Outbound Logistics Executive

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Job details

Company overview

Our client is a multinational packaging company that provides innovative and sustainable packaging solutions to customers in the food and beverage industry. Their products include carton packages, filling machines, and processing equipment.

Responsibilities

• Drive daily logistics operation:
  • Ensure deliveries from converting factory to destination country (e.g., from port to customer site)
  • Synchronize ETDs and ETAs over the supply chain to ensure the correct delivery date to customer
  • Ensure safety and compliance logistics operation with internal resources and external one.
  • Resolve issues that might arise with port / customs / shipping line / transportation company
  • Ensure correct and timely reporting of KPIs for all metrics concerning on time in full delivery and the logistics outbound cost.
  • Support Customer Service and KAMs’ with logistics related aspects.
• Operational logistics optimization:
  • Drive the expansion of WCM to attack Logistics losses (both in costs and service level)
  • Work with Customer Service & Design, Planning and converting factory to optimize of internal and outsourced resources to maximize short and midterm capacity utilization and efficient usage of working capital, through participation in S&OP process
• Tactical logistics management:
  • Proactively identify improvement opportunities and drive logistics activities for lowest possible total logistics cost and improved service level.
  • Manage logistics suppliers / contracts (e.g., with transportation companies, forwarding agents, warehouses) in collaboration with Supplier Management
• Governance and Relationship:
  • Prepare and lead weekly, monthly and quarterly meetings both internally as well as with the Logistics companies.
  • Track and initiate the right LSP [Logistics Service Providers] portfolio balancing towards governing as well as strengthening the relationship.

Requirements

• Minimum Degree in Logistics/Supply Chain or equivalent
• Minimum 3-5 years of experience in Logistics or Supply Chain
• Experience in both 3PL as well as customer side of logistics will have an added advantage
• Working experience in cross cultural environment will be preferred
• Working experience in warehouse will be preferred
• Good understanding of S&OP and production will be preferred
• Independent and driven
• Team worker
• Business level English and Japanese

Salary

6 - 8 million yen

Location

Other