Head of Logistics at Mr. Green Trading Africa Kenya Ltd

Tasks

• The Head of Logistics is responsible for the overall supply chain management, with the overall goal of enhancing business development and ensuring sustainability and customer and stakeholder satisfaction. His/hers responsibilities include planning and managing logistics, warehouse, transportation; directing and optimizing and coordinating full order cycles; liaising and negotiating with suppliers, manufacturers, retailers and consumers.

Supply chain infrastructure:

• Responsible for the development of supply chain infrastructure including Aggregation centres/hubs and transport network to support operations in these locations.
• Responsible for achieving improvements in the operating efficiency and cost base of the supply chain infrastructure by frequently reviewing asset locations and usages and performance.
• Development, implementation, review and update of the supply chain strategy in the light of business developments and supply chain optimisation opportunities.

Operations:

• Oversee the warehousing and inventory management functions.
• Complying with all Health & Safety legislation; conducting regular H&S audits
• Organisational structure: develop, implement and maintain the optimum organisational structure, with the most suitable arrangement of managers, supervisors and team leaders.
• Working with HR, ensure that the following are in place, maintained and followed: Skills matrix, Succession and growth planning, Training and development
• Oversee first, second and last mile logistics across all aggregation points and the factory

Operational processes:

• Develop, implement, maintain and augment auditable standard operating procedures for all MGA and supply chain processes and working methods of Process measurement: develop and maintain KPIs for each operational process, showing performance against budget or target, explaining variances and trending changes
• Responsibility for the costs, service levels and operational performance of: costs, service, productivity, stock management and documentation compliance, store friendliness Transport: costs, on-time in-full delivery, store friendliness, transfers, couriers

Requirements

• Bachelor’s in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Procurement or any other relatable field
• 7 years progressive experience in a similar role
• Experience in warehouse and inventory management
• Experience in managing large teams
• Significant experience of managing complex logistics and asset management operations safely to agreed time, cost and quality targets.
• Significant experience of establishing, developing and leading a logistics function, managing retained resources
• Excellent time management skills and detail Oriented