Key Responsibilities

• Recommend optimal transportation modes, routing, equipment, or frequency
• Establish or monitor specific supply chain-based performance measurement systems
• Create policies or procedures for logistics activities
• Maintain metrics, reports, process documentation, customer service logs, or training or safety records
• Resolve problems concerning transportation, logistics systems, imports or exports, or customer issues
• Collaborate with other departments to integrate logistics with business systems or processes, such as customer sales, order management, accounting
• Supervise the work of logistics specialists, planners, or schedulers
• Direct inbound or outbound logistics operations, such as transportation or warehouse activities, safety performance, or logistics quality management
• Direct or coordinate comprehensive logistical or reverse logistical functions for product life cycles, including acquisition, distribution, internal allocation, delivery, recycling, reuse, or final disposal of resources
• Negotiate with suppliers or customers to improve supply chain efficiency or sustainability
• Direct distribution center operation to ensure achievement of cost, productivity, accuracy, or timeliness objectives
• Negotiate transportation rates or services
• Analyze the financial impact of proposed logistics changes, such as routing, shipping modes, product volumes or mixes, or carriers
• Recommend optimal transportation modes, routing, equipment, or frequency
•  Monitor product import processes to ensure compliance with regulatory or legal requirements
•  Participate in carrier management processes, such as selection, qualification, or performance evaluation
•  Develop risk management programs to ensure continuity of supply in emergency scenarios
•  Plan or implement improvements to internal or external logistics systems or processes
•  Organizes and schedules all necessary resources required to accomplish activities
• Conducts Root Cause Investigations for all injuries and incidents, ensuring consistent discipline and retraining
• Documents problem fixes and provides instructions to dispatch/service should problems recur

• Degree in logistics or related field
• At least 5 years experience in similar role
• Able to operate effectively in a high volume service driven transport operation
• Possessing a good understanding of all relevant legal compliance and fleet controls
• Experience of Budgets and Financial controls
• Full understanding of transport operational systems
• Able to multiple relationships at different levels
• Strong communication and analytical skills
• Problem solving, customer service  and prioritizing skills
• Aggressive
• Ability to work well under pressure