Tiktok Commerce-senior Manager, Logistics

Responsibilities
About TikTok
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok's global headquarters are in Los Angeles and Singapore, and its offices include New York, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.
Why Join Us
Creation is the core of TikTok's purpose. Our platform is built to help imaginations thrive. This is doubly true of the teams that make TikTok possible.
Together, we inspire creativity and bring joy - a mission we all believe in and aim towards achieving every day.
To us, every challenge, no matter how difficult, is an opportunity; to learn, to innovate, and to grow as one team. Status quo? Never. Courage? Always.
At TikTok, we create together and grow together. That's how we drive impact - for ourselves, our company, and the communities we serve.
Join us.
About the Team
The Supply Chain and Logistics team is vital in ensuring a robust, efficient infrastructure that drives business growth and enables global connection. They provide planning guidance and logistics strategy assistance to existing businesses, helping them optimize their operational efficiency.
The e-commerce logistics procurement team is looking for a senior manager to join the team, responsible for the overall procurement strategy in Europe.
**What you'll do**:
Strategic Sourcing
- Execute ongoing purchasing activities within assigned scope, drive the creation and oversee the implementation of communication plans, and develop implementation strategy, responsibility assignments and timeline.
- Ability to effectively present and communicate compelling business cases and commodity strategies to key leadership and management.
- Demonstrate functional expertise in digital RFP (Request for Proposal), RFQ (Request for Quotation), RFI (Request for Information) standards and processes.
- Able to analyze markets closely to ensure below or at market pricing and identify supplier differentiations.
- Able to manage multiple suppliers against cost, quality standard and delivery target.

Supplier Management
- Develop plans and conduct supplier evaluation and negotiation to gain supplier commitment.
- Develop the logístical model for purchasing which will provide the overall lowest landed cost.
- Ensure successful processing of all procurement activities, which includes resolving issues and ensuring seamless maintenance of vendor accounts, and purchase orders/requisitions.
- Able to manage multiple suppliers against cost, quality standard and delivery target.
- Assess current state business processes and makes recommendations to standardize and optimize opportunities.
- Lead process improvement initiatives to arrive at best practices.
- Develop collaborative relationships with key stakeholders to develop, implement, and optimize processes and programs that enable the operations to scale.

**Qualifications**:
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor degree or above, expertise level of experience in e-commerce logistics procurement and logistics fulfillment procurement, experience in an international e-commerce platform is preferred;
- Solid leadership experience, previously managed a medium-sized team in Europe;
- Excellent business negotiation and communication skills, cross-team collaboration skills.
- Have a record of completing good transactions and have judgment on key terms of the contract
- Familiar with the local-to-local and cross-border logistics resources in Europe;
**Preferred Qualifications**:

- Bachelor Degree in Accounting, Business, Supply Chain, Finance, or other relevant fields, Master or MBA degree is preferred.
- 5+ years of relevant professional experience, with 3+ years of direct procurement experience in the logistics industry focused on strategic sourcing, commodities, supplier qualification, negotiations, contracting, contract management and supply management is preferred.

TikTok is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.