About The Job
Role intent
- Implement and drive Illovo Logistics Way and related standards to ensure Logistics excellence and cost optimization
- Manage the warehouses and related processes to optimize cost, efficiency and productivity across the network
- Ensure contracts are effectively negotiated and SLAs managed to the benefit of the company
- Ensure effective management of warehouse resources and processes (people ,consumables, material handling equipment and related administration)
- Manage performance of Transport contractors to ensure effective execution of the Logistics strategy through LOC planning
- Drive in-Country commercialization and customer centricity
- Ensure talent and performance management are embedded in local ways of working
- Promote a culture of continuous improvement
- Drive in-Country commercialization and customer-centricity
- Adhere to in-Country SHERQ standards and promote world class safety practices
Specific Skills
- 5 years’ experience in transport / fleet / warehouse management
- Exposure to and understanding of supplier management and rates negotiations.
- Understanding of reverse logistics.
- Knowledge of export logistics is preferred where relevant in-country.
- Working knowledge of warehouse operations, including warehouse processes and best practice, material handling equipment, inventory management and safety requirements
- Sound business acumen
- leadership and management skills
- Relationship management skills to build effective partnerships with providers
- Analytical ability
- Planning and problem solving skills
- Effective communication skills
- Knowledge and ability to work with and optimize transport and warehouse management software systems
Responsibilities & Duties
- Capture and analyze data to draw insights on the stock, finance and planning system (e.g. Sales Orders, Transfer Orders, Stock in Transit from Regional Contracts and Monthly Shipping Plans).
- Contribute to planning on all transport & logistics systems to meet long term plans, ensure continuity/efficiency.
- Route to consumer enablement and execution.
- Scheduling and placement of domestic trucks and wagons at the warehouse to ensure that truck waiting times are minimized.
- Provide input to and effectively manage the transport budget on a daily/weekly/monthly basis, by managing rates per allocation per transporter to always optimize transport costs.
- Manage the correct loading sequence to effectively facilitate multi-SKU/drop deliveries.
- Manage the compliance of all transport rates, Government regulations and Statutory instructions to ensure that stock movements are in line with these laws.
- Manage timeous transporter payments to encourage cash flow & high truck availability.
- Customer complaints capture and management.
- Communicate customer delivery updates until delivery is complete.
- Adopt and embed best practices, minimum standards, policies, processes, tools, technology and enablers through the Illovo Logistics Way and capability development strategy.
- Work with Group Logistics to implement cost-effective and efficient warehouse management processes.
- Manage effective utilization of warehouses through optimization of warehouse efficiencies, MHE’s, layouts, put-away/picking methods and movement processes, and initiation of improvements as required.
- Manage effective Min / Max inventory targets across the warehouse network in line with working capital.
- Manage transporter performance against logistics contracts for domestic (and export, where applicable) markets through measurement against KPIs and management of freight rates.
- Drive cost saving to optimize the cost of logistics through the TCOL system, without compromising agreed customer service standards.
- Ensure the effective picking, staging and dispatch of orders to achieve the defined customer-specific delivery schedules.
- Engage with Group Logistics to identify issues and opportunities for improvement in facilities, processes, metrics and subsequent activities, and to guide the Logistics strategy going forward.
- Work with Group to implement key metrics and measurement systems to monitor effectiveness of decisions and optimize the supply chain and its resources to deliver on the strategic plan.
- Develop, motivate and manage Logistics operational budgets.
- Identify and monitor KPIs to track performance and flag any issues.
- Drive benchmarking and continuous improvement analysis to flag gaps and optimize value in function.
- Promote and adhere to Illovo’s procedures, policies and guidelines, including, without limitation, those relating to SHERQ, Competition Law and Anti-Bribery and Corruption (ABC).
Educational Requirements
- Bachelors’ degree or equivalent in Supply Chain / Logistics / Transport Management
Job Location
Rwanda
Apply To
All interested applicants should submit their detailed Curriculum Vitae at recruitment@hcsolutions.rw
