Logistics Manager

Job Description

The Logistics Manager is responsible for managing the workflow of all day-to-day logistics materials, supplies and finished products for a manufacturing facility.ÿPerson manages and oversees the logistics department and all functions listed below. Individual ensures that logistics staff liaise with corporate schedule to accommodate changes and communicate directly with carriers and railways to manage logistics. The position requires exceptional organization, coordination, communication, and dedication skills.ÿÿLeadership:

• Supervises plant Logistics team including hiring, delegation, training, performance evaluation, disciplinary actions for shipping and receiving of on time deliveries
• Coaches and guide staff in the use of supporting systems and in cross functional team play.
• Lead all internal materials management activities.

Budgeting, Cost Control & Operations Stewardship:

• Tracks and reports key performance indicators and metrics for the production coordination and logistics functions.
• Creation and implementation of a streamlined logistics process to minimize cost and optimize resources.

Policies & Procedures:

• Ensures staff are trained in all safety procedures. Frequently audit fork truck operations and rail shunting operations.
• Ensures staff fully utilize the SAP system to manage the material flows in MRP and PP planning and logistics functions.
• Develop and/or modify appropriate policies and procedures for managing supply chain for improvements, in collaboration with other manufacturing locations.

Production Coordination

• Ensures staff work closely with production and scheduler to learn plant production cost structure to guide intelligent scheduling
• Ensures lines of communication are open with sales, customer service and production to anticipate problems and manage change with minimal impact on flow of production.
• Manages raw materials and finished product inventories to target levels.ÿWork with sales to work off aged inventory.
• Responsible for inventory record accuracy, cycle counts, scrap accuracy, spills, contamination and other losses.
• Leads and manages annual inventory process, as well as auditing plant yield
• Assists corporate materials group in cost reduction initiatives as well as theÿsourcing and planning of packaging materials
• Ensures procedures are followed to maintain the accuracy and integrity of the SAP system (recipes are current, material balances complete and jobs closed quickly.

Logistics Management:

• Ensures staff maintains good operating relationships with carriers to ensure timely inbound and outbound shipments
• Manages warehouse, shipping and receiving operations
• Manages day to day distribution operations to ensure minimum inventories are maintained in satellite warehouses
• Ensures all staff have training in basic fork truck operations
• Reviews carrier performance levels, follow up on non conformance issues.

Continuous Improvement:

• Maintains control charts on key production and distribution parameters. Compares with other plant sites to identify improvement opportunities
• Analyzes work flow regularly to seek out lean manufacturing opportunities.

COMMUNICATIONS & WORKING RELATIONSHIPS:Internal:

• Frequently with plant production manager and logistics staff in developing and managing production schedules
• Direct reports on an ongoing basis coaching cross functional communications, working scheduling issues ÿand to ensure anticipated progress has been made against the achievement of individual and group objectives.
• Ability to communicate across all levels of the employee-base is essential.ÿThe working language of the company is English.

External:

• Major Suppliers, Off site Warehouses and Carriers if issues arise

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