Logistics Project Manager

The company is an established international freight forwarding and logistics provider strengthening its project logistics operation. The Project Logistics Manager will develop new project business and manage customer relationships while supporting complex international cargo movements from planning through execution, including heavy lift, oversized, breakbulk, and multimodal transportation.

Responsibilities:

• Develop new business across project logistics and international freight forwarding
• Prospect, qualify, quote, and close project-based transportation opportunities
• Build and maintain relationships with key customer decision-makers
• Develop solutions across heavy lift, oversized cargo, breakbulk, and multimodal transportation
• Manage and grow existing project logistics customer relationships
• Prepare project quotations based on routing, operational requirements, and associated costs
• Identify and evaluate specialist partners including heavy-haul providers, rigging companies, stevedores, and ocean carriers
• Conduct or coordinate transport route, port, and job-site surveys where required
• Support complex project cargo movements from initial planning through final delivery
• Attend project sites and oversee operational activity when required
• Work closely with internal air and ocean operations teams
• Monitor market activity and identify new commercial opportunities
• Maintain strong post-sale customer relationships and identify opportunities for continued growth

Requirements:

• Fluency in Japanese and English is required
• Minimum 4+ years of experience within international transportation and project cargo
• Strong understanding of project logistics, heavy lift, oversized, and breakbreak freight
• Demonstrated ability to develop and win project-based business
• Strong knowledge of international transportation and multimodal solutions
• Comfortable combining sales, account management, and operational project execution
• Experience developing project quotations and evaluating transportation costs
• Strong customer-facing, presentation, and relationship-building skills
• Ability to manage multiple customers and complex international shipments
• Strong commercial judgment and problem-solving ability
• Willingness to travel extensively when required for customers and project execution
• Bachelor's degree preferred