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 organisation 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 or suppliers and monitor service against performance criteria

• Ensure carrier compliance with company policies or procedures for product transit or delivery

• Resolve problems concerning transportation, logistics systems, imports or exports or customer issues

• 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 or plants and advise of cost implications and efficiency

• Support continuous improvement initiatives and identify inefficiencies and cost optimisation 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 agree

• Keep track of slow-moving and obsolete stock

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

• Interpret trends and analyse and review data. Provide meaningful logistics data to others in the organisation 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 or 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

Relationship Management

• Develop and maintain strong relationships with all parties 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 or finished assemblies reach the correct customers at the correct time

• Ensure compliance with import/export regulations, customs regulations and legal and health and safety requirements

• Support new business initiatives and projects and contribute to review meetings and change processes. Ensure effective logistics implementation takes place relating to the changes

Self-Management

• Comply with the Health, Safety and Environmental Policies

• Support encourages and develops the team

• Proactively contribute to creating a good team atmosphere

• Anticipates and overcomes obstacles

• Makes useful links to arrive at insightful plans and solutions

• Embraces personal challenge

• Confident, rounded thinking

• Takes ownership for team cohesion

• Is resilient, optimistic and open to change

• Self-starter and able to motivate others

• Self-motivated, flexible and works well under pressure

Skills and attributes:

• Proven management skills with the ability to optimise team performance and development

• Highly skilled communicator with the ability to form and maintain good relationships internally and externally

• Strong interpersonal, negotiation and influencing skills

• Customer-focused

• Proven analytical, problem-solving and organisational skills

• Strong planning skills with the ability to handle multiple projects through to completion and to manage competing priorities

• Project management skills

• Commercial and financial acumen with a full understanding of the impact of failure in terms of business cost, production schedules and customer order fulfilment

• Excellent attention-to-detail skills

Requirements and skills

• Proven working experience as a Logistics Manager
• Record of successful distribution and logistics management
• Demonstrable ability to lead and manage staff
• Proficient in standard logistics software
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and organisational skills
• Ability to work independently and handle multiple projects
• BS in Business Administration, Logistics or Supply Chain