Senior Warehouse and Distribution Manager

ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Job Role Summary

To provide strategic leadership and directions for assigned divisions of a facilities. Lead and manage the assigned warehouse and logistics local distribution operations site including implement, monitoring and achievement of Operation Key Performance Index and responsible for overall performance.

Review and management of revenue & expense of operations including continuous improvement, monitoring of expenses, accurate application of revenue and responsible for the overall Pokka Logistics Pte. Ltd, Warehousing and Distribution expenses of Pokka.

Manage, inspire and motivate a number of warehouse, logistics managers and ground operation staff members to ensure compliance, operational excellence, optimal productivity cost/carton , high employee engagement and service improvement is achieved.

Area of Responsibility

• Manage total spend of warehousing, driving productivity across all sties with compliance, and manage efficient cost per carton. This includes handle budget exercise and monthly cost review.
• Driver optimization in warehouse operation with end-to-end supply chain value in line all sites production output finished goods and continuous supply/deliver packaging and raw materials.
• Leading key role as an actively internal change and change process and initiation of corresponding projects.
• Responsible for the Operations lead of a team and for the warehouse and local distribution of the overall operational improvement and metrics.
• To proactively maintain regular engagement with internal keys stakeholders contacts in line with customer expectation.
• Monitor and ensure efficiently daily warehouse and distribution at efficient cost.
• Ensure that all projects are delivered on-time, within scope and within budget.
• Work with functional groups to resolve employee relations and labour relations issues.
• Preparing status reports by gathering, analysing and summarizing relevant information.
• Manage total spend of distribution, driving productivity across all sites/level with compliance, and manage efficient cost per carton. This includes handle budget exercise and monthly cost review.
• Managing of Fleet Trucks & Staff in Terms of daily delivery On-Time-In-Full and KPI.
• Monitor budget and operating metrics while diagnosing and improving processes, procedures, and performance.
• Execute necessary precautions to ensure safety and other standards are met regulations.
• Ensure thorough root cause investigations for all injuries and incidents, following-up with consistent discipline and retraining.
• Oversee personnel needs of the department including selecting, coaching, disciplining, and training employees and evaluating employee performance.
• Formulate both short-term and long-term goals and action plans.
• Participate in regular P&L reviews to ensure that budgets are met; develops and implements programs for optimal equipment utilization, equipment maintenance, and labour and material costs.
• Vendor management, including review and assessment of vendor's qualification, contract negotiation, appraisal of vendor's performance, budget management and reporting.
• Lead project from development and / or deployment,  not limited to TMS, WMS, and any additional scope which deemed necessary to support business growth.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Education and Experience

• Minimum Degree in related field.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant working experience in warehousing and distribution.
• Strong analytical ability and sensitive to numbers figures and times.
• Strong communication and problem solving skills.

Professional Qualifications

• Experience in WMS, TMS, Oracle.
• Well verse with Microsoft Office Excel, Word, Powerpoint, Visio and /or VSM.

Aptitude and Skills

• A hands-on person with ability to lead junior teams to perform daily tasks and good control on cost performance and continuously to drive cost improvement and compliance.
• Ability to work with unstructured organization and processes across the organizations and possess aptitude to deliver result.
• Excellent understanding warehouse operation, inventory management and logistic management for cost effective warehousing and logistic operations.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to be able to work effectively with all members of the warehouse and logistics team, getting them to perform optimally.
• Good communication skills to understand the details of clients' deliveries, and pass instructions to team members to carry out without erring.
• Analytical and attention to detail, he/she must be mindful of even the little details of an assignment.
• Self-driven, highly motivated and possess initiatives.