Plant Logistics Manager

Basildon, Essex, United Kingdom

Job Description


COMPANY PROFILE:

CNH Industrial is a global capital goods company

specializing in equipment and services for Agriculture and Construction. The

Company operates commercially through its brand portfolio which includes Case

IH, New Holland Agriculture, Steyr, CASE and New Holland Construction

Equipment. More information can be found on the corporate website:

www.cnhindustrial.com

PRIMARY FUNCTION:

  • Scheduling of orders, interfacing with the central Supply Chain
  • Programming the material suppliers to normal production and start-up of new products
  • Plans, activates and checks flow of materials started from supplier to assembly line
  • Manages the warehouse in terms of labour efficiency, inventory accuracy, quality and cost
  • Manages planning, production and delivery to customers
  • Will have people and budgetary management responsibility
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • Strategy and Development
  • Contribute to the creation and implementation of best practice logistics vision, strategy, policies, processes and procedures to aid and improve operational performance
GENERAL TASK MANAGEMENT
  • Plan, manage and evaluate logistics operations liaising with internal stakeholders, suppliers, logistics providers, transportation companies and customers (MOP)
  • Create and implement best practice logistics principles, policies and processes across the organisation 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
  • Take under control rates and contracts with transportation and logistics providers
  • Recommend optimal transport modes, routes or frequency
  • Select carriers/suppliers and monitor service against performance criteria
  • Ensure carrier compliance with company policies or procedures for product transit or delivery
  • Resolve problems concerning transportation, logistics systems, imports or exports or customer issues
  • Review impact of logistics changes, such as routing, shipping modes, product volumes or carriers and report results to others
  • Assess and make recommendations for logistics processes in potential new facilities or plants and advise of cost implications and efficiency
  • Support continuous improvement initiatives and identify inefficiencies and cost optimisation opportunities
  • Ensure the integrity of inventory accuracy and manage stock movements with the help of direct reports
  • Identify and resolve any inventory discrepancies and ensure inventory and system records are in agreement
  • Keep track of slow moving and obsolete stock
  • Identify savings by removing waste or unnecessary steps in the logistics process
  • Interpret trends and analyse and review data. Provide meaningful logistics data to others in the organisation to aid customer service and cost improvements
  • Ensure IT systems in place are effective, maintained and accurate
  • Ensure metrics, reports, and process documentation is available
ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • Ensure proper and timely supply of material to the line
  • Define and manage the processes, in order to continually optimise plant inventory levels in term of: safety stock, material availability and customers delivery
  • Manage space distribution for storage related to arrivals and planned shipments
  • Manage the bubbles tax (DDT) of documentation issued related to goods entrance and exit form warehouse
  • Plan transports in accordance with company policies oversees the respect of quality standards and, at the same time, with a costs optimization
  • Prepare the industrial indicators of the plant
  • Develop the professional skills of staff, with particular reference to the multi-functionality, safety and ecology and informs them on the specific risks
  • Ensuring the approval (vehicles to do) to the production
  • Financial Budget and Control hold responsibility for department budget
PEOPLE MANAGEMENT:
  • Manage, coach and develop a high performing team that meets agreed objectives and delivers best practice results, added value and continuous improvements
  • Set departmental objectives/KPIs and review and assess ongoing performance of direct reports
  • Report on achievement of targets and identify any actions required
  • Ensure that all functions under supervision operate in accordance with health, safety and environmental policies and procedures to ensure the safety and wellbeing of staff and visitors
RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT:
  • Develop and maintain strong relationships with all connected with the logistics process
  • Ensure all completed orders are dispatched on time
  • Ensure products are shipped appropriately to ensure quality of goods during transportation
  • Take control of packaging and provide appropriate, cost effective, high quality solutions
  • Ensure compliance with import/export regulations/customs regulations and legal and health and safety requirements
  • Support new business initiatives and projects and contribute to review meetings and change process. Ensure effective logistics implementation takes place relating to the changes
SELF MANAGEMENT:
  • Comply with the Health, Safety and Environmental Policies
  • Support encourages and develop team
  • Proactively contribute to creating a good team atmosphere
  • Anticipates and overcomes obstacles
  • Makes useful links to arrive at insightful plans and solutions
  • Embraces personal challenge
  • Confident, rounded thinking
  • Takes ownership for team cohesion
  • Is self-aware
  • Is resilient, optimistic and open to change
  • Has a collaborative approach to others
  • Self-starter and able to motivate others
  • Self-motivated, flexible and works well under pressure
SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES:
  • Proven management skills with the ability to optimise team performance and development
  • Highly skilled communicator with the ability to form and maintain good relationships internally and externally
  • Strong interpersonal, negotiation and influencing skills
  • Customer focussed
  • Proven analytical, problem solving and organisational skills
  • Strong planning skills with the ability to handle multiple projects through to completion and to manage competing priorities
  • Project management skills
  • Commercial and financial acumen with a full understanding of the impact of failure in terms of business cost, production schedules and customer order fulfilment
  • Excellent attention to detail skills
YOUR KEY COMPETENCES AND QUALIFICATIONS:
  • Relevant business/commercial or manufacturing/engineering degree is preferred or or equivalent culture
  • 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
  • Expert knowledge of technical regulations related to logistics such as import/export and customs regulations, including security requirements to include certification in dangerous goods handling and aviation security
  • 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
DESIRED CHARACTERISTICS:
  • IT applications (Office, SAP and specific Logistic tools as SIGIP, MOM\'s)
  • Advanced knowledge of spoken and written English

CNH Industrial

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Job Detail

  • Job Id
    JD2975376
  • Industry
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  • Total Positions
    1
  • Job Type:
    Full Time
  • Salary:
    Not mentioned
  • Employment Status
    Permanent
  • Job Location
    Basildon, Essex, United Kingdom
  • Education
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