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Logistics Manager

Join our team as a Logistics Manager and play a key role in ensuring the smooth operation of our Distribution Centre. As a Logistics Manager, you will be responsible for planning, organizing, and directing the day-to-day operations of receiving, warehousing, and distribution of goods.

Responsibilities:

• Plan and organize the day-to-day operations of the Distribution Centre, ensuring that warehouse processes are running smoothly and promptly.
• Manage and control the Logistics department's activities, ensuring that departmental objectives are met.
• Manage the Importation department and processes, ensuring that goods are landed, released, and transported to warehouses as scheduled.
• Build a network of suppliers and providers that can provide products and materials to the company in line with expected costs, quality, and availability.

Key Outputs:

• Manage the Importation department and processes, ensuring that goods are landed, released, and transported to warehouses as scheduled.
• Produce stock demand forecasts and place orders on time to ensure no interruption in supply.
• Create shipping schedules and monitor progress to ensure smooth arrival and receiving of goods.
• Coordinate and direct the warehouse operations, ensuring that distribution targets are met.
• Liaise with transport companies to meet customer expectations.
• Manage stock control procedures and reconcile physical stock with information held on the data storage system.
• Coordinate and plan staff schedules, and oversee the implementation of staff work routines.
• Create and maintain technical and commercial supplier comparison database for easy supplier selection and assessment.
• Engage with key suppliers on smaller purchases to resolve problems with the timeliness or quality of supplies.
• Analyze previous year purchases and collect the needs of the current year to prepare the purchasing forecast.
• Keep track of available stock/supplies and average consumption to proactively plan for upcoming purchases.
• Open advances based on quotation total and close advances by procured invoices.

Planning Cycle:

• Produce annual, quarterly, and monthly stock forecasts.
• Plan orders to address seasonal sales.
• Plan documentation and arrange official payments (licenses, etc.) to prepare for timeous release of shipments.

Level of Authority:

• Take decisions in own areas of responsibility.

Major Challenges:

• Balancing stock, ensuring the right amount of stock in the warehouse at the right time.

Technical Competencies:

• MS Office basics, able to develop and maintain spreadsheets and generate reports.
• Management skills.
• Finance Course, such as finance for non-financial managers, would be advantageous.

Behavioural Competencies:

• Analytical Thinking.
• Learning.
• Communication.
• Leading and Motivating Others.
• Teamwork and Collaboration.
• Drive for Quality and Cost.
• Results Orientation.