Manager Warehouse & Distribution at FrieslandCampina

About the job

• This job contributes to FrieslandCampina’s success by ensuring the high level of competence within the Customer Supply Chain Organisations.. The warehouse within FrieslandCampina oversees all the movements of raw materials and finished goods from the moment these goods enter the warehouses of the company up until the moment they are shipped away to the customer or have safely arrived at a customer storage facility.

What We Ask

• A degree in any relevant course of study.
• A professional qualification in Supply Chain and Logistics
• Minimum of 8 years work experience within the Supply Chain Function.
• Experience with Warehouse and Logistics in an FMCG.
• Experience in working in multi-functional groups and matrix organization
• Project management experience, also in an industrial setting.
• Basic knowledge of Financial Management
• Project management
• Costs and budgets

Description

• Define and execute the warehousing strategy for OPCO Nigeria.
• Lead the warehouse strategic plans and provide input to the Customer SC Strategy for OPCO Nigeria.
• Draw up warehousing including Logistic Service Provider (LSP) strategy for the OPCO, including budgets in line with the strategy of the
• Oversees proper functioning of warehousing operations, in line with the OPCO’s strategy and year plans, in order to ensure timely delivery of products to customers.
• Responsible for the performance (quality, safety, finance, etc.) of both owned warehouses and the third-party logistics providers, as well as for issues related to food safety, to ensure quality and cost-efficient warehousing and transport of the agreed products and the timely delivery of the products.
• Implement Life-Saving Rules, define warehousing safety policy standards (with respect to global standards), implement and maintain warehousing safety policy standards. Provide effective two-way communication and ensure the location is compliant with safety legislation and regulations.
• Minimize waste, and make efficient use of materials, maintenance, transport, and labor. Provide accountability for waste management and internal transportation. Maximize the net storage capacity of available storage locations.
• Implement adequate process control. Organize processes via e.g. 5S, visual management, etc. Align processes with rules & regulations. Organize appropriate administration of processes and supply required information for management reporting.
• Ensure warehousing location is compliant with quality and food safety legislation and regulation, standard operating procedures are in place, and reporting staff is provided with adequate hygiene knowledge and awareness.
• Provide accountability for on-time full delivery to customers.
• Set up an effective organizational structure. Ensure all employees within the organization are trained and progress is correctly administered.
• Set up a yearly budget for warehousing location, control budget, and take corrective and preventive actions on the budget if required
• Provide accountability for storage, status management, picking, value-added services, monitoring of transport, and incident management for finished goods (for finished goods to move within own Fighting Unit, to other Fighting Units, or to other Business Groups)
• Provide accountability for the creation of transport planning and the corresponding determination of time slots
• Provide consultation to the Procurement department and Customer SC lead in tender evaluation and contracting tender.
• Provide data for corresponding Key Performance Indicator dashboards, together with relevant insights and decision documents at the request or own initiative regarding quantitative and qualitative developments by means of periodical (S&OP, budget, RF, and LRP) and ad hoc reports and/or analyses, based on reporting guidelines.
• Provide accountability for local reporting of defined warehousing key performance indicators to BG /corporate, also reporting into community of practice.
• Provide operational support to warehousing logistics service providers: Support in defining required technical way of working logistic service providers and training of employees required to implement defined way of working.
• Be the owner of KPI dashboards, insights, and decision documents regarding quantitative and qualitative developments by means of periodical (e.g. S&OP, budget, RF, and LRP) and ad hoc reports and/or analyses, based on reporting guidelines to drive PDCA cycle in your area of expertise