Manager Global Transport

Our clients operate within the agriculture industry.

Work Location: Bangbuathong

Artemis is now seeking for a Manager Global Transport with at least 10 years of working experience.

Responsibilities:

  • The Manager Global Transport leads the strategic and operational direction for transport (international and
    domestic) globally.
  • Drives performance management of Country Logistics teams.
  • Leads Project LOCS and responsible for transport savings. Oversees any strategic projects and leads network optimisation studies.
  • Directly manages Logistics Hubs.
  • Provides strategic and operational direction to Country Logistics teams to support improvements in service, quality and cost of transport.

Transport Performance Management

  • Drives the performance of global transport (international and domestic) across service, quality and cost metrics
  • Creates, implements and tracks clear KPIs
  • Provides support for Countries to improve performance
  • Leads the development of standard processes and standardisation / optimization of parameters (e.g. INCO terms)
  • Directs the Logistics teams on future strategies, systems and structures to support transport operations in each Country and globally
  • Provides functional leadership for the coaching and career development of transport professionals across the Group

Project LOCS

  • Leads Project LOCS (Logistics Optimisation for Cost and Service)
  • Co-ordinates the activities between Countries across all LOCS streams to ensure creation / prioritisation of projects, on time implementation and delivery of the agreed savings
  • Provides functional expertise on where and how to identify opportunities
  • Ensures a clear structure and governance of the project and delivery of the project deliverables and savings commitments

Network Optimisation

  • Responsible for global transport network (international shipments) and any studies to optimise regional or global networks
  • Supports Countries in optimisation of domestic transport networks and studies on future expansion and warehousing / transport strategies
  • Leads projects on future transport strategies and responses to PACE geographical expansion initiatives

Management of Logistics Hubs

  • Directly manages the Netherlands Logistics Hub team. Responsible for performance management, team coaching and development, maintaining a functioning team to ensure continued operations
  • Ensures performance of 3rd party hubs (e.g. S Africa Onion Hub)
  • Leads the process to study, align and implement any future Logistics Hubs

Qualification:

  • At least 6 years of working experience in Transport or Logistics roles. Experience in agriculture, pharma or food a plus.
  • Detailed knowledge of Transport best practices (domestic and international shipments) across all modes
  • Higher education or qualifications in Logistics, Supply Chain, or related field
  • Expert in process improvement methods and detailed financial analysis
  • Comfortable with big data and expert analyst
  • Business insight: strong understanding of the wider business, industry and market dynamics. Is able to apply this knowledge into strategy development and spot potential opportunities/risks
  • Hands-on: can get into details and do things themselves, not just issue instructions from a desk
  • Strategic mindset: can build a robust plan supported by a clear, logical strategic framework; able to anticipate and visualize future scenarios
  • Strong sense of accountability: thinks and acts like an owner
  • Drive for results: passionate to deliver results and is not easily daunted by challenges, strong execution capability
  • Balances stakeholders: able to consider different views of stakeholders and makes balanced, well-thought-out decisions
  • Effectively communicates: able to package and deliver messages in a clear and convincing manner and able to influence the right action from an audience
  • Agility: is comfortable to shift style or ways of working depending on the business situation; can thrive in an organization where structure/process is still being developed
  • Driven by the need to achieve meaningful results and be part of a purpose-driven organization
  • Safety mindset, Leads from the front
  • Fluent in English

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