Female Logistics / Welfare Manager at Yardoak

Job Description

• Use IT systems to manage stock levels, delivery times and transport costs
• Use associated information systems to coordinate and control the order cycle
• Use data from IT systems to evaluate performance and quality and to plan improvements
• Allocate and manage staff resources according to changing needs
• Manage staff
• Liaise and negotiate with customers and suppliers
• Develop business by gaining new contracts, analysing logistical problems and producing new solutions
• Understand, work with and possibly help to develop e-commerce
• Continually try to improve and develop business performance within the constraints of legislation, fuel costs and rising environmental pressures
• Implement health and safety procedures
• Manage staff training issues
• Motivate other members of the team
• Set objectives
• Plan and manage projects
• Work on new supply strategies
• Plan vehicle routes
• Use specialist knowledge, such as mechanical-handling systems, to provide consultancy services - this may be a requirement in some roles.