Logistics and Supply Chain Management
BV handles shipments across a vast region and requires a skilled logistics manager to ensure our supply chains run smoothly. We’re looking for a candidate with an eye for detail, a keen analytical mind, and the ability to handle a system with numerous moving parts. This often high-pressure position will require candidates to perform at the apex of their abilities and independently. Our goals are to make our processes as efficient as possible, maintain good relationships with suppliers, distributors, and vendors, and keep our customers happy.
Responsibilities
- Create the company’s supply chain strategy
- Analyse data from shipping and delivering processes to find bottlenecks and other issues.
- Develop and manage a logistics plan for the business unit, including coastal/air shipping transportation, to develop least cost supply chain strategies, short and medium term
- Review sources of supply and service provider contractual terms in order to develop alternatives if required
- Develop the plan to ensure least cost path for material management
- Utilize freight and product storage contracts, key customer and supplier records of performance and sales/supply information
- Proactively manage the delivery/receivable schedule to meet sales and purchase contractual terms
- Proactively manage rejection, breakdowns, delays etc.
- Set guidelines to ensure that goods, materials or services purchased are of the quality specified
- Undertake major contract negotiations within the approved pricing policy and establish service programs
- Utilize measurement processes to schedule service
- Address issues if economies are not exercised to achieve schedules to meet delivery requirements
- Budget responsibility for the department
- Train and guide employees
- Collaborate with other departments to create coordinated plans for business growth
- Ensure processes meet legal requirements and standards
- Communicate and negotiate with suppliers and vendors to land more profitable deals
Requirements and skills
- Degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, or similar field or related field is an advantage.
- 6+ years of experience in logistics management required.
- Working knowledge of legal regulations in logistics
- Understanding of both warehouse and transportation management.
- Previous experience as a supply chain manager/logistics coordinator or in a similar field
- Excellent knowledge of supply chain processes
- Excellent organizational and project management skills
- Attention to detail
- Creative problem-solving
- Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office
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Job Category: fulltime
Job Type: Full Time
Job Location: Remote