Manager - Logistics (Chennai)

Manager - Logistics (Chennai)

06 Aug
|
Magick Woods
|
Chennai

06 Aug

Magick Woods

Chennai

About Us:

Magick Woods Exports Private Limited, HQ strategically located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Our operation spans far and wide across the globe. Our extensive manufacturing and assembly sites in India and USA are supported by our specialist supply partners in Mexico, China, Indonesia, Vietnam and throughout Europe. Our company website is www.magickwoods.com

Key Responsibilities

Shift Timings : US Shift Timings

1. Transportation Planning & Execution:

- Plan and schedule outbound freight.
- Coordinate shipment tendering and carrier selection based on cost, transit time, and service requirements.
- Optimize shipment consolidation opportunities and transportation routes.
- Balance delivery requirements with costs and operational capacity.
- Ensure transportation plan aligns with production and customer delivery schedules.
- Review BOLs and highlight problems while working with partners for resolutions.

2. Carrier Management

- Develop and maintain relationships with carriers, brokers, and logistics partners.
- Monitor carrier performance including:
- On-time pick up
- On-time delivery
- Freight claims
- Transportation costs
- Transportation issues
- Escalate service failures
- Request and support corrective action initiatives
- Participate in quarterly business reviews to review carrier performance

3. Shipment Tracking & Issue Resolution

- Monitor shipment statuses




- Proactively identify and resolve transportation delays, damages, shortages, and delivery exceptions.
- Communicate shipment status updates to internal stakeholders
- Coordinate recovery plans for at-risk shipments.

4. Reporting & analysis

- Analyse transportation costs, service performance, and operational trends.
- Develop and maintain logistics dashboards
- Track key metrics including freight spend, cost per shipment, cost per pallet, on-time pickup and delivery, transit times, claims
- Identify opportunities for process improvement and cost reduction

5. Cross-functional collaboration

- Partner with order processing, demand planning, production, and shipping to align shipping schedules
- Participate in continuous improvement projects focused on improving logistics

Required Skills and Qualifications:

- Solid understanding of transportation & logistics operations in North America including LTL, PTL, FTL, and Final Mile freight.
- Proficiency in Microsoft platform, Especially focused on Excel (Pivot tables, lookup).
- Experience with ERP (Infor, Visual, SAP).
- Analytical and problem solving mindset.
- Organization and time-management.
- Effective communication skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Attention to detail and accuracy.
- Logistics experience in manufacturing.

📌 Manager - Logistics (Chennai)
🏢 Magick Woods
📍 Chennai

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