APAC Transportation Operations Manager

About the role

About the job

A problem isn’t truly solved until it’s solved for all. That’s why Googlers build products that help create opportunities for everyone, whether down the street or across the globe. As a Program Manager at Google, you’ll lead complex, multi-disciplinary projects from start to finish — working with stakeholders to plan requirements, manage project schedules, identify risks, and communicate clearly with cross-functional partners across the company. Your projects will often span offices, time zones, and hemispheres. It's your job to coordinate the players and keep them up to date on progress and deadlines.

We are part of the Global transportation team who manages the full lifecycle of transportation operations, ensuring reliable, secure, and sustainable movement of goods. Core responsibilities include Transportation Enablement and Execution, Transportation Management System (TMS) Planning, and Carrier Diversification to enhance network flexibility and performance. Additionally, the team upholds Transportation Security standards and drives Sustainability initiatives to reduce environmental impact while supporting efficient, future-ready logistics operations.

This team manages the end-to-end transportation across 13 APAC countries, Including over 100 suppliers and 6 contract manufacturers through multimodal transport network including air, road, ocean Full Container Load/Less than Container Load (FCL/LCL), and sea-air solutions. We run the daily execution of all transportation activities for IN and OUT of APAC region. We ensure on-time delivery and we manage disruptions to protect regional supply chain velocity and performance.

Behind everything our users see online is the architecture built by the Technical Infrastructure team to keep it running. From developing and maintaining our data centers to building the next generation of Google platforms, we make Google's product portfolio possible. We're proud to be our engineers' engineers and love voiding warranties by taking things apart so we can rebuild them. We keep our networks up and running, ensuring our users have the best and fastest experience possible.

Responsibilities

• Create a process to support transportation shipments within google for CMs and suppliers. Set a new control tower support and best practices for shipment management.
• Work on end to end shipments for CMs and suppliers serving as the primary regional escalation contact for carrier delays, customs clearance, and disruptions.
• Analyze freight spend and evaluating mode shifts (air vs. ocean/road) to minimize expedite costs.
• Operate Control Tower systems independently to monitor shipments and leverage AI tools to automate routine tasks.
• Create standard operating procedures, playbooks, runbooks, and templates to break information silos through open, transparent communication.

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