Transportation Program Manager (Asia Transportation)

Posted:
4/7/2025, 5:46:12 PM

Location(s):
Singapore, Singapore

Experience Level(s):
Senior

Field(s):
Product

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Job Description:

About the Job

3M has a long-standing reputation as a company committed to Innovation. We provide the freedom to explore and encourage curiosity and creativity. We gain new insights from diverse thinking and take risks on new ideas. Here, you can apply your talent in bold ways that matters.

Job Summary

As a Transportation Program Manager, under Asia Transportation, the role is to focus on enhancing transportation operations by analyzing current Asia processes and implementing strategies to boost efficiency, reduce cost, and improve operations excellence and service quality. This role is integral in fostering a culture of continuous improvement within the transportation team in the organization.

Key Responsibilities:

Process Analysis and Optimization: Evaluate current Asia existing transportation workflows to identify inefficiencies and areas of improvement. Develop and implement solutions to streamline operations and eliminate waste as well as improving our sustainability program
Project Management: Lead cross-functional projects aimed at process improvement, ensuring timely completion and alignment with organizational goals
Data Analysis: Collect and analyze transportation data to identify trends, measure performance, and support decision-making processes
Stakeholder collaboration: Work closely with various departments, including logistics, planning, Intercompany operations, and country operations, to implement improvement initiatives and ensure cohesive efforts across the organization.
Training and Coaching: Support training and coaching the countries team on continuous improvement methodologies, such as lean and six sigma, to build internal capabilities and promote culture of continuous improvement and enhancement.

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role

In this role, you will drive transformational change across Asia Transportation operations together with APAC Network Operations Centre team by identifying inefficiencies and implementing process improvement that directly reduce costs and enhance total transportation service quality. You impact is multifaceted:

Operational Efficiency: You streamline processes to eliminate waste and improve productivity, leading to performance delivery leadtimes and most reliable service
Cost Reduction: By optimizing routes together with the NOC team, understanding loads, and cost allocation, you will significantly lower transportation operating expenses and contribute to the organization cost savings targets
Data-Drive Decisions: Using robust data analysis, you able to identify trends and areas for improvement, which supports key strategic decision-making and long-term planning
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Your role involves working closely with Network Operating Centre team, global logistics, plants, supply chain, and country transportation operations teams, ensuring improvement initiatives are aligned and sustainable.
Culture Transformation: By training and mentoring continuous improvement cultures within the teams in Lean Culture, and other continuous improvement methodologies, you foster a culture of ongoing excellence and innovation.

Here, You Will Make an Impact By

Improving Customer Experience through End-to-End execution with commitment to on time delivery to plants and DCs
Deliver continuous improvement to drive productivity improvement and cost efficiency.
As the key point of contact for Supply and Business Groups for Tactical discussion
Ultimately, your leadership not only improves day-to-day operations but also position Asia Transport Organization to remain proactive, results driven and responsive to market demands.

Your Skills and Expertise

Bachelor’s degree in logistics, supply chain management, industrial engineering, or related field
Min 8 yrs program management experience that drive the operational efficiency and key operational metrics in Asia
Experience in process improvement within transportation operations, with a strong understanding of continuous improvement methodologies like Lean and Six Sigma
Strong Analytical skills with the ability to analyze complex data sets to inform strategic decisions and process enhancement
Experience in managing cross functional groups and leading APAC countries.
Strong Communication Skills in verbal and written communication abilities to effectively conveying ideas and collaborate with diverse teams
Project management, with experience in managing projects, including planning, execution, and monitoring savings and improvement initiatives
Ability to perform presentation with clear communication skills to senior leadership if required.

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

Proven track record as a self-starter and independent worker.
Proven experience in logistics systems (SAP, ERP, TMS, WMS);
Knowledge in Microsoft office tools (e.g. excel and power point)
Intermediary Power platforms knowledge (Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate);
Experience with project management tools and agile methodology.
Experience in business requirement gathering for technical/analytics project work.
Knowledge of statistical methods (e.g. Regression Models, Decision Trees, etc...)
Ability to manage complex, matrixed situations across multiple organizational layers and geographies.
Demonstrated capabilities in the following areas: analytics capacity, leadership, interpersonal skills, proactive and self-learning, influencing skills, change management, and process improvement methodology.

This role is pivotal in driving transportation excellence within Asia Transportation functions across 12 countries.

Travel: May include up to 10-20%

Worker type: Permanent

Location: Ang Mo Kio Office, Singapore

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About the Job

3M has a long-standing reputation as a company committed to Innovation. We provide the freedom to explore and encourage curiosity and creativity. We gain new insights from diverse thinking and take risks on new ideas. Here, you can apply your talent in bold ways that matters.

Job Summary

Key Responsibilities:

Process Analysis and Optimization: Evaluate current Asia existing transportation workflows to identify inefficiencies and areas of improvement. Develop and implement solutions to streamline operations and eliminate waste as well as improving our sustainability program

Project Management: Lead cross-functional projects aimed at process improvement, ensuring timely completion and alignment with organizational goals

Data Analysis: Collect and analyze transportation data to identify trends, measure performance, and support decision-making processes

Stakeholder collaboration: Work closely with various departments, including logistics, planning, Intercompany operations, and country operations, to implement improvement initiatives and ensure cohesive efforts across the organization.

Training and Coaching: Support training and coaching the countries team on continuous improvement methodologies, such as lean and six sigma, to build internal capabilities and promote culture of continuous improvement and enhancement.

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role

Operational Efficiency: You streamline processes to eliminate waste and improve productivity, leading to performance delivery leadtimes and most reliable service

Cost Reduction: By optimizing routes together with the NOC team, understanding loads, and cost allocation, you will significantly lower transportation operating expenses and contribute to the organization cost savings targets

Data-Drive Decisions: Using robust data analysis, you able to identify trends and areas for improvement, which supports key strategic decision-making and long-term planning

Cross-Functional Collaboration: Your role involves working closely with Network Operating Centre team, global logistics, plants, supply chain, and country transportation operations teams, ensuring improvement initiatives are aligned and sustainable.

Culture Transformation: By training and mentoring continuous improvement cultures within the teams in Lean Culture, and other continuous improvement methodologies, you foster a culture of ongoing excellence and innovation.

Here, You Will Make an Impact By

Improving Customer Experience through End-to-End execution with commitment to on time delivery to plants and DCs

Deliver continuous improvement to drive productivity improvement and cost efficiency.

As the key point of contact for Supply and Business Groups for Tactical discussion

Ultimately, your leadership not only improves day-to-day operations but also position Asia Transport Organization to remain proactive, results driven and responsive to market demands.

Your Skills and Expertise

Bachelor’s degree in logistics, supply chain management, industrial engineering, or related field

Min 8 yrs program management experience that drive the operational efficiency and key operational metrics in Asia

Experience in process improvement within transportation operations, with a strong understanding of continuous improvement methodologies like Lean and Six Sigma

Strong Analytical skills with the ability to analyze complex data sets to inform strategic decisions and process enhancement

Experience in managing cross functional groups and leading APAC countries.

Strong Communication Skills in verbal and written communication abilities to effectively conveying ideas and collaborate with diverse teams

Project management, with experience in managing projects, including planning, execution, and monitoring savings and improvement initiatives

Ability to perform presentation with clear communication skills to senior leadership if required.

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

Proven track record as a self-starter and independent worker.

Proven experience in logistics systems (SAP, ERP, TMS, WMS);

Knowledge in Microsoft office tools (e.g. excel and power point)

Intermediary Power platforms knowledge (Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate);

Experience with project management tools and agile methodology.

Experience in business requirement gathering for technical/analytics project work.

Knowledge of statistical methods (e.g. Regression Models, Decision Trees, etc...)

Ability to manage complex, matrixed situations across multiple organizational layers and geographies.

Demonstrated capabilities in the following areas: analytics capacity, leadership, interpersonal skills, proactive and self-learning, influencing skills, change management, and process improvement methodology.