Logistics Role in the Manufacturing Industry Via Micheal Stevens Consulting

Key Responsibilities

• Plan, manage and evaluate logistics operations liaising with internal stakeholders, suppliers,
• logistics providers, transportation companies and customers
• Create and implement best practice logistics principles, policies and processes across the
• organization to improve operational and financial performance
• Deliver solutions to logistics problems while maintaining high levels of quality and service within
• budgetary requirements
• Monitor quality, quantity, delivery times, and transport costs
• Negotiate rates and contracts with transportation and logistics providers
• Maintain fleet and ensure top condition of all company trucks
• Truck workshop management
• Ensure effective and efficient distribution of materials, goods and products

Qualifications and Experience

• Relevant business/commercial or manufacturing/engineering degree is preferred
• Minimum of 10 Years experience as logistics or transport manager in manufacturing or FMCG
• Practical knowledge of FMCG distribution of food and beverages preferably
• Prior experience of working in logistics/supply chain/transportation function within the
• automotive or manufacturing environment with a comprehensive knowledge of logistics
• processes and procedures
• High degree of knowledge and understanding of a variety of manufacturing and automotive
• processes and components and of supply chain management
• Strong IT systems knowledge and skills including knowledge and understanding of specialist
• systems such as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Bill of Material (BOM) and customer data
• systems
• Advanced Excel user
• Ability to analyse and manipulate technical and complex data and provide meaningful
• information
• Membership of an appropriate professional body such as the Chartered Institute of Logistics and
• Transport would be advantageous