Overall Purpose of the Role:

- Move materials, goods and products to ensure that they are in the right place to meet customer demand.

- Responsible for ensuring the right products are delivered to the right location on time, to the quality required and in the most cost effective way.

- Oversees the distribution and transportation of goods from the manufacturer to the consumer.

- Plan and oversee the whole process and take responsibility for the warehouse.

- Will have people and budgetary management responsibility.

Key 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

- Review impact of logistics changes, such as routing, shipping modes, product volumes or carriers and report results to others

- Assess and make recommendations for logistics processes in potential new facilities and advise of cost implications and efficiency

- Support continuous improvement initiatives and identify inefficiencies and cost optimization opportunities

- Ensure the integrity of inventory accuracy and manage stock movements with the help of direct reports

- Identify and resolve any inventory discrepancies and ensure inventory and system records are in agreement

- Identify savings by removing waste or unnecessary steps in the logistics process

- Interpret trends and analyze and review data to 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

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

Financial Budget and Control - Hold responsibility for department budget

Relationship Management:

- Develop and maintain strong relationships with all connected with the logistics process

- Ensure all completed orders are dispatched on time

- Ensure products are shipped appropriately to ensure quality of goods during transportation

- Take control of packaging and provide appropriate, cost effective, high quality solutions

- Take responsibility for accuracy of labelling to ensure correct parts/finished assemblies reach correct customers at the correct time

Preferred Candidates from E-commerce background, Logistics background, supply chain background and Retail background

Relevant Minimum Work experience should be 10 years.

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