Job vacancy - Logistics Manager
Position: Logistics Manager
Reference: acsAlogman
Location: Swindon
Salary: £35,000 - £40,000 per annum
Job Title: Logistics Manager
Summary:
We are looking for a Logistics Manager to work for a leading global manufacturer of electronic instruments and electromechanical devices providing transformer-based power and uninterruptible power supplies.
Responsibilities:
- Manages, controls, and directs the material planning, inventory control, storage, shipping, and receiving functions.
- Ensures customer delivery expectations are met
- Establishes, implements, and directs efficiency within the supply chain and logistics
- Communicates with US factory, Customer Service and Sales regarding specific delivery issues, and stocking level requirements.
- Evaluates and improves systems and processes for supply of goods to customer and implements continuous improvement
- Hires, trains, and develops, inventory and shipping employees and motivates them to work together as a team
- Establishes relevant key metrics and tracks performances.
- Conducts performance evaluations for inventory, receiving, and shipping employees.
- Responsible for SOP process improvement with team
- Promotes work place safety.
- Adheres to all company policies, procedures and business ethics codes.
Experience, Skills and Qualifications
- Operations Management qualification, or equivalent qualifying job experience
- Five years supervisory / management experience
- Experience of multinational logistics
- Working knowledge of Navision and Sage
- Positive "can-do" attitude
- Well-developed interpersonal skills. Ability to get along with diverse personalities.
- Tactful, mature
- Ability to lead and manage a team
- Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills
- Independent judgment in establishing priorities
- Focus on meeting customer requirements
- Ability to establish credibility and be decisive-but able to recognize and support the organization's preferences and priorities
- Strong understanding of processes and continuous improvement
- Strong analytical, numerical, and reasoning abilities
ACS are recruiting for a Logistics Manager. If you feel that you have the skills and experience required in this advertisement to be a Logistics Manager please submit your CV including an outline of your experience as a Logistics Manager. It is always a good idea to include a covering letter outlining your experience as a Logistics Manager with your application as this will enhance your chances of selection and improve your prospects of landing the Logistics Manager role you desire.