Job highlights

- Bachelors Degree in Engineering / Science / commerce or equivalent.

- Minimum 10 years of relevant experience in logistics functions with atleast 3 years in leadership roles

Career Area: Supply Chain and Logistics

Job Summary

Develops, oversees, and strives to maximize the efficiency of the targeted logistics, distribution and production replenishment networks necessary to provide end-to-end supply chains, typically for 1 location.

What You Will Do

- Designing and optimizing logistics plans and targeted processes to meet production demands and ensure customer satisfaction.

- Managing a team of staff to evaluate and implement logistics programs and activities in compliance with related regulations for an organization.

- Developing mechanisms and metrics to monitor and forecast costs, savings and performance for targeted transportation modes.

Additional Information

- Bachelors Degree in Engineering / Science / commerce or equivalent

- Minimum 10 years of relevant experience in logistics functions with atleast 3 years in leadership roles.

What You Have

Continuous Transformation

Knowledge of evolving the business to remain competitive; ability to understand, adapt oneself to, respond to and proactively seek changes and innovation in the business environment to improve the competitive advantage of an organization.

Level Working Knowledge:

- Implements new systems, procedures and tools efficiently when changes occur in the work environment.

- Adjusts current working processes or adopts new approaches in response to changes in the business environment.

- Seeks challenging opportunities or assignments to grow and develop ones own knowledge, skills and abilities.

- Explains lessons or experiences learned from mistakes and failures as well as successes.

- Communicates and analyzes assumptions about a particular issue with colleagues to gain new perspectives or more effective solutions.

Data Gathering Analysis

Knowledge of data gathering and analysis tools, techniques, and processes; ability to collect and synthesize data from a variety of stakeholders and sources in an objective manner to reach a conclusion, goal, or judgment.

- Participates in gathering and analyzing an organizations data based on requirements.





- Follows proper data gathering and analysis processes and policies.

- Utilizes basic data collection and evaluation tools and techniques.

- Reports problems that arise in the data collection process.

- Documents data from various sources and in various formats.

Decision Making and Critical Thinking

Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.

- Applies an assigned technique for critical thinking in a decision-making process.

- Identifies, obtains, and organizes relevant data and ideas.

- Participates in documenting data, ideas, players, stakeholders, and processes.

- Recognizes, clarifies, and prioritizes concerns.

- Assists in assessing risks, benefits and consideration of alternatives.

Logistics Operations Management

Knowledge of logistics node management; ability to operate a warehouse or distribution center that handles the flow of goods from supplier to production to customer.

- Helps minimize bottlenecks and delays and the resulting impact on operating costs.

- Uses real-time inventory software, with guidance, to move supplies where needed, when needed.

- Maintains item and inventory management records.

- Assists in resolving issues related to physical space management.

- Works with Distribution Requirements Planning (DRP) processes and operations.

Logistics Management

Knowledge of logistics and management; ability to follow proper processes and run operations for effective and efficient movement of materials and finished products.

- Assists in the development of process flows to track lead time by activity.

- Uses tools, with guidance, to forecast delivery times, determine costs and assess performance.

- Maintains records of all shipments and invoices using an established system.

- Participates in integrating logistics processes and developing effective networks.





- Works with logistics in a domestic environment.

Planning and Organizing

Knowledge of the process of planning and arranging tasks and resources; ability to plan and organize both time and resources to get things completed while structuring and maintaining work in a systematic and highly methodical way.

- Raises awareness of potential bottlenecks and disruptions to the schedule.

- Breaks tasks into manageable steps that can be incorporated into a personal work plan.

- Escalates concerns over competing or conflicting priorities.

- Monitors progress continuously and adjusts tactics for handling situations on a case by case basis.

- Creates action plans that ensure the accomplishment of responsibilities.

Project Management

Knowledge of effective project management strategies and tactics; ability to plan, organize, monitor, and control projects, ensuring efficient utilization of technical and administrative resources to achieve project objectives.

- Provides input for Gantt or PERT charts or their equivalent to track project progress and status.

- Under guidance, plans and estimates straightforward projects.

- Assists in detailed project plans including cost, schedule, and resource requirements.

- Obtains information from stakeholders during the planning stage of a project.

- Produces standard project status reports.

Supply Chain Management - MFG

Knowledge of functions, principles and techniques used in supply chain management; ability to develop and use, strategies, practices and tools for controlling the logistical processes.

- Discusses considerations for integrating partner and supplier transactions.

- Recognizes software systems or components used to manage supply chain.

- Summarizes supply chain considerations for different types of products or components.

- Participates in supply chain analysis and uses it to spot trends and improvement opportunities.

- Works with a specific part of supply chain management process.

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