Country Head - Logistics & Warehousing

Job Description

Job Role: Country Head Logistics & Warehousing Job Location: Karachi HOAbout Unilever:Be part of the world?s most successful, purpose-led business. Work with brands that are well-loved worldwide, improving the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. We promote innovation, big and small, to make our business win and grow, and we believe in business as a force for good. Unleash your curiosity, challenge ideas, and disrupt processes; use your energy to make this happen. Our brilliant business leaders and colleagues provide mentorship and inspiration so you can be at your best.Our portfolio ranges from nutritionally balanced foods to indulgent ice creams, affordable soaps, luxurious shampoos, and everyday household care products. We produce world-leading brands, including Lipton, Knorr, Dove, Axe, Hellmann?s, and OMO, alongside trusted local names and innovative-forward thinking brands like Ben & Jerry?s, The Dollar Shave Club, and Dermalogica.Every individual here can bring their purpose to life through their work. Join us, and you?ll be surrounded by inspiring leaders and supportive peers. Among them, you?ll channel your purpose, bring fresh ideas to the table, and simply be you. As you work to make a real impact on the business and the world, we?ll work to help you become a better you.Position Summary:Leads all logistical movements and manages the country-wide distribution networks of warehouses to optimize Unilever?s supply chain processes. This role will be the flagbearer for developing operational and logistical capabilities required for the disruption in the last mile delivery to ensure reduced time taken to deliver Unilever products to the customers across Pakistan. This individual will be tasked to facilitate the transparency measures within the organization between various levels to improve capacity-building measures. The role requires a customer mindset, proactivity, and a strong bias for action.Key Responsibilities:

• Manage an expansive distribution network stretching to the farthest corners of the country through cross-functional collaboration
• Ensure timely dispatching and vehicle movements across the various levels of the supply chain starting from inbound operations to primary, secondary, and frozen operations
• Lead and own the delivery fleet across Pakistan guaranteeing on-time delivery of stocks
• Coordinate and support the management of all the ambient, frozen, and temperature-controlled warehouses across the country
• Collaborate with the relevant stakeholders to install newer strategies targeted at disrupting and reducing the last mile delivery
• Demonstrate strong leadership skills and a high cost-management acumen to improve the existing mechanisms and drive efficiency within Unilever?s logistical functions
• Facilitate the conversations across various levels within and both across function(s) to improve transparency

What?s in it for you?

• Firsthand insights into the logistical boom within the Pakistani marketplace driven by the incoming CPEC project
• Oversee the supply chain industry?s evolution and gain invaluable insights from both internal and external stakeholders
• An opportunity to work on new avenues for the company and break down barriers by adopting strategies with autonomy
• A chance to learn from the operations at Unilever and get a flavor of international changes within the Supply Chain domain
• The chance to work in a cross-functional role with high impact with a team that fosters agility and adaptability

What will you need?

• At least five years of Leadership experience within either field sales with customer management experience or factory experience
• Strategic thinking and analytical skills with relevant SC insights
• Ability to collaborate with various stakeholders, all with different KPIs, and seamlessly synthesize a Plan of Action acceptable to all
• Agile mindset, leadership, and stakeholder management
• Great interpersonal and organizational skills with a strong desire to act
• High on accountability and responsibility as the role offers excellent empowerment and autonomy
• A combination of Engineering and Business background will be a plus point!

Diversity and Inclusion at Unilever!Unilever is an organization committed to equity, inclusion, and diversity to drive our business results and create a better future every day for our diverse employees, global consumers, partners, and communities. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. At Unilever, we are interested in every individual bringing their ?Whole Self? to work, including you! Thus, if you require any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of your application so that we can support you through your recruitment journey.Unilever is an organisation committed to equity, inclusion and diversity to drive our business results and create a better future, every day, for our diverse employees, global consumers, partners, and communities. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. At Unilever we are interested in every individual bringing their ?Whole Self? to work and this includes you! Thus if you require any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of your application so that we can support you through your recruitment journey.

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