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About the Team As our European business expands, we are seeking a Procurement Manager to lead logistics sourcing and procurement across key European markets. This role oversees supplier strategy, commercial negotiations, and resource management across customs clearance, trucking, and last-mile delivery to drive cost efficiency, service excellence, and operational stability. The ideal candidate brings strong strategic thinking, negotiation expertise, and supplier management experience, with the ability to build a high-performing, scalable logistics network in a dynamic European market.
Responsibilities - Work on country-level logistics procurement and business development across Europe, managing supplier sourcing, onboarding, negotiation, contracting, and performance management across customs clearance, trucking, and last-mile delivery. - Develop procurement strategies and resource allocation plans aligned with business growth and network expansion goals, ensuring service reliability, scalability, and cost efficiency. - Drive market analysis, supplier evaluation, benchmarking, and commercial negotiations to optimize pricing, service terms, and overall logistics supply performance. - Build deep expertise across customs clearance, transportation, and delivery operations to continuously improve pricing structures, settlement models, and partnership frameworks. - Establish and manage strategic supplier relationships, ensuring stable capacity, service quality, and operational resilience during peak seasons and critical business initiatives. - Partner cross-functionally with Operations, Product, Finance, Legal, and Compliance teams to execute contracts, implement supplier transitions, manage pricing updates, and deliver key projects. - Build and optimize a scalable supplier management framework, including supplier performance monitoring, business reviews, onboarding, consolidation, and exit management. - Monitor market dynamics, competitor activity, and pricing trends across European logistics markets to support strategic sourcing and business decision-making. - Identify and mitigate operational, commercial, and compliance risks within the logistics network, strengthening overall supply continuity and resilience.
Minimum Qualifications - Bachelor's degree or above in logistics management, supply chain management, international trade, business administration, or related majors is preferred. - 5+ years or more experience in logistics business, logistics procurement, supply chain management or related business development; experience in European logistics or e-commerce logistics industry is preferred. - Familiar with key logistics links in European countries, understand service models such as customs clearance, truck transportation, tail-end distribution , supplier ecosystem and cost structure. - Strong business negotiation skills, cost awareness, and resource integration abilities, able to independently take charge of complex supplier cooperation projects and promote the implementation of results. - Strong project management and cross-functional collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with Operations, Legal, Finance, Product, and other stakeholders. - Fluent in Chinese to work closely with senior clients and internal stakeholders in Mainland China
Preferred Qualifications - Experience in platform-based businesses, national logistics networks, tail-end resource management, or logistics procurement. - Experience in European e-commerce logistics is highly preferred, especially in platform-based businesses, country logistics network management, last-mile resource management, or logistics procurement. - Existing network or experience with European local logistics providers, customs brokers, trucking carriers, or last-mile delivery partners is a plus. - Strong data analysis skills, proficient in using Excel and BI tools, able to output optimization plans based on operational and procurement data. - Excellent communication skills and business sensitivity, able to adapt to cross-national and cross-cultural cooperation scenarios. - Able to accept travel arrangements within the European region. Willingness to travel within Europe as needed.
