103 Transportation Specialist jobs in Saudi Arabia
Transportation Specialist
Posted 3 days ago
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Specialist - Transportation - Saudi Arabia Package - Competitive Salary + Benefits Menasa and Partners have an urgent requirement for a highly experienced Specialist - Transportation to join our client on a mega development project in Saudi Arabia. The person hired for this role will be in charge of carrying out the daily operations for airfreight, ocean freight, road freight, and customs while making sure that the transport execution process is affordable, attainable, and successful.
Requirements
Requirements: - Bachelor's Degree in Logistics, Supply Chain or in related field . - 8-10 years' post-graduate experience with at least 5 years of experience in similar role. - Experience in freight forwarding for major multinational companies, preferably in local clearing and forwarding, and trucking. - Experience and understanding on airfreight, ocean freight, road freight, road, and customs requirements & documentation. - Professional accreditation and membership of industry-leading and internationally recognised institute(s) is a plus.
About the company
The name MENASA originates from both the geographical region of Middle East, North Africa & South Asia as well as the Arabic word for platform or stage. We provide the platform for employers to approach the best global talent available. Menasa & Partners is a privately owned, fully licensed, Executive Search company head-quartered in Dubai, UAE. From our head office in Dubai we are ideally placed to assist organizations in the global search for talent. We specialize in providing companies not only with suitable individuals to work in their organizations but also offer unparalleled knowledge of the global markets. Our staff all have in depth knowledge of their vertical markets therefore offering tailored strategic advice.
Transportation Specialist - Transportation, NOC Outbound
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NOC (Network Operations Center) is the central command and control center for ‘Transportation Execution’ across the Amazon Supply Chain network supporting multiple geographies like NA, India and EU. It ensures hassle free, timely pick-up and delivery of freight from vendors to Amazon fulfillment centers (FC) and from Amazon FCs to carrier hubs. In case of any exceptions, NOC steps in to resolve the issue and keeps all the stakeholders informed on the proceedings. Along with this tactical problem solving NOC is also charged with understanding trends in network exceptions and then automating processes or proposing process changes to streamline operations. This second aspect involves network monitoring and significant analysis of network data.
Overall, NOC plays a critical role in ensuring the smooth functioning of Amazon transportation and thereby has a direct impact on Amazon’s ability to serve its customers on time.
Purview of a Trans Ops Specialist
A Trans Ops Specialist at NOC facilitates flow of information between different stakeholders (Trans Carriers/Hubs/Warehouses) and resolves any potential issues that impacts customer experience and business continuity. This role is a part of the centralized Network Operations Centre (NOC) org part of Amazon India. This role is based in Dalian, China and will be required to work for Amazon Japan.
Key job responsibilities
· Communication with external customers (Carriers, Vendors/Suppliers) and internal customers (Retail, Finance, Software Support, Fulfillment Centers)
· Ability to pull data from numerous databases (using Excel, Access, SQL and/or other data management systems) and to perform ad hoc reporting and analysis as needed is a plus.
· Develop and/or understand performance metrics to assist with driving business results.
· Ability to scope out business and functional requirements for the Amazon technology teams who create and enhance the software systems and tools are used by NOC.
· Must be able to quickly understand the business impact of the trends and make decisions that make sense based on available data.
· Must be able to systematically escalate problems or variance in the information and data to the relevant owners and teams and follow through on the resolutions to ensure they are delivered.
· Work within various time constraints to meet critical business needs, while measuring and identifying activities performed.
· Excellent communication, both verbal and written as one may be required to create a narrative outlining weekly findings and the variances to goals, and present these finding in a review forum. Languages proficiency (mandatory) – Japanese.
Providing real-time customer experience by working in 24*7 operating environment (INCLUDING NIGHT SHIFT)
- Languages proficiency (mandatory) – Japanese.
- Good communication skills, Trans Ops Specialist will be facilitating flow of information between internal/external
- Proficiency in Advanced Excel (pivot tables, vlookups)
- Demonstrated ability to work in a team in a very dynamic environment
- Comfortable working in 24*7 rotational shift model (including night shifts)
- Bachelor’s degree
- 10-24 months of work experience.
- SQL basics(Joins preferably)
*Logistics background and lean/six sigma training is a plus
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#J-18808-LjbffrTransportation Specialist - Transportation, NOC Outbound
Posted 7 days ago
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NOC (Network Operations Center) is the central command and control center for ‘Transportation Execution’ across the Amazon Supply Chain network supporting multiple geographies like NA, India and EU. It ensures hassle free, timely pick-up and delivery of freight from vendors to Amazon fulfillment centers (FC) and from Amazon FCs to carrier hubs. In case of any exceptions, NOC steps in to resolve the issue and keeps all the stakeholders informed on the proceedings. Along with this tactical problem solving NOC is also charged with understanding trends in network exceptions and then automating processes or proposing process changes to streamline operations. This second aspect involves network monitoring and significant analysis of network data.
Overall, NOC plays a critical role in ensuring the smooth functioning of Amazon transportation and thereby has a direct impact on Amazon’s ability to serve its customers on time.
Purview of a Trans Ops Specialist
A Trans Ops Specialist at NOC facilitates flow of information between different stakeholders (Trans Carriers/Hubs/Warehouses) and resolves any potential issues that impacts customer experience and business continuity. This role is a part of the centralized Network Operations Centre (NOC) org part of Amazon India. This role is based in Dalian, China and will be required to work for Amazon Japan.
Key job responsibilities
· Communication with external customers (Carriers, Vendors/Suppliers) and internal customers (Retail, Finance, Software Support, Fulfillment Centers)
· Ability to pull data from numerous databases (using Excel, Access, SQL and/or other data management systems) and to perform ad hoc reporting and analysis as needed is a plus.
· Develop and/or understand performance metrics to assist with driving business results.
· Ability to scope out business and functional requirements for the Amazon technology teams who create and enhance the software systems and tools are used by NOC.
· Must be able to quickly understand the business impact of the trends and make decisions that make sense based on available data.
· Must be able to systematically escalate problems or variance in the information and data to the relevant owners and teams and follow through on the resolutions to ensure they are delivered.
· Work within various time constraints to meet critical business needs, while measuring and identifying activities performed.
· Excellent communication, both verbal and written as one may be required to create a narrative outlining weekly findings and the variances to goals, and present these finding in a review forum. Languages proficiency (mandatory) – Japanese.
Providing real-time customer experience by working in 24*7 operating environment (INCLUDING NIGHT SHIFT)
- Languages proficiency (mandatory) – Japanese.
- Good communication skills, Trans Ops Specialist will be facilitating flow of information between internal/external
- Proficiency in Advanced Excel (pivot tables, vlookups)
- Demonstrated ability to work in a team in a very dynamic environment
- Comfortable working in 24*7 rotational shift model (including night shifts)
- Bachelor’s degree
- 10-24 months of work experience.
- SQL basics(Joins preferably)
*Logistics background and lean/six sigma training is a plus
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
#J-18808-LjbffrTransportation Specialist, SWA- Ops Delivery Experience
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This role is based in SWA.
Purview of a Transportation SpecialistIn this role, the candidate will work with the business and operations team to solve customer escalations, analyze historic results, initiate programs, all in an environment of rapid growth and increasing complexity. The candidate will drive improvements to the visibility tools, methods, and processes used by the team to increase the availability and granularity of actionable data for internal and external partners. The successful candidate must demonstrate significant ownership of customer issues and proactively initiate SOPs and process changes as needed. They should be passionate about their work, detail-oriented, and possess excellent problem-solving skills. Strong communication and customer-relationship skills, outstanding analytical insight, and a commitment to advocating for the customer are essential. The candidate should aim for simple, scalable solutions to complex problems and have excellent project-management skills. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Communication with internal customers (CS, MM, LM, FC, Trans Program, HR).
- Creating compelling messaging strategies and presenting complex information clearly and concisely.
- Managing multiple priorities with high attention to detail and minimal supervision.
- Applying strong analytical, mediation, and problem resolution skills.
- Supporting a culture of ownership and continuous learning through demonstrated leadership.
- Collaborating effectively with remote and local management teams.
- Applying process improvement techniques.
- Perform deep data analysis and produce insights.
- Coordinate with stakeholders to resolve concerns by establishing SOPs and automation.
- Investigate operation and shipper escalations.
- Lead defect reduction programs with cross-functional teams.
- Manage shift operations.
- Develop reports.
- Proven skills in data analysis and producing insights.
- Experience coordinating with stakeholders to resolve operational concerns and implement SOPs or automation.
- Experience handling operation and shipper escalations.
- Ability to lead defect reduction initiatives.
- Experience managing shift operations.
- Proficiency in developing reports.
- Deep data analysis skills with the ability to produce actionable insights.
- Experience in establishing SOPs and automation to resolve concerns.
- Experience managing escalations and defect reduction programs.
- Strong report development skills.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit this link for more information. If the country/region you're applying in isn't listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on veteran status, disability, or other protected categories.
Supply Chain Director
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Parkhouse Bell is delighted to be recruiting for a leading electronics retailer in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Our client operates over 160 outlets servicing the major brands in mobile phones, computers, and electronic accessories.
Reporting to the COO, you will lead the Supply Function by ensuring efficiency & consistency of supply, cost effectiveness, availability of goods & materials & developing the management team to guarantee timely delivery of goods at a competitive price.
Responsibilities:
- Ensure efficiency & consistency of supply.
- Manage cost effectiveness and availability of goods & materials.
- Develop the management team to guarantee timely delivery of goods at a competitive price.
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree in business related subject.
- MBA / MSC Degree (preferable).
- 10 - 12 years experience at management / senior management level (including 5-6 years Supply Chain Management experience covering planning, warehousing, purchasing & transportation management) in a large Retail / Distribution organization.
- Very Good English – fluent Arabic.
- Microsoft skills (Excel, PowerPoint, Word).
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Supply Chain Supervisor
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Job Description - Supply Chain Supervisor (250004)
Requisition ID250004
DescriptionROLES AND RESPONSABILITIES:
- Manages the overall operation, resources and organization of the SANAD Supply Chain-Rig Operations making business decisions supporting the organization’s overall business strategy.
- Manages and oversees Rig inventory control processes to ensure integrity (this includes the cycle count process).
- Ensure that Procurement and warehouse transactions (e.g. receiving, issuing, transfers and requisitions) are completed timely and accurately.
- Manages the Rig warehouse.
- Identifies and implements continuous improvement opportunities for SANAD Supply Chain.
- Collaborates with stakeholders, corporate and field locations as required to ensure total customer satisfaction within the SANAD functions.
- Work with different areas in the various department to implement and perform a receiving and issuing process that ensures all transactions are recorded properly.
- With yard personnel identify obsolete, slow-moving materials and visually organize warehouses.
- Manages Rig inventory and expenses.
- Develops and emphasizes a culture of Rig warehouse safety.
- Maintains required records and documents accurately.
- Conduct random physical inventory checks and report any findings.
- Continuous quest to improve the warehouse operations for SANAD.
- Initiates, coordinates and enforces warehouse operational policies and procedures.
- Understanding of supply chain activities and good warehousing practices.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
JOB QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS:
- A minimum of 5-7 years of previous experience.
- 5+ years’ relevant warehouse, inventory, procurement, distribution and logistics management experience.
- 2+ years’ of previous leadership and supervisory experience.
- Outstanding communication skills: willing to make difficult decisions, communicate effectively with senior management.
- Mandatory: Higher secondary certificate.
- Preferred: Bachelor’s degree in general or bachelor’s degree in supply chain or relevant field.
- Proficient in computer skills, specifically Excel, Power Point, Outlook and warehouse management software.
Supply Chain Manager
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Global Recruitment Specialist @ TASC Outsourcing | HRM CertificationHead Hunting & Volume HiringLocation: KAEC, Jeddah – Motor Vehicle Manufacturing Industry
About the Role:
Our client, a leading specialist in motor vehicle manufacturing, is seeking a highly skilled Supply Chain Manager to join their team in KAEC, Jeddah. The ideal candidate will drive supply chain efficiency, optimize costs, and ensure smooth operations across procurement, inventory, logistics, and production.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and implement supply chain strategies to improve efficiency and reduce costs.
- Manage procurement processes, including vendor selection, evaluation, and negotiation.
- Oversee inventory management and maintain optimal stock levels to meet production demands.
- Collaborate with production, sales, and logistics teams to ensure seamless operations.
- Monitor supply chain KPIs and prepare reports for senior management.
- Identify and mitigate risks to ensure continuity of operations.
- Build and maintain strong supplier relationships, securing favorable contract terms.
- Lead, mentor, and develop supply chain team members.
- Stay updated on industry trends and implement best practices.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, or related field (Master’s preferred).
- 5+ years of supply chain management experience, ideally in a manufacturing environment.
- Strong understanding of supply chain principles, tools, and best practices.
- Proficiency in supply chain systems and Microsoft Office Suite.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
- Strong communication and interpersonal abilities.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with multiple priorities.
- Seniority level Mid-Senior level
- Employment type Full-time
- Job function Supply Chain
- Industries Staffing and Recruiting
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Supply Chain Manager
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Position Summary:
We are seeking a dynamic and strategic Supply Chain Manager to lead and transform our end-to-end procurement and supply chain functions across our contracting, real estate development, and industrial business units. The ideal candidate will bring deep experience in centralized procurement operations, vendor management, and category leadership—particularly in the construction and engineering domain.
Key Responsibilities:
- Centralized Procurement Leadership:
- Direct and manage all activities of the central procurement department while supporting site-based teams to align with project schedules and client expectations.
- Team Management & Development:
- Lead and mentor procurement, engineering support, and category management teams. Define KPIs, oversee performance reviews, and ensure staff development through structured plans and appraisals.
- Strategic Sourcing:
- Develop and execute strategic sourcing plans that align with overall company objectives, improving cost-efficiency, service quality, and supplier reliability.
- Process Improvement & Risk Mitigation:
- Identify continuous improvement areas across procurement operations, leveraging analytics, benchmarking, and market intelligence to enhance operational outcomes and reduce risk.
- Stakeholder Engagement:
- Conduct regular business review meetings with internal stakeholders (engineering, construction, real estate, finance) to assess risks, revise strategies, and identify cost-saving opportunities.
- Supplier & Category Management:
- Build and maintain strong supplier relationships while managing a team of category managers handling critical material and service categories.
- Digital Transformation & Market Intelligence:
- Drive implementation of procurement technologies (ERP, e-tendering, spend analytics). Build internal market intelligence capabilities to support strategic sourcing.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration:
- Coordinate closely with engineering, project management, and finance teams to ensure timely and cost-effective procurement aligned with technical specifications and project milestones.
Skills
Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Business Administration, or related field (Master’s or MBA preferred)
Minimum 15 years of experience in procurement/supply chain leadership roles
Proven track record in construction, contracting, and industrial supply chain management
Strong command of ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics)
Skilled in negotiation, cost control, contract management, and supplier development
Arabic and English proficiency preferred
#J-18808-LjbffrSupply Chain Manager
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About Abbott
Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology.
Working at Abbott
At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You will have access to:
- Career development with an international company where you can grow the career
- A company recognized as a great place to work in multiple countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
- A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.
The Opportunity
This position works out of our (Jeddah Office) in the Established Pharmaceutical Division where we are committed to bringing the benefits of our trusted medicines to more people in the world’s fastest-growing countries. Our broad portfolio of high-quality and differentiated branded generic medicines reaches across multiple therapeutic areas including gastroenterology, women's health, cardiometabolic, pain management/central nervous system, and respiratory.
As the Saudi Arabia Supply Chain Manager, you’ll work closely with commercial team, regulatory, quality, finance & operations teams/departments, as well as third party logistics, cluster, area & global colleagues in the EPD division.
What You’ll Do:
- Partner with affiliate Leadership team to drive sales, growth and margin improvement
- Responsible for developing and implementing country supply chain strategies supporting all financial, operational, quality and regulatory aspects
- Build up and maintain supply chain country strategic roadmap, ensure that processes meet and reflect EPD overall expectations
- Responsible for implementing all Supply Chain planning policies: procedures and practices in the market.
- Responsible for driving supply chain effectiveness, with full accountability on E2E SC process.
- Key contributor in Biosimilars localization projects evaluation and implementation.
- Work with TPM leader on TPM selection, capacity reservation to ensure supply security.
- Partner with TPMs to ensure supply security while building a strong relationship with internal & external stakeholders.
- Monitor stock levels of APIs & bulk items at TPMs to avoid out-of-stock situations and ensure safety stocks are maintained.
- Regularly monitor shipments to ensure on-time delivery of materials from APO to TPMs.
- Plan and optimize the monthly supply replenishment : Monthly planning of production orders & updating the replenishment plan on SAP, ensuring alignment with business objectives, demand forecast, and inventory strategies for all products (API, finished products & bulk items).
- Monitor demand changes to ensure supply plans are realistic, adequate and includes contingency plans in such a challenging environment.
- Supply Review and Communication: Lead the monthly supply review and share updates with concerned departments.
- Lead all communications with Planning Centers & supply planners as the main operating link with the Commercial Affiliate.
- Backorder Management: Weekly backorder reporting and follow-up with planners for BO resolution.
- Coordination with RA Department: on annual importation plans, special import permits, and artwork changes to ensure supply is uninterrupted.
- Tender business : Supply Planning to ensure timely deliveries under strict authorities, penalty risk.
- Ensure Safety-stocks are adequate to avoid stockout or expiries & align with concerned departments like Finance, Trade and Operations to meet cash flow goal.
- DI Management : Partner with commercial, Demand and finance teams on Distressed inventory forecasting and monitoring, mitigation of risks ex: communication of short dated stocks to mitigate write offs.
- Inventory Reconciliation: Manage inventory levels and stock reconciliations by ensuring system parameters are correctly set up.
- Acts as a key business partner with commercial team to ensure a cost effective & agile supply chain is maintained, ex: freight mode, warehousing, container utilization, discontinuation initiatives, change of source, MOQ revision, ….
- Support in monthly LBE achievement, proactively highlights risks & provide gap mitigation recommendations.
- Provide shipment plan to APO in M-1 to secure containers booking and align on risk/opportunities and Weekly Call alignment on progress.
- Monitor Supply Chain Indicators and metrics to measure TPMs performance (On-time In-full, Supply Adherence, Capacity Constraints) in accordance with SOPs.
- Work collaboratively with colleagues at all levels to achieve organizational goals
- Accountable on compliance with applicable audit and divisional policies and procedures.
Required Qualifications
•Bachelor degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Statistics, Pharmacy or Business Administration.
•10-12 years’ experience in the Supply chain field with Minimum 3 years of managerial experience
•Strong experience in Supply Planning & logistics
•Excellent command of both written and spoken English.
•Excellent communication & leadership skills
•Proactive internal and external stakeholder communication, coordination and collaboration
•Ability to work efficiently in complex and deadline-driven operations, not losing focus on accuracy and quality
•Analytical and Problem-solving skills.
- Highly Experienced in presenting to senior management.
- Advanced Excel and database skill is a must
- SAP knowledge & experience is a plus
The base pay for this position is
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In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.
JOB FAMILY: Supply ChainDIVISION: EPD Established PharmaLOCATION: Saudi Arabia > Jeddah : Al Kamal BuildingADDITIONAL LOCATIONS: WORK SHIFT: StandardTRAVEL: Yes, 5 % of the TimeMEDICAL SURVEILLANCE: Not ApplicableSIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES: Not Applicable #J-18808-Ljbffr
Supply Chain Manager
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About MEEM
Welcome to MEEM: Your Trusted Partner for Electrical Motors in Saudi Arabia. The pioneer in manufacturing low, medium, and high voltage electrical motors in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. With a legacy of over 100 years, MEEM has been at the forefront of delivering innovative, economical, and top-notch integrated engineering solutions to clients across the Middle East.
Job Summary
Job Title: Supply Chain Manager
Department: Supply Chain Operations
Location: 2nd Industrial City, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Job Responsibilities
- Develop supply chain strategy to maximize customer satisfaction at the lowest possible cost.
- Establish a local and overseas network of suppliers.
- Rank suppliers based on their support level during critical times.
- Lead the supply chain team in executing best practices and measuring performance through Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
- Coordinate global supply chain functions through strategy, resource optimization, and profitability maximization to enhance customer satisfaction.
- Manage sourcing and procurement activities to meet changing product demand.
- Collaborate with plant, warehouse, and logistics departments to coordinate transfers.
- Monitor and optimize inventory levels across warehouses to ensure rotation and maximize working capital.
- Work with freight forwarders and transportation companies to determine optimal routes and rates, and approve freight terms and agreements.
- Coordinate with procurement to implement best freight practices and consolidation.
- Support the effective utilization of ERP systems.
- Report on department KPIs regularly, providing analysis and implementing countermeasures as needed.
Desired Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Industrial Engineering, or equivalent.
- Minimum of 8-10 years of experience in supply chain management.
- Professional certifications such as MBA, CIPC, CICCM, CPP, CPPM, QMS are a plus.