Logistics Manager
About Me
Logistics & operations leader with 10+ years of experience managing multimodal transport and complex supply chain operations across international markets.
Strong focus on operational control, shipment profitability, vendor strategy, and decision-making in high-pressure environments.
Known for taking ownership of end-to-end operations, resolving non-standard logistics challenges, and supporting business decisions through cost visibility, margin control, and execution discipline.
Hands-on exposure to UAE logistics environment, including coordination with local partners, documentation practices, and operational specifics across free zones and international trade flows.
Skills
Communication SkillsSupply Chain ManagementOperations ManagementBusiness Management
Education
Logistics and business management
Experience
- Lead end-to-end multimodal logistics operations across CIS and international trade flows (rail, sea, air, road), managing a team of 17 across operations, client management, and settlements
- Own operational performance and shipment-level profitability, including cost control, pricing validation, margin management, and risk assessment
- Oversee high-volume rail and container transportation (hundreds of units), alongside complex multimodal and project-based shipments
- Define vendor strategy, selecting and managing carriers, agents, and partners based on cost-efficiency, reliability, and operational fit
- Review and approve routing, tariffs, and cost structures prior to execution, ensuring commercial viability and controlled risk exposure
- Act as key operational counterpart to CEO and investors, supporting decisions through cash flow visibility, reporting, and profitability analysis
- Establish execution standards across documentation accuracy, timelines, communication, and escalation handling
Selected achievements:
- Achieved ~10% cost reduction on selected routes by restructuring vendor model (splitting transport and documentation flows vs bundled services)
- Identified pricing inconsistencies across agents through benchmarking, improving margins and pricing accuracy
- Resolved critical shipment disruption (aircraft type change) by independently structuring transit solution (bonded trucking + rerouting), avoiding delays and contractual risk
- Organized cargo transportation by various modes of transport (road - LTL, FTL, railway, sea containers - FCL, LCL, intermodal transport, primarily air freight) of key company customers, involving various customs procedures:
• Import/export
• Re-import/re-export
• Air transshipments / transit
- Compiling export Air waybills (AWB) using the “AWB Editor” software, Emirates SkyCargo system;
- Coordinated execution across customers, agents, carriers, and internal stakeholders to ensure timely and accurate delivery
- Prepared quotations, calculated service costs, and reviewed shipment requirements, routing options, and rates before execution
- Controlled documentation accuracy, shipment follow-up, and resolution of operational issues throughout the transportation cycle
- Took an active role in onboarding, mentoring, and guiding new team members in daily operations
- Supported team organization and execution quality in high-pressure and non-standard shipment cases
- Maintained high-volume shipment flow (thousands of airfreight shipments over tenure)
- Promoted into a department leadership role shortly after joining the company
- Led a sales team of 6 and increased service sales by 60%
- Built and developed the company’s carrier and forwarder database
- Attracted new clients and managed commercial communication with prospects
- Held business meetings and supported negotiations with potential clients
- Participated in certification-related matters and commercial promotion activities
- Selected and mentored new employees for the sales team