DP World

Client Services Manager - Freight Forwarding

DP World  •  State of Western Australia, AU (Onsite)  •  3 days ago
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Job Description

Job Purpose

DP World is seeking an experienced Client Services Manager to join our Freight Forwarding team, based in Myaree, WA. In this role, you will be the primary operational point of contact for assigned key freight forwarding customers, to ensure agreed service requirements, KPIs and operating procedures are delivered consistently.

Working closely with customers, internal teams and external service providers, you will oversee import and export activities across freight forwarding, customs, transport and warehousing. Additionally, you will monitor operational performance, manage service issues and escalations, identify risks and drive improvements that enhance customer outcomes, service quality and cost efficiency.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Manage core accounts for the WA business, including priority shipments, operational issues and customer escalations, ensuring timely resolution and clear communication is maintained
  • Identify opportunities to improve service, lead times and cost-to-serve while managing operational and commercial risks
  • Act as the primary operational contact for key accounts, building strong customer relationships and understanding their requirements and priorities
  • Oversee import and export shipments, monitoring milestones, KPIs, SLAs and DIFOT to ensure agreed service levels are achieved
  • Coordinate customer requirements across freight forwarding, customs, transport and warehousing, ensuring agreed processes and procedures are followed

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

  • Experience in freight forwarding with knowledge of international freight forwarding and import/export processes
  • Knowledge of sea and/or air freight operations, with experience coordinating end-to-end shipments
  • Experience managing key customers, operational issues, escalations and stakeholder relationships
  • Strong understanding of KPIs, SLAs and customer performance reporting, with strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Strong communication, influencing, organisation and prioritisation skills, with a customer-focused and commercial mindset
  • Experience with CargoWise, Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint

About DP World

DP World is reshaping the future of global trade to improve lives everywhere. Operating across six continents with a team of over 125,000 employees, we combine global infrastructure and local expertise to deliver seamless supply chain solutions. From Ports and Terminals to Marine Services, Logistics and Technology, we leverage innovation to create better ways to trade, minimising disruptions from the factory floor to the customer’s door.

In Asia Pacific, DP World employs over 15,000 people across 22 geographies. We operate 17 ports and terminals, complemented by a comprehensive suite of end-to-end supply chain solutions - to connect the region to the rest of the world.

WE MAKE TRADE FLOW

TO CHANGE WHAT'S POSSIBLE FOR EVERYONE.

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DP World

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 119,000 employees from 164 nationalities, spanning 83 countries on six continents and 560+ business units, DP World is pushing trade further and faster towards a seamless supply chain that’s fit for the future.

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.

WE MAKE TRADE FLOW

TO CHANGE WHAT'S POSSIBLE FOR EVERYONE

Industry
Transportation & Logistics
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
Dubai, AE
Year Founded
Unknown
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