Transportation Logistics Specialist
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About the role
Experienced Transportation Logistics Specialist to manage APAC IT hardware logistics (racks, servers, GPUs, data center equipment) with emphasis on air freight and road transport, focusing on shipments from Taiwan and deliveries to key APAC markets.
Responsibilities
- Manage end-to-end transport of IT hardware across all APAC lanes (inbound from Taiwan, inter-regional moves, outbound flows)
- Coordinate air freight and road transport scheduling, carrier and freight forwarder selection, and delivery execution for on-time, damage-free arrivals
- Handle all RMA and RMS shipments within APAC, coordinating with vendors, carriers, and internal teams
- Manage equipment transfers between company warehouses and data center facilities across APAC
- Maintain visibility over active shipments and resolve transit issues, delays, or exceptions
- Develop contingency plans and alternative routing strategies for business continuity
- Manage time-critical air freight shipments, including carrier selection, booking, and end-to-end tracking
- Coordinate with data center operations for staging, buffering, and just-in-time hardware deployment
- Maintain in-transit inventory records and chain-of-custody documentation
- Manage shipment documentation in Jira, TMS, or equivalent
- Handle customs documentation and clearance for cross-border shipments in APAC
- Process and reconcile logistics invoices; manage payments to vendors and partners
- Collaborate with security team to maintain secure shipment protocols for high-value hardware
- Ensure shipments comply with APAC regulations and trade compliance obligations
- Manage duties, taxes, and customs declarations with correct classification and valuation
- Maintain audit-ready documentation supporting SOX/compliance
- Establish SLAs and KPIs with freight carriers, forwarders, and 3PLs; conduct performance reviews
- Identify and escalate compliance gaps and implement corrective actions
- Partner with hardware engineering, procurement, finance, and data center operations to align logistics with deployment timelines
- Coordinate with OEM suppliers in Taiwan for international shipping windows, batch tracking, and inbound scheduling
- Escalate transport-related issues as primary point of contact in APAC
- Align regional operations with global standards and reporting requirements
- Drive continuous improvement via KPI tracking, root cause analysis, and process standardisation
- Forecast transportation demand based on data center expansion and hardware deployment schedules
- Identify cost optimisation opportunities through carrier consolidation and smarter scheduling
- Track and report regional logistics costs; flag variances and recommend actions
- Support data-driven decision-making with regular reporting and analytics
Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in transportation, freight, or logistics management with focus on international shipping in APAC
- Deep knowledge of APAC freight markets, air freight lanes, and road transport, especially Taiwan, Singapore, India, South Korea, Japan, Malaysia
- Experience managing high-value, time-critical IT hardware shipments (servers, racks, GPUs)
- Strong understanding of customs regulations, import/export procedures, and APAC trade compliance
- Experience negotiating with carriers, forwarders, and 3PLs across APAC
- Hands-on experience with RMA/RMS and reverse logistics
- Familiarity with TMS, Jira, or similar shipment-tracking systems
- Excellent organisational and documentation skills with high accuracy
- Strong communication and stakeholder management across technical and non-technical teams
- Self-starter able to work remotely with minimal supervision
- Based in APAC region; Singapore, India, or South Korea preferred; eligible to work in residence country
- English fluency; additional Asian languages (Mandarin, Korean, Hindi) advantageous
Skills
Required:End-to-end transport managementAir freight and road transport coordinationRMA/RMS and reverse logisticsCustoms compliance and documentationTMS/Jira documentation
Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Career growth and learning opportunities
- Flexibility and ownership
- Collaborative and innovative culture
- Opportunity to work on impactful AI projects
- International environment and talented teams
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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