A.P. Moller - Maersk

Area Transport Manager – EME

A.P. Moller - Maersk

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Istanbul • Turkey

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About the role

  • Play a key role in our regional transport strategy, managing and optimizing flows across Turkey, Romania, and Bulgaria.
  • Collaborate with Procurement, Operations, Middle Mile, Solutions, and HSSE teams.
  • Build deep market intelligence & portfolio understanding across Turkey, Romania, and Bulgaria.
  • Own the partner ecosystem: develop and manage relationships with carriers, brokers, and 3PLs.
  • Lead daily transport execution for domestic and cross-border flows.
  • Ensure seamless transport–warehouse integration by supporting operations at XDCs, small hubs, and deconsolidation centers.
  • Drive supplier governance and performance: define KPIs, enforce SLAs, lead QBRs.
  • Manage exceptions end-to-end and implement preventive actions to improve stability and customer experience.
  • Deliver continuous improvement initiatives across cost, service, and reliability.
  • Contribute to growth and planning by providing transport inputs to new business proposals.

Requirements

  • Extensive experience in transportation, middle mile, and/or domestic distribution, ideally in a multi-country or multi-site environment.
  • Strong market experience in Turkey, Romania, and/or Bulgaria with a proven ability to navigate local transport ecosystems.
  • Proven cross-border operations expertise within Turkey–Romania–Bulgaria corridors.
  • Strong routing, scheduling, and transport network planning capabilities.
  • Excellent stakeholder management and problem-solving skills.
  • Data-driven mindset; able to use TMS/Excel/BI tools to track KPIs and drive actions.
  • Fluent in English required; Turkish or Romanian preferred; Bulgarian is a plus.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Logistics, Supply Chain, Business Administration, Engineering, or related field.
Benefits
  • A dynamic, international environment where your ideas matter.
  • Opportunities to influence regional transport strategies and innovate solutions.
  • Professional development and career growth within a global organization.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
transportationmiddle miledomestic distributionroutingschedulingtransport network planningKPI definitionSLA enforcementexception managementcontinuous improvement
Soft skills
stakeholder managementproblem-solvingdata-driven mindsetrelationship managementcollaborationcommunicationleadershiporganizational skillscustomer experience focusmarket intelligence