Senior Apac Transportation Lead

Smith & Nephew

Singapore, Singapore
Hybrid
End-to-end transportation operations
Regional transportation services
Transportation service providers management
Smith & Nephew is seeking a Senior APAC Transportation Lead in Singapore to oversee and optimize transportation operations across the region, focusing on efficient movement of materials and goods. The ideal candidate will have over five years of experience in logistics within a global environment, particularly in the Life Sciences or Healthcare industry

Job Summary

  • The Transportation Lead, APAC is responsible for overseeing and optimizing end‑to‑end transportation operations across the region.
  • This role ensures efficient, reliable, and timely movement of raw materials and finished goods from S+N and third-party manufacturing sites into Global Distribution Centres (GDCs), and subsequently from GDCs to Local Distribution Centres and direct customers.
  • We believe in creating the greatest good for society. Our strongest investments are in our people and the patients we serve.

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Smith & Nephew is seeking a Senior APAC Transportation Lead in Singapore to oversee and optimize transportation operations across the region, focusing on efficient movement of materials and goods. The ideal candidate will have over five years of experience in logistics within a global environment, particularly in the Life Sciences or Healthcare industry.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • end-to-end transportation operations
  • regional transportation services
  • Transportation Service Providers management
  • customer backorders reduction
  • order and delivery information provision
  • Global Trade Compliance partnership
  • transportation incident management
  • freight spend management
  • transportation performance metrics

Nice-to-have

  • high-performance culture
  • continuous improvement initiatives
  • resilient transportation network
  • corporate CO₂ goals

Key Requirements

  • Bachelor degree in Logistics or Transportation, Business or related field
  • 5+ years of experience in Logistics, Transportation, or Freight Forwarding
  • Proven experience with multimodal freight operations
  • Experience in the Life Sciences or Healthcare industry

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