Logistics:
• Manage and ensure all deliveries to each required site are completed effectively.
• Manage logistics team day-to-day. Provide leadership and supervision needed to consistently deliver excellent service to internal and external customers.
• Develop clear logistics best practices and processes, and ensure these are communicated, and implemented as per the requirements.
• Build strong relationships with all key stakeholder (e.g., suppliers, Logistics Service Providers, Brand Logistics, Buying, Finance, Store Operations Managers) to effectively enable critical decision making that will impact stock availability, freight warehouse and distribution costs and manage delivery lead times.
• Responsible for all distribution center activities -from receiving and storing to the shipping of goods to ensure the timely and accurate receipt of inbound shipments; stock movement and completion of shipping of store orders.
• Complete logistics support to all Production. Good experience developing, leading and driving strategic supply chain initiatives, evidence of strong relationship building skills that enables robust and effective stakeholder management and extensive experience in operating in an Outsourcing / or In-house Logistics management. You will have local and global experience of 3PL and or freight forwarding, be analytical with high attention to detail and knowledge of warehouse, distribution, customs & cross border freight & 3PL management.
• Relationship Building, Knowledge of 3PL (Third Party Logistics).

Procurement:
• Establish a clear procurement plan ensuring that requests are managed effectively ensuring sufficient time is provided to complete all necessary processes.
• Delegate to individuals within the team quotes to obtain, including on the weekly task plan.
• Ensure all procurement requests are completed correctly and the duties of collecting quotations is segregated amongst the team to prevent conflict of interest.
• Oversee the procurement analysis of all supplies/services ensuring detailed procedure and selection process is clearly outlined within the analysis section.
• Manage the delivery of goods/services and the team correctly accounts for ensuring all items. Ensure all procurement follows the organizational procurement procedures and all orders are made correctly with the right authorization.
• Ensure clear documentation for supplier selection obtained for auditing purposes.
• Ensure the Conflict of Interest Policy is upheld throughout all processes of procurement.
• Report to Management any concerns regarding procurement processes.
• Manage the Approved Supplier List. Ensure all suppliers uphold the terms and conditions of the agreement and in need of sourcing or changing current agreements to facilitate any necessary additions and changes.
• Conduct price checks on all procurement conducted and manage the team to negotiate strong value for money.
• Manage all supplies for the organization, ensuring the team are logging all incoming and outgoing supplies and any discrepancies are investigated and reported.
• Manage the process of procurement and delivery for project supplies and ensuring all items are logged in and any extra supplies are returned back to the office and logged correctly where necessary.
• To oversee multi location warehouse function. Each location has a warehouse operative.
• To create and implement effective processes and procedures to ensure the accurate recording of all warehouse transactions.
• Ensure and maintain an effective and timely order management and acknowledgement system.
• Review departmental workload to ensure purchasing is smooth and consistent, via delegation to warehouse staff where appropriate.
• To manage the warehouse operatives on a day-to-day basis and to ensure they are sufficiently trained to ensure stock accuracy.
• To ensure that adequate stockholdings are always available for technicians.
• To manage and carry out regular stock takes.
• Producing regular reports on stock usage and availability.
• Improve and implement procedures for the efficient and effective maintenance of buildings, machinery and equipment.
• To ensure all administration is complete for each job commenced. To be flexible with the working patterns as and when required.
• Have the ability to make judgement calls/decisions based on your experience within the industry. All other decisions to be authorized by the Executive Office.
• To undertake any training provided by the company.
• To liaise with relevant departments to ensure continuity.
• Provide suggestions for improvement of practices within the Company.
• To plan and organize your own daily work.
• To support any business change for the benefit of the company. Control supply chain costs; reduce in lead-time to stores.
• Oversee areas of supply chain to include: planning, procurement, warehousing and logistics.
• Plan and implement new ideas to improve the operation smoothly.