Lead - Commercial/Purchase - Manufacturing Firm

- Responsible for building the strategic delivery model that will effectively cover the company's current and projected markets

- Collaborate with product team to drive system and operational improvements that will improve delivery efficiencies and result in lower cost per delivery goals in each market

- Responsible for putting together and leading third-party partnerships to augment internal logistics capacity to handle surges production capacity, sales, or demand.

- Responsible for directing, training, and workforce management for the logistics department or organization

- Leverage on category management concept and industry analytics to source and secure Transportation and Warehousing Services, ensuring capacity to meet region requirements

- Guarantee that materials and semi-finished articles are supplied on time with the appropriate quality and in the accurate quantity to supported plants, or assure the prompt delivery of finished products to customers' production/sales sites

- Responsible for the analysis of complex problem cases, as well as develop actions or recommendations to assure sustainable elimination and avoidance.

- Responsible for continuing programs of exploration for new materials, suppliers, and processes to achieve the best possible quality, reliability, prices, continuity, and delivery

- Ensures that the company standard practices and procedures are followed in connection with all materials department functions.

- Develop most suitable purchasing arrangement for commodities, including blanket contracts, standing orders and vendor stocking arrangements.

- Assist in the preparation of the annual departmental operating and capital budgets; operates each function within the approved budget