Director Continuous Improvement and Automation

Overview

As the Director of Product Development at Yusen Logistics, you will spearhead enhancing the Yusen Vantage platform, focusing on creating a comprehensive visibility solution that strengthens our competitive position. Your role will involve leading the development and integration of essential Supply Chain Management products, including IFF, Order Management, Warehouse Management Systems, Transload, and Drayage. You will define a clear strategic technical direction to ensure these products are seamlessly developed and integrated into the Yusen Vantage platform. Collaboration will be at the heart of your role as you work closely with developers, designers, and business partners to identify and address the needs of customers and partners. Your role will involve aligning perspectives across diverse stakeholders, including Customers, Process Owners, Enterprise Architects, Application Managers, Development teams, and Technical Architects. This position provides an opportunity to apply your technical expertise and platform knowledge to shape the future of these critical logistics solutions while fostering a unified and strategic team environment.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership:

• Define and implement a clear technical strategy for the Yusen Vantage platform, focusing on integrating and enhancing essential Supply Chain Management products.

• Ensure alignment with overall business objectives and market needs to maintain competitive advantage.

• Product Development:

• Oversee the end-to-end development and integration of essential products, ensuring seamless functionality within the X Vantage platform.

• Managed product lifecycle, from concept to deployment and maintenance, ensuring timely and high-quality delivery.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration:

• Work closely with developers, designers, and business partners to gather and translate requirements into actionable development plans.

• Facilitate effective communication and collaboration across teams to ensure alignment and address any challenges or changes in requirements.

• Stakeholder Management:

• Engage with diverse stakeholders, including Customers, Process Owners, Enterprise Architects, Application Managers, Development teams, and Technical Architects, to understand their needs and ensure their perspectives are integrated into product development.

• Balance and align stakeholder expectations with technical feasibility and business goals.

• Product Integration:

• Drive the integration of global forwarding data (IFF), order tracking (Order Management), real-time inventory updates (WMS), transload operations data, and drayage visibility into a cohesive visibility solution.

• Ensure the integrated products work harmoniously within the platform to provide a comprehensive and seamless user experience.

• Technical Expertise:

• Strategic Guidance: Use your extensive technical knowledge to direct development efforts, troubleshoot complex issues, and make strategic decisions about product improvements and integrations.
• Industry Trends: Keep current with industry trends and emerging technologies to continuously advance the platform's capabilities and maintain competitive advantage.
• Technology Mastery: Demonstrate a deep understanding of cloud-native architectures, container orchestration, microservices, and modern development practices.
• Architectural Design: Lead the design and transition of solutions from traditional systems to microservices and micro front-end architectures, enhancing overall platform efficiency.
• Client Solutions: Refine multi-channel client architectures to provide distinct and enhanced user experiences using containerization and cloud technologies.
• Governance: Establish and enforce best practices and governance principles for microservices development to ensure high-quality outcomes.
• DevOps Oversight: Manage DevOps practices to guarantee that solutions are performant, secure, scalable, and reliable, focusing on optimal deployment and maintainability.

• Quality Assurance:

• Implement and enforce best practices for product development and integration, ensuring high quality, reliability, a