Director - Automotive - Oceania - APAC

1 day ago

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia DP World Full time $120,000 - $180,000 per year

Job Purpose

The Director Automotive applies deep industry expertise to enhance the organisation's leadership in the automotive logistics sector. This role will be responsible for designing and delivering tailored supply chain solutions, collaborating with sales, marketing, and operations on strategic initiatives, and ensuring seamless execution that meets the sector's complex requirements. As a key industry representative, the Director cultivates strong relationships with OEMs, suppliers, and stakeholders while driving growth, innovation, and market differentiation. We currently have a permanent full-time opportunity available, located in Melbourne.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Partner with customers, sales, and marketing teams to design and deliver tailored automotive supply chain solutions.

  • Oversee deployment of vertical-specific solutions, monitor KPIs, and resolve issues to ensure service excellence and customer satisfaction.

  • Act as an industry expert and escalation point, identifying service gaps, optimising processes, and strengthening long-term customer relationships.

  • Drive business development by identifying new opportunities, supporting product innovation, and analysing performance to optimise revenue and margin growth.

  • Provide subject matter knowledge for bids, tenders, and solution design, while advising internal teams and mentoring colleagues across the business.

  • Build networks with OEMs, suppliers, and industry groups, monitoring trends and competitors to stay ahead.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience required:

  • 10+ years in Sales, Commercial, KAM or Senior Supply Chain Management roles in logistics.

  • Experience in the automotive vertical in freight forwarding and/or supply chain management roles.

  • Experience in developing customer relationships with a high retention rate.

  • Excellent consultative commercial and relationship management.

  • Experience in driving and developing relationships.

About DP World

Trade is the lifeblood of the global economy, creating opportunities and improving the quality of life for people around the world. DP World exists to make the world's trade flow better, changing what's possible for the customers and communities we serve globally.

With a dedicated, diverse and professional team of more than 106,500 employees from 158 nationalities, spanning 73 countries on six continents, DP World is pushing trade further and faster towards a seamless supply chain that's fit for the future. In Asia Pacific, DP World employs more than 7,000 people and has ports and terminals in 18 locations.

We're rapidly transforming and integrating our businesses -- Ports and Terminals, Marine Services, Logistics and Technology – and uniting our global infrastructure with local expertise to create stronger, more efficient end-to-end supply chain solutions that can change the way the world trades.

What's more, we're reshaping the future by investing in innovation. From intelligent delivery systems to automated warehouse stacking, we're at the cutting edge of disruptive technology, pushing the sector towards better ways to trade, minimising disruptions from the factory floor to the customer's door.

Supporting equality

We are an equal opportunity employer. We employ and promote based on role requirements, and we select people to roles based on their qualifications, skills, experience and fit with DP World Australia's culture and values. We strongly encourage persons from non-traditional backgrounds to apply.

WE MAKE TRADE FLOW

TO CHANGE WHAT'S POSSIBLE FOR EVERYONE.

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