience in Supply Chain

Technical & Professional Knowledge:

• Hands on experience in SAP (Order To Cash/Transport Management) processes would be added advantage
• Experience in Chemical industry preferred
• Extensive knowledge of transportation market working of 3rd Party Logistics (3PL)  service providers etc. required
• Good understanding of the products/services of relevant business segments and functions at sub-regional level
• Service excellence competencies
• Core skills: 
  • Act with Entrepreneurial Drive
  • Develop Self and Others
  • Demonstrate Customer Focus
  • Collaborate for Achievement
• Job-related preferred skills:
  • Team Work
  • Market Awareness
  • Attention to details

BASF Asia-Pacific Service Centre was established in 2005. Located in Kuala Lumpur, the regional service hub has about 1,200 employees and growing. Focused on being a competency and digitalization driven hub, it also provides quality functional and know-how services in the areas of finance, controlling, human resources, real estate and facilities management, communications, environmental, health and safety, procurement, import-export order management, and information services to BASF companies and affiliates in the Asia Pacific region. BASF also has two other regional hubs located in Berlin, Germany, and Montevideo, Uruguay that cover the Europe and Americas regions.

At BASF, we create chemistry for a sustainable future. We combine economic success with environmental protection and social responsibility. Around 112,000 employees in the BASF Group contribute to the success of our customers in nearly all sectors and almost every country in the world. Our portfolio comprises six segments: Chemicals, Materials, Industrial Solutions, Surface Technologies, Nutrition & Care and Agricultural Solutions. BASF generated sales of €68.9 billion in 2023. BASF shares are traded on the stock exchange in Frankfurt (BAS) and as American Depositary Receipts (BASFY) in the U.S. Further information at www.basf.com.