Job Description

General Summary:

Provide leadership and support the supply chain by ensuring that the right products are delivered to the right location on time and at optimal cost. Overall responsibility for the transportation, stock control, warehousing and monitoring the flow of goods in the domestic and international environment. Understanding the whole supply chain is important so that you can coordinate it effectively and liaise with suppliers of raw materials, manufacturers, retailers and consumers.

Duties & Responsibilities:

Strategy and Development

• Contribute to the creation and implementation of best practice logistics vision, strategy, policies, processes and procedures to aid and improve operational performance

General and Task Management

• Plan, manage and evaluate logistics operations liaising with internal stakeholders, suppliers, logistics providers, transportation companies and customers
• Create and implement best practice logistics principles, policies and processes across the organization to improve operational and financial performance
• Deliver solutions to logistics problems while maintaining high levels of quality and service within budgetary requirements
• Monitor quality, quantity, delivery times, and transport costs. Negotiate rates and contracts with transportation and logistics providers. Recommend optimal transport modes, routes or frequency
• Select carriers/suppliers and monitor service against performance criteria
• Ensure carrier compliance with company policies or procedures for product transit or delivery
• Resolve problems concerning transportation, logistics systems, imports or exports or customer issues
• Support continuous improvement initiatives and identify inefficiencies and cost optimization opportunities
• Identify and resolve any inventory discrepancies and ensure inventory and system records agree. Conducts regular cycle counts of inventory
• Interpret trends and analyze and review data. Provide meaningful logistics data to others in the organization to aid customer service and cost improvements
• Ensure IT systems in place are effective, maintained and accurate
• Ensure metrics, reports, and process documentation is available
• Ensure compliance with import/export regulations/customs regulations and legal and health and safety requirements
• Support new business initiatives and projects and contribute to review meetings and change process

Financial Budget and Control

• Hold responsibility for department budget

People Management

• Manage, coach and develop a high performing team that meets agreed objectives and delivers best practice results, added value and continuous improvements
• Set departmental objectives/KPIs and review and assess ongoing performance of direct reports
• Report on achievement of targets and identify any actions required
• Ensure that all functions under supervision operate in accordance with health, safety and environmental policies and procedures to ensure the safety and wellbeing of staff and visitors
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with all connected with the logistics process

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's in related curriculum with preferable course work in materials or logistics.
• Preferred Master's in related curriculum such as business management

Experience:

• Preferably 20+ Years of working experience in a distribution warehouse / logistics environment in a supervisory/leadership position

Experience is multinational environment and in domestic and international transportation is essential * With people management experience, preferably 10+ Years.

• Preferably 8+ Years of work Experience ideally in manufacturing, production or process environment.

Skills Required:

• Impressive oral, written and inter personal communication skills with Strong negotiating skills.
• An excellent track record for providing leadership to a large logistics and distribution organization with high impact contributions.
• Experience handling shipping, traffic and associated Excise, Customs and associated taxation issues.
• Can develop solutions to problems of unusual complexity, which require a high degree of ingenuity, creativity and innovativeness. Proven Ability in coordinating customer orders to ensure they are shipped in time.
• Proven working experience as a logistics manager
• Proficient in standard logistics software and ERP, ideally SAP
• Excellent analytical, problem solving and organizational skills
• Ability to work independently and handle multiple projects
• Strong interpersonal, managerial and team building skills
• The ability to motivate and direct teams to achieve outstanding results others
• The ability to plan and deal with unexpected changes and work under pressure