Logistics & Inventory Manager
Location: Wellingborough
Salary: £47-56k plus pension, life assurance, private medical etc
Our client is a full service, global engineering, repair, and logistics company who provide best cost solutions to many of the worlds’ premier brands. They support the entire product life cycle, from original design input, pre-sales testing, local customisation, and configuration through to field support activities that include technical assistance as well as product repair, replacement and refurbishment programs.
With a brand new site in Wellingborough, they are now recruiting a Logistics and Inventory Manager on a permanent basis to be responsible for ensuring inbound and outbound shipments are accurate and compliant with both customer and regulatory requirements, whilst maintaining the inventory and storage solutions on site.
Key Job Responsibilities
1. Ensure adherence to Health & Safety and Quality Standards, including management of fork lift truck and van driving standards.
2. Management of site finished goods warehouse, utilising in house and customer IT systems.
3. Ensure service delivery and cost efficiency work hand in hand to deliver optimal levels of service.
4. Resource planning to ensure high levels of flexibility and product security.
5. Establish relevant KPI’s ensuring that your team meet the required targets for performance and accuracy.
6. Logistics carrier planning ensuring selection of carriers are available to support changing business needs.
7. Development of effective storage solutions, stock integrity and governance processes to ensure compliance.
8. Processing defective material returns within defined timescales and to strict supplier guidelines.
9. Develop and promote the ability to complete 3rd and 4th party logistics loops.
10. Effectively present to and develop for customers the logistic services and benefits on offer.
11. Negotiate continuous improvements in logistic costs and service.
12. Facilitate development of system interfaces between supplier's systems and in-house systems.
13. Development of packaging solutions.
14. Effective claims management for transit losses/damages.
15. Verify and approve all freight related invoices.
16. Ensure all inbound/outbound deliveries are compliant with latest tariffs.
17. Perform Customs Compliance and clearance management ensuring all shipments adhere to relevant governing body H&S standards, (lithium batteries etc).
18. Identify, manage, and implement any necessary customer accreditations.
19. Management of site finished goods warehouse & outbound logistics.
20. Through utilisation of logistics team and be responsible for planning & selection of carriers.
Candidate Profile/Qualifications
1. Strong commercial appreciation preferred.
2. Ability to work well under pressure and within strict deadlines.
3. Highly structured working approach, with proven ability in ensuring all key metrics are managed and delivered within an agreed framework.
4. Understanding of customs and excise.
5. Demonstrable experience working in a reverse logistics environment is beneficial.
6. Excellent stakeholder engagement skills and ability to influence both internal and external stakeholders.
7. Ability to effectively communicate at all levels, internal and external.
8. Proven ability to build relationships with and develop new logistic partners.
9. Strong presentation skills.
10. Occasional travel to other locations at short notice is essential.
11. Strong analytical skills.
12. Attention to detail.
13. Proven track record of improving KPI, operational and financial.
Skills
1. Self-motivated.
2. Excellent team player.
3. Continuous improvement mindset.
4. Strong influencing and negotiating skills.
5. Highly motivated and results driven.
6. Able to identify success and deliver relevant team objectives.
7. Confident and willing to contribute.
8. Flexible and able to provide support if required.
9. Drive and determination, sees tasks through to completion.
10. Positive, energetic approach to any task given.
11. Good communicator with outstanding organisation skills.
12. Desire and ability to identify and develop internal talent.
13. Ambition and desire to learn multi-discipline functions and lead multi-discipline teams.
On offer is a competitive salary and attractive benefits package, so if interested, apply here for immediate consideration.
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