Job Summary
- Assist in the financial planning process by providing forecasts relating to landed costs of value-added input materials to ensure accurate financial reporting and forecasting.
- Capturing the detailed specification of supplier value-added materials to ensure consistency of supply, understanding suppliers’ own production processes and supply chains to ensure creation of strong supplier relationships.
- Read and comprehend legal documents, such as contracts or import/export agreements.
- Identifying and minimizing risk by predicting the demand for products and adopting new technology with no interruption to the process.
- Negotiate with suppliers in value-added innovation by driving discussions on quality as well as lead times to ensure emerging issues are resolved as they crop up with minimal or no interruptions on production.
- Ensure inventory is well managed by assisting with cycle counts and stock-takes.
- Oversee warehouse processes to evaluate and ensure improvements in inventory processes such as receiving, storage, shipping, reporting stock levels and overall inventory integrity.
- Maintains database(s) of logistics information to ease the availability of ad hoc insightful management reports that will aid quick decision-making.
- For inbound material, review and analyse freight costs for imports contextualizing landing dates to ensure speedy clearance of cargo at port of entry.
- For outbound goods, evaluate and advise on the most efficient and reliable means of delivering single orders as well as bulk consignments.
- Advice management on warehouse and stocks management with an aim of ensuring working capital efficiency in stocking levels.
- Any other duties as may be assigned by management from time to time.
Key Area for the position
- Inventory management
- Procurement & vendor management
- Logistics management
- Quality & Safety standards
Academic and Professional qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, or related field.
- At least 6 year(s) of working experience in Supply Chain Management / Logistics area of which 2 years of management, supervisory or team leader experience within supply chain environment and manufacturing sector is preferred
- SAP experience, foreign documentary trade, analytical thinking, leading with key performances indicators, good communications skills
- Able to work independently and autonomously.
- Strong communication and effective collaborative working with various levels within the company and different functions.
- Strong in customer focus, planning, coordination, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills
How to apply:
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their CV to: [email protected] using the position as subject of email.
